Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has responded to supporters at a rally for President Donald Trump chanting "send her back," and she used a stanza from a Maya Angelou poem, later tweeting that she was where she belonged: "at the people's house."

"She looks down with contempt on the hard-working Americans, saying that ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country," Trump said of Omar during the rally, prompting the chant.

Trump supporters have long chanted "lock her up" at his rallies, referring to his 2016 Democratic presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton, even well after the election.

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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has responded to the crowd at a rally for President Donald Trump chanting "send her back," and she used a stanza from a poem by Maya Angelou, later tweeting that she was where she belonged: "at the people's house."

The stanza is from Angelou's poem "Still I Rise."

Read more: Trump supporters chant 'send her back' as the president attacks Ilhan Omar at rally in North Carolina

Trump hosted the rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Wednesday night as part of his reelection campaign. He spoke about his recent tweets attacking the freshman congresswomen Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.

In the tweets, Trump suggested the congresswomen of color "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came," even though three of the four lawmakers were born in the US. Omar was born in Somalia and became a US citizen when she was 17.

"She looks down with contempt on the hard-working Americans, saying that ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country," Trump said during the rally, prompting the chant.

Trump supporters have long chanted "lock her up" at his rallies, referring to his 2016 Democratic presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton, even well after the election.