Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says President Donald Trump’s attacks on her and three other Democratic congresswomen are putting millions of Americans at risk of physical harm.

The New York Democrat says Trump “put millions of Americans in danger” at a rally in Greenville, N.C., where Trump supporters chanted “send her back” about Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, an immigrant from Somalia.

Ocasio-Cortez told reporters Trump’s “rhetoric is endangering lots of people. This is not just about threats to individual members of Congress, but it is about creating a volatile environment in this country through violent rhetoric that puts anyone, like Ilhan, anyone who believes in the rights of all people in danger and I think that he has a responsibility for that environment.”

Trump claims he “was not happy” when his supporters at a rally Wednesday night in North Carolina chanted “send her back” in reference to Omar. Trump said last weekend that Omar and other progressive Democratic lawmakers of color should leave the country and “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” over their criticism of his administration.

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