Rep. Ilhan Omar Ilhan OmarOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' Democrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise MORE (D-Minn.) in an op-ed piece published Thursday said a July rally in which Trump supporters chanted “send her back” in reference to her will be a “defining moment in American history.”

In the op-ed published by The New York Times, the freshman lawmaker discusses Trump’s ongoing attacks against her and three other progressive minority congresswomen, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline McCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (D-N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley Ayanna PressleyFauci, Black Lives Matter founders included on Time's 100 Most Influential People list Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' Pressley applauded on House floor after moving speech on living with alopecia MORE (D-Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib Rashida Harbi TlaibTrump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' George Conway: 'Trump is like a practical joke that got out of hand' Pelosi endorses Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate primary challenge MORE (D-Mich.), which led up to the chants at his rally last Wednesday.

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“The president’s rally will be a defining moment in American history. It reminds us of the grave stakes of the coming presidential election: that this fight is not merely about policy ideas; it is a fight for the soul of our nation,” Omar wrote.

Trump has since said he was “not happy” with the chant, but during the speech, he allowed it to continue and he has defended the rally attendees as “people who love their country.”

“The ideals at the heart of our founding — equal protection under the law, pluralism, religious liberty — are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them,” Omar wrote in the Times.

Omar, a Somali American who spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp before coming to the U.S. as a child, describes her experience in the op-ed, speaking of both the racism she has encountered in the U.S. and “learn[ing] the true value of democracy” by becoming involved in local politics.

“I soon recognized that the only way to ensure that everyone in my community had a voice was by participating in the democratic process,” she wrote.

Omar goes on to accuse Trump of using "racist rhetoric" to prevent class solidarity while criticizing the nomination of Eugene Scalia to be the next Secretary of Labor.

“Every time Mr. Trump attacks refugees is a time that could be spent discussing the president’s unwillingness to raise the federal minimum wage for up to 33 million Americans,” she wrote.

“Every racist attack on four members of Congress is a moment he doesn’t have to address why his choice for labor secretary has spent his career defending Wall Street banks and Walmart at the expense of workers.”