Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke Beto O'RourkeJimmy Carter says his son smoked pot with Willie Nelson on White House roof O'Rourke endorses Kennedy for Senate: 'A champion for the values we're most proud of' 2020 Democrats do convention Zoom call MORE (D-Texas) said during a campaign stop that President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE incited violence against 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.) by tweeting a video including images of Sept. 11 and comments the congresswoman made about the attack.

O'Rourke, who is running for president, added that the tweet was "part and parcel" from the Trump administration.

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"This is an incitement to violence against Congresswoman Omar, against our fellow Americans who happen to be Muslim. This is part and parcel of what we've seen from an administration that has described Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals," O'Rourke said on Saturday in South Carolina.

Beto said in SC today that Trump posting a video of Omar's 9/11 remarks with video of the attacks "is an incitement to violence."



He also said this is coming from someone who has called asylum seekers "animals." pic.twitter.com/3qt6od9GBF — Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) April 13, 2019

Trump on Friday tweeted the video, which showed the burning World Trade Center towers and Omar saying at a speech last month at the Council on American-Islamic Relations that CAIR was founded because "some people did something" and Muslims "were starting to lose access to our civil liberties."

CAIR was founded in 1994, but Omar's office has said meant to say that the organization grew following the 9/11 attacks.

O'Rourke is one of several 2020 Democratic candidates who have condemned the tweet in recent days. Sen. Cory Booker Cory Anthony BookerBipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death DHS opens probe into allegations at Georgia ICE facility Democratic lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations of medical neglect at Georgia ICE facility MORE (D-N.J.) in an interview published Saturday called the tweet "vicious" and "crass." Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenHarris joins women's voter mobilization event also featuring Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda Judd Gregg: The Kamala threat — the Californiaization of America GOP set to release controversial Biden report MORE (D-Mass.) called it "shameful" in a tweet Friday.