“We all kind of knew that this was happening,” Omar said while speaking at a Muslim civil-rights banquet in Woodland Hills, Calif., according to The Los Angeles Times.

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“But the reason I think that many of us knew that this was going to get worse is that we finally had a leader in the White House who publicly says Islam hates us, who fuels hate against Muslims, who thinks it is OK to speak about a faith and a whole community in a way that is dehumanizing, vilifying.”

Trump said that he thinks "Islam hates us" in an interview with CNN during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Omar added that Trump "doesn't understand or at least makes us want to think that he doesn’t understand, the consequence that his words might have."

"Some people like me know that he understands the consequences," she continued. "He knows that there are people that he can influence to threaten our lives, to diminish our presence.”

The Minnesota congresswoman's remarks came about a week after an Australian man opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, killing 50 people and wounding several more.

Trump has called the shooting "horrific." But some Democratic lawmakers, noting his past commentary on subjects such as Islam, have called for him to more forcefully denounce white supremacism.

Omar has drawn increased scrutiny in recent months for her comments about Israel, and her appearance at the Council on American-Islamic Relations dinner attracted a large contingent of protestors.

The LA Times noted that hundreds of people gathered outside of the hotel where the event was taking place to voice their opposition to Omar's rhetoric. The Orange County Register reported that at least 1,000 people participated in the demonstration.

Demonstrators carried signs with Omar's face covered by a swastika and the message, “Your hate makes us stronger."