Activist Berates Chelsea Clinton, Linking Her Omar Tweet To NZ Massacre

Chelsea Clinton speaks on the fourth and final day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA, on July 28, 2016. (Photo by Anthony Behar) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***
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Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton was berated at a vigil for victims of the New Zealand massacre Friday night by an activist who claimed that her denunciation of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) comments created the atmosphere which allowed the shooting to happen.

According to Business Insider, the activist was a New York University student. In a video now gone viral, the student berates the pregnant Clinton.

“This right here is the result of a massacre stoked by people like you and the words that you put into the world,” she said. “And I want you to know that and I want you to feel that deeply — 49 people died because of the rhetoric you put out there.”

“I’m so sorry, that certainly was never my intention, I believe that words matter,” Clinton responds in the video.

After Omar’s tweet last month, Clinton had responded: “We should expect all elected officials, regardless of party, and all public figures to not traffic in anti-Semitism.”

Clinton is receiving largely bipartisan support in the wake of the incident.

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