Ilhan Omar takes Trump’s Venezuela envoy to task over his political past

“If I could respond to that – ” Abrams said.

“That was not a question,” Omar said, cutting him off.

Omar continued, bringing the focus to the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador. “You later said that the US policy in El Salvador was a ‘fabulous achievement’,” Omar said. “Yes or no: do you still think so?”

“From the day that President Duarte was elected in a free election to this day, El Salvador has been a democracy,” Abrams said. “That’s a fabulous achievement.”

Omar responded: “Yes or no: Do you think that massacre was a fabulous achievement that happened under our watch?”

“That’s a ridiculous question, and I will not respond to it,” Abrams said, visibly agitated.

“Yes or no?”

“No!”

“I’ll take that as a yes.”