Crowd chanting 'welcome home Ilhan' greets Omar at airport

Rep. Ilhan Omar Ilhan OmarAmash responds to 'Send her back' chants at Trump rally: 'This is how history's worst episodes begin' McConnell: Trump 'on to something' with attacks on Dem congresswomen Sally Yates: Moral fiber of US being 'shredded by unapologetic racism' MORE (D-Minn.) arrived at a Minnesota airport on Thursday to a crowd of supporters greeted her while chanting, “Welcome home Ilhan.”

Omar posted a video of the greeting on Twitter, writing: “It’s good to be home. ❤️”

It’s good to be home ❤️ https://t.co/2jV2rIPoE0 — Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) July 18, 2019

The greeting came a day after supporters at President Trump Donald John TrumpAmash responds to 'Send her back' chants at Trump rally: 'This is how history's worst episodes begin' McConnell: Trump 'on to something' with attacks on Dem congresswomen Trump blasts 'corrupt' Puerto Rico's leaders amid political crisis MORE’s Wednesday night campaign rally in North Carolina chanted “send her back” about Omar after the president launched attacks on the freshman congresswoman, who came to the U.S. as a Somali refugee as a child.

Trump accused Omar of demeaning U.S. service members and minimizing the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying “she looks down with contempt on the hard-working Americans saying that ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country.”

Trump has targeted Omar and three other progressive, minority lawmakers — Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezTop Missouri newspaper condemns GOP's 'shameful silence' on Trump's 'racism' Restaurant in city where Trump rally held donating profits to immigrants Crowd chanting 'welcome home Ilhan' greets Omar at airport MORE (N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley Ayanna PressleyAmash responds to 'Send her back' chants at Trump rally: 'This is how history's worst episodes begin' McConnell: Trump 'on to something' with attacks on Dem congresswomen Sally Yates: Moral fiber of US being 'shredded by unapologetic racism' MORE (Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib Rashida Harbi TlaibAmash responds to 'Send her back' chants at Trump rally: 'This is how history's worst episodes begin' McConnell: Trump 'on to something' with attacks on Dem congresswomen Sally Yates: Moral fiber of US being 'shredded by unapologetic racism' MORE (Mich.) — in recent days, tweeting Sunday that the members should “go back” to their home countries, despite that all four are U.S. citizens.

Omar spoke out earlier Thursday against Trump’s comments, calling him a “fascist” and stopping traffic in downtown Washington, D.C., to hold an impromptu press conference responding to the president’s supporters and their chants.

“I want to remind people that this is what this president and his supporters have turned our country [into] that is supposed to be a country where we allow democratic debate and dissent to take place,” Omar said. “This is not about me; this is about us fighting for what this country truly should be and what it deserves to be.”