GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw blasted Minnesota’s freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar for describing the 9/11 terror attacks as “some people did something” to a Muslim rights group.

“First Member of Congress to ever describe terrorists who killed thousands of Americans on 9/11 as ‘some people who did something,’” Crenshaw of Texas wrote in a tweet. “Unbelievable.”

In a speech last month at a fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Omar urged Muslim Americans to “make people uncomfortable” with their activism and brought up the al-Qaida attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

“CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something, and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties,” said Omar, one of two Muslim women serving in Congress.

Others besides Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL who lost an eye while fighting in Afghanistan, denounced Omar’s comments.

“Ilhan Omar isn’t just anti-Semitic – she’s anti-American. Nearly 3,000 Americans lost their lives to Islamic terrorists on 9/11, yet Omar diminishes it as: ‘Some people did something.’ Democrat leaders need to condemn her brazen display of disrespect,” wrote Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Twitter.

Omar also has been criticized for making controversial comments about Israel.

She once questioned whether American lawmakers who support Israel have an allegiance to a foreign country and accused the pro-Israel group, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, of buying influence by backing politicians.

Her remarks about Israel sparked outrage in Congress and calls for her to be censured.

The House ultimately voted overwhelmingly to pass a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and bigotry last month.

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