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Former Somali refugee poised to win office in Minnesota
Associated Press ^ | Aug 10, 2016 7:39 PM EDT | Steve Karnowski

Posted on 08/10/2016 5:32:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Ilhan Omar spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp as a young girl, fleeing with her family from civil war in Somalia. Two decades later, after forging a new life in Minnesota, she appears on the brink of becoming the nation’s first Somali-American state legislator.

Omar, a 33-year-old community activist, cried as she delivered victory speeches in English and Somali after defeating a 44-year incumbent in the latest sign of the Somali community’s growing influence in the city and state. Her victory in a heavily Democratic Minneapolis district makes her a strong favorite in the general election — where her Republican opponent is also a Somali immigrant. […]

A seat in the Legislature would be a new high-water mark for Minnesota Somalis, who in recent years have won seats on the Minneapolis school board and City Council. First drawn in the early 1990s by welcoming social programs, they’re now estimated by the census to number around 40,000, though community advocates say the figure is much higher. …

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: ilhanomar; kenya; mn2016
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1 posted on 08/10/2016 5:32:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

<< — where her Republican opponent is also a Somali immigrant. […] >>

Well alrighty then!


2 posted on 08/10/2016 5:34:50 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Olog-hai

When I lived in Wisconsin in the 1960’s, both it and Minnesota were 98% white and Christian.
Now Minnesota is turning into Minnesotastan.


3 posted on 08/10/2016 5:35:36 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Olog-hai

Related...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3458436/posts


4 posted on 08/10/2016 5:38:30 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Gear Up)
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To: Olog-hai

Not surprised. The “leadership” of the United States of America are determined to commit suicide. So be it. And when it happens, these very bastards who so joyfully aid and abet this process for whatever reasons they have will be the first to be hung from light poles by piano wire by those they helped to gain power.


5 posted on 08/10/2016 5:40:54 PM PDT by sport
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To: Olog-hai
I live in Minnesota, love my country and love my state.

But, like many New Yorkers and Californians, I'm beginning to wonder if it's even worth the effort to go to the polls on Election Day.

6 posted on 08/10/2016 5:44:51 PM PDT by daler
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To: Olog-hai

I guess they can’t find any AMERICANS in Minnesota that are worth a sh*t.


7 posted on 08/10/2016 5:46:01 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Nice toss.


8 posted on 08/10/2016 5:47:32 PM PDT by disndat
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To: Olog-hai

Finally see the connection between the Progressives and the Muslims, no matter their differences they both hate the Christians, and that is enough to join forces.


9 posted on 08/10/2016 5:52:20 PM PDT by nevermorelenore
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To: Olog-hai

future scum muzzie nest that will need destroying.

current idiots allowing to occur.


10 posted on 08/10/2016 5:58:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: sport; null and void

Destroying America one piece at a time. It’s not just a silly conspiracy theory anymore.

I’ve never seen a nation so Hell-bent, often literally, on destroying its own culture, future, natural-born citizens, wealth, industry, etc.

I, for one, am in shock.


11 posted on 08/10/2016 6:03:52 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: sport
The “leadership” of the United States of America are determined to commit suicide.

Not quite. They're determined to get their fellow countrymen to commit suicide.

They plan to be out of town when it goes down.

12 posted on 08/10/2016 6:05:23 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Olog-hai

The infiltration continues apace.


13 posted on 08/10/2016 6:13:16 PM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: Olog-hai

Does she speak English ?


14 posted on 08/10/2016 6:13:46 PM PDT by butlerweave
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15 posted on 08/10/2016 6:13:52 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The good news is that these invading mutants seem to be migrating to the most financially insolvent states. Let them pick of the cost of all the pensions for the white retirees, if that’s what they want.


16 posted on 08/10/2016 6:24:50 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: Olog-hai
40,000 Somalis just in Minneapolis?

Out of 408k?

Minnneapolis

Mogadishu II

Yikes.

17 posted on 08/10/2016 6:34:53 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Some folks will take your post as “racist”.
Others know it means those states are on the downslide.


18 posted on 08/10/2016 6:41:27 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (*Convicted of thought crimes by the Left and the Right*)
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To: SaveFerris

America has to fall for the world’s “savior” to take his place over the last Empire.

I used to get bothered by news like this.


19 posted on 08/10/2016 6:43:55 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (*Convicted of thought crimes by the Left and the Right*)
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To: gaijin

Great movie.

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20 posted on 08/10/2016 6:44:32 PM PDT by Mears
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