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Ilhan Omar, first Muslim refugee elected to the House, wants to be a check on rhetoric of fear
CBS "News" ^
| November 7, 2018
| By HOLLY ROSENKRANTZ
Posted on 11/07/2018 1:38:32 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Fresh off her victory as the first refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, Democrat Ilhan Omar said Wednesday that she is going to Washington to help "serve as a check on the rhetoric of fear and division."
Congress needs to make "sure we are moving the country in a "direction that is more hopeful, inclusive and prosperous," Omar said the morning after winning her election in Minnesota's 5th district with 78 percent of the vote.
Omar spoke during her campaign about her opposition to President Trump's travel ban against Muslim countries.
"When I was coming to this country, I heard about it's promises," she said. But those promises, she said "aren't extended to everyone." "I couldn't sit on the sidelines," she said.
In addition to her other "firsts," Omar is first person born on the African continent to be elected to Congress.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: election2018
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Want a “direction that is more hopeful, inclusive and prosperous”?
Support Donald Trump.
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:39:36 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
she was the one who was allegedly married to her own brother, in order to commit immigration fraud.
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:40:07 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: Oldeconomybuyer
She’ll be pushing Sharia. It’s all they know.
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:40:35 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“I couldn’t sit on the sidelines,” ...
A lot of your people can’t. So they kill others.
So just STFU.
WTF happened to Ohio?
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:40:51 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What does she think of feminism?
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:41:06 PM PST
by
junta
("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
To: PGR88
she was the one who was allegedly married to her own brother, in order to commit immigration fraud.
I have a feeling our new AG may be looking into that.
To: junta
What does she think of FGM? Wife beating? Horribly cruel method of slaughtering animals for halal meat?
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:42:53 PM PST
by
Pining_4_TX
(..Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you.. Joshua 1:9)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Bit late what with all of the known wolf atracks but thanks anyway.
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:43:06 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Communists will continue to install more of their own ilk in government too to push back on hysteria against creeping Marxism.
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:43:56 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Was she gentitally mutilated in Africa?
Does she want SHARIA LAW instituted here?
Does she also support the take over of this nation, by Muslims?
I bet that the answer to all three questions is YES.
To: dp0622
Not Ohio. Minnesota. I believe it’s Ellison’s old district.
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:44:53 PM PST
by
toast
To: PGR88
Yes and then she divorced him.
Just HOW was that "marriage" legal here, to begin with?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
She also recently tweeted how Allah is God and that Israel is evil..Yep, this is who Democrats in MN elected
To: Oldeconomybuyer
More prosperous? Like Somalia?
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:46:18 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: PGR88
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:46:21 PM PST
by
max americana
(Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
‘Kill all infidels...’
-that kind of rhetoric?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yet she hates and fears Jews and the nation of Israel.
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:46:47 PM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“In addition to her other “firsts,” Omar is first person born on the African continent to be elected to Congress”
Second
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:47:35 PM PST
by
shoff
(Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I bet she thinks she can run for President too.
(How long before she objects to a Christian
Chaplin giving the daily prayer?)
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posted on
11/07/2018 1:47:45 PM PST
by
StormEye
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