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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This promises to go badly for the country...
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