Posted on 08/09/2022 11:09:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
One of the biggest stars of the left, congresswoman Ilhan Omar, is facing a challenge from the center in her primary in Minnesota on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the biggest stars of the left, is facing a centrist challenger in her Minnesota congressional primary on Tuesday, while Vermont Democrats will choose a nominee for an open House seat who will likely make history as the first woman representing the state in Congress.
Another key race is unfolding in western Wisconsin, where Democratic Rep. Ron Kind 's retirement after 26 years in office opens up a seat in a district that has been trending Republican. Among the candidates running in the Republican primary to replace Kind is a former Navy SEAL who attended the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, which preceded the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Minnesota is also holding a special election to fill the remaining months of Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn 's term after his death earlier this year from cancer. And voters will be picking nominees for a full term representing the largely rural, Republican-leaning district.
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OMAR FACES PRO-POLICE CHALLENGER
A supporter of the “defund the police” movement, Omar is facing a Democratic primary challenge in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District from a former Minneapolis City Council member who has made rising crime an issue in the race.
Don Samuels' north Minneapolis base suffers from more violent crime than other parts of the city, and the moderate Democrat helped defeat a ballot question that sought to replace the city police department with a new public safety unit.
Omar has defended calls to redirect public safety funding more into community-based programs.
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“Centrist”
Center of what?
Stand in the middle of the road, get run over.
Middle of the road Trotskyite.
😁
Center of China.................
Samuels is pro cop, for sure. But, he is also rabidly pro abortion. Republicans don’t win in that district.
Better him than Omar. Only slightly.
“...the moderate Democrat helped defeat a ballot question that sought to replace the city police department with a new public safety unit.”
All well and good but what was he saying two years ago?
Otherwise, as others have said here already, he could just be in the center of Red Square.
With my FRiends mentioning how to answer the BS that no one is above the law, I think we should cite Omar.
She was not properly prosecuted for lying on personally signed under oath immigration papers. Her falsification about “brother” and “husband” and other matters is a felony. But she is allowed to smile in photo ops and to vote in Congress.
So Bill and Hillary Clinton and Hunter Biden and more should be on the special exceptions list. Plus this Somalian creep.
I hope Omar wins. It Royce White wins his primary, Omar will be slaughtered.
James O'Keefe Project Veritas on Hannity:
A RAT is always a RAT!
Ilhan belongs on a Somali pirate ship instead of US Congress.
She will cheat like hell to win. They do it openly in her district if I remember correctly.
I think she is in a redistricted new district.................
She’s the one who married her brother.
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