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Ilhan Omar

American Politician

Born: Oct 4, 1981

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We must see others' struggles as our own, and their success as our success, so we can speak to our common humanity. Ilhan Omar

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ICE has only become increasingly militarized, brutal, and unaccountable. Ilhan Omar

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This country gave us hope. This country allowed for us to develop our own identity and to create our own home. And we should not look down on the next person that is trying to do that. Ilhan Omar

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I think we forget that, for a really long time, this country has been a place that has welcomed many refugees who have made it home and have tremendously contributed to this country. Ilhan Omar

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I think it is really important when we're talking about fiscal responsibility that we are balancing the budget in ways that really benefit the working people and Americans. Ilhan Omar

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It's our time to fight for the America we know we can have. Ilhan Omar

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I was always made aware of inequality in society, that there was a class system. In Somalia, we have clan structures. My mother's family is ethnically not Somali, and so we spoke often about what it meant to be 'other' in that way. Ilhan Omar

I try not to think of my life in terms of separation. Ilhan Omar

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I am much more interested in defending my ideas than defending my identities. Ilhan Omar

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We need to be constantly reminded that this is a representative democracy, and we need to be in tune to what people are talking about. Ilhan Omar

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We can all agree that we need to be helping small businesses. All of us can agree that the cost of higher education is too high, and college debt is too big of a burden for young people. Ilhan Omar

I think a big part of my faith teachings is to work together towards equality: that we're all created equal, and under the eyes of God, we all have a right to freedom and to access our rights equally. Ilhan Omar

Somalis in Minnesota have worked so hard to get their voices heard in the political process. Ilhan Omar

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I invited President Trump twice now to come meet my family and my community because he seems to have a lot of opinions about the kind of people we are. Ilhan Omar

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I know that when we interact with those we fear and hate, we will find commonality. Ilhan Omar

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If we are not actively fighting against regressive ideologies, we are contributing to making them grow. Ilhan Omar

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There are a few things that we can do. One of them is that we can increase the taxes that people are paying who are the extremely wealthy in our communities. So, 70 percent, 80 percent, we've had it as high as 90 percent. Ilhan Omar

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We have people who will take votes that they can't defend. They'll say they stand for a policy, but when it comes to vote for it, they won't take the vote. Ilhan Omar

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We've become the party that wants to appease everyone and no one. And I think the only way that the Democrats become viable again is if we have people who have moral clarity and courage to say what they need to say and fight for what they need to fight for. Ilhan Omar

When I was coming to this country, I heard about its promises. Ilhan Omar

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We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Yes, the American people want us to legislate, they want us to insist on furthering their set of values, but they also want us to resist and exercise our oversight powers. Ilhan Omar

I had a lot of challenges starting school, and my dad says I would come home every day crying and feeling bad about the problems I was having with some of the kids. And he would tell me to work hard on learning the language. Ilhan Omar

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What I always emphasize is that I am a representative who happens to be Somali. Ilhan Omar

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