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Ilhan Omar: I mean, if you were at home, and you were hearing that, you would be alarmed. To think that there is a terrorist in the…

On the recordDecember 7, 2021
I mean, if you were at home, and you were hearing that, you would be alarmed. To think that there is a terrorist in the House of Representatives should be alarming to everyone.
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Ilhan Omar
Democratic · Minnesota
Source
msnbc.com

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Omar discusses the dangers of labeling a member of Congress as a terrorist and the potential violence it could incite.

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