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Ilhan Omar: “As one of few members of Congress who not only fled war as a child, but lived through war and experienced war as a…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2022
As one of few members of Congress who not only fled war as a child, but lived through war and experienced war as a civilian, I can tell you it is really quite traumatizing to go through that process as a child, not knowing whether you can go to sleep, where the bombs are going to fall, and if you are going to wake up alive.
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Ilhan Omar
Democratic · Minnesota
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msnbc.com

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Ilhan Omar discusses the trauma of children fleeing war, drawing from her own experiences as a refugee.

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