It's just creating fear. What they are doing is creating confusion, chaos, trying to intimidate people from being able to exercise their regular, normal activities that they would.
Ilhan Omar: “It's just creating fear. What they are doing is creating confusion, chaos, trying to intimidate people from being able…”
On the recordJanuary 11, 2026
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