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Ilhan Omar: What I am afraid for is that this kind of rhetoric is going to get people killed, as it has before. And if we do not…

On the recordDecember 2, 2021
What I am afraid for is that this kind of rhetoric is going to get people killed, as it has before. And if we do not stem it out, and if we do not strongly condemn it, and if we do not come together as a country and say what is happening and this example that is being set by members of Congress, it`s wrong and it`s dangerous, then I really am scared for what is to come.
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Ilhan Omar
Democratic · Minnesota
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msnbc.com

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Ilhan Omar expresses concern that dangerous rhetoric from Congress could lead to violence.

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