Ilhan Omar

And it's certainly not surprising that he's choosing a black immigrant community that is also Muslim.

But what I would like to say is that most of us are citizens on our passport.

It says we are nationals of this country.

We love

that Minnesota has welcomed us.

Many of us have not been settled in Minnesota.

We chose it as a home because the Minnesota people and the state is beautiful and very welcoming, and we are going to be here regardless of what the president has to say.

You have these kind of new programs that are designed to help people.

You're oftentimes relying on third parties to be able to facilitate.

And I just think that a lot of the COVID programs that were set up, they were set up so quickly that a lot of the guardrails did not get created.

As you can see, we have a wonderful group here again today.

The purpose of being here is we've been signing a lot of bills.

We've been welcoming our neighbors back into their communities by making sure we're restoring voting rights to folks.

We're making sure that our neighbors can drive to their kids' soccer games.

We're making moves as we talk about the state budget simultaneously, making sure that when we've talked about One Minnesota,

We mean every single person to feel valued, loved, seen, heard, and respected in the state of Minnesota.

I cannot imagine the stress that families and individuals go through.

But here in Minnesota, we're going to be a place of refuge to make sure that they feel safe and welcome.

And I don't know what a group of people in Pierre who decide to make life miserable and more dangerous for people are thinking, but it's not going to happen in Minnesota.

Congresswoman Omar, can I get your reaction to the shooting that happened in D.C. last night?