Ilhan Omar

Why can't it be me?

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It was really important to my constituents to hear that I was reminding the president that Rene Good and Alex Preddy were killed under this administration.

No, I think it was really unavoidable.

The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents.

I mean, isn't it just a sad moment for our country when a member of Congress has to remind the president of the United States that black people aren't apes?

I mean, just for a moment, think about that.

Al was escorted because he refused to sit down.

And I stand with Al.

I think it is an important moment in our nation's history that we have to take stance like that.

We have to remind a sitting president that we black people are not apes.

Correct.

Can you scare an employer in this country, whether he's an agriculture worker or a housewife, into not hiring an illegal because the punishment's so high that if you get caught, it's a huge embarrassment to your family, and you may just get hit with a fine that'll kill you.

Absolutely, you can't.

And that's what we should do.

Well, I think we should do that.

Yeah.

I like the English part.

If we want the problems of Canada right now, keep encouraging people to keep their foreign language.