Ilhan Omar
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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.