Don Lemon On The Scene With Rep. Ilhan Omar
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Congresswoman, thank you so much for doing this. How are you? I am doing all right. Can we talk some news of the day? Sure. We're here at the Congressional Black Caucus, the CBC 54th anniversary. And there's a lot to talk about, especially as it relates to people of color in this country. But I want to start with the, as I said, the elephant in the room, and that is the former FBI Director James Comey. Donald Trump, it looks like revenge to me, the indictment against James Comey. Yeah. What do you think?
I mean, it is. And I think, you know, it is a dangerous moment in our country because when a president orders the persecution of his sort of like adversaries. That's not just a slippery slope, right? That is entering a dangerous territory. And so my biggest fear is that people do not understand what country we are becoming. And that's a very, very dangerous country.
Hi, how are you? Do you talk to your colleagues about it? Because they say, you know, Adam Schiff is next, they say, or, you know, any number of people. It could be you.
We saw that sort of, like, DM to the Attorney General that, you know, he accidentally ended up, like, tweeting it to the world, where he says, you have to go after these people. And he had a list of folks, and, you know, Comey was on there, and I think... Many members, as soon as he got sworn in, you know, were thinking about what does it look like to take out insurance, to protect ourselves, to, you know, to have lawyers. Because we knew that there was going to be this threat of us being prosecuted by Trump and his administration because he's just a petty... disgusting, like, human being who really enjoys inflicting pain on people.
Yeah. Is that always in the... I mean, is it in the back of your head that he may try something with you? Because, you know, you guys are called The Squad.
Is Trump’s indictment of James Comey political revenge and what does it mean for democracy?
Yeah. But you in particular, it seems that he has a particular bug up his ass about... And... Does that weigh on you at all?
I think he has that for black people, because I see he's going after my sister, Jasmine Crockett, all the time. I think he has a real vitriol reaction anytime he sees... I'm looking forward to it.
How are you? Good to see you. Thank you. Yes, good to see you. Good to see you. Thank you, guys. How are you?
Any time, you know, that he sees a black woman sort of stand up for herself, that is intelligent, that is able to command respect, he wants to go after them and break them down. But he doesn't understand that you can't really, like, bully a black woman, right? Like, we're built differently.
Yeah. Let me ask you about this, because he has said just within the last few days, I don't know if you saw, news about you being, quote, taken back to Somalia. And I know, look, that is a, you know, go back to Africa. Yeah. I think that kind of race for that. Yeah, of course. I've heard that. Have you seen that moment? That where he said that he said, I spoke to the head of Somalia.
Well, the irony of him like saying he spoke to the head of Somalia when he continuously said Somalia does not have a leader. It's kind of actually hilarious. And then if anybody knows the head of Somalia, they know that, you know, the what the president says cannot be true.
Well, he says, I spoke to the head of Somalia and the head of Somalia said, ask her to take her back. And he said, I don't want her. Do you? You laugh at that.
Yes.
Why?
Because I know the president of Somalia. And he wouldn't say anything like that. But also, I mean, why in the world would he take me back? I'm not like some stateless person. I'm a citizen of the United States. I'm a member of Congress. So it would actually be really disrespectful for the president of Somalia to be like, yeah, sure, like, you know, we'll take Ilhan back.
Let's talk about all this, you know, what's happening, this political violence. Now, the right and Donald Trump and J.D. Vance and all of them are trying to say, you know, this is something that's mostly on the left. None of the facts, none of the statistics, you know, nonpartisan organizations are all saying it is overwhelmingly right.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:13–2:31
2
Is Trump’s indictment of James Comey political revenge and what does it mean for democracy?
2:31–8:56
3
How worried are members of Congress about being targeted by Trump and his allies?
8:56–11:28
4
Why does Rep. Omar say Trump singles out Black women and how does she respond?
11:28–17:32
5
What was Trump’s 'take her back to Somalia' comment and how does Omar react?
17:32–23:44
6
Who is committing the majority of domestic political violence and why are they mischaracterized?
23:44–31:25
Speakers
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