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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on July 19, 2019, 01:00:40 pm
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Ilhan Omar gets standing ovation at town hall after Trump attacks
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benjamin siegel
Jul 18, 2019, 11:59 PM ET
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar received a warm welcome back home in Minneapolis Thursday, with supporters cheering her on at the airport and at a health care town hall event after a week of racist attacks from President Donald Trump, who told four Democratic congresswomen of color to "go back " to where they came from, and from supporters at a Trump campaign rally, who chanted "send her back" on Wednesday night.
"I know there are a lot of people that are trying to distract us right now, but we are not going to let them," she said at her "Medicare for All" town hall event with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., after the crowd of 500 constituents and supporters gave her a standing ovation.
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