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July 19, 2019

Rep. Ilhan Omar Greeted in Minnesota with Chants of "Welcome Home"
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Speaking from Capitol Hill Thursday, Congressmember Ilhan Omar accused
Trump of "spewing his fascist ideology onstage." She later flew home to
her district in Minnesota, where she was greeted at the Minneapolis
airport by scores of supporters chanting "Welcome home, Ilhan!"

Rep. Ilhan Omar: "And when I said I was the president's nightmare, well,
you're watching it now, because his nightmare is seeing a Somali
immigrant refugee rise to Congress. … We are in the ring. We are in the
people's house. And we are going to continue to keep fighting until we
have the America we know we all deserve. Thank you."

Later that evening, Congressmember Omar tweeted, "Home sweet home." On
Thursday, the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee asked the
Senate's sergeant-at-arms, who also chairs the Capitol Police Board, to
enhance security for "certain targeted members." We'll have more on
President Trump's latest racist remarks after headlines.


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