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Bernie Sanders: “I suspect as an 8 year old girl in Somalia, you didn't quite…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sander's Podcast Interview with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

Published | Video Starts at 18:44

Because the, the, the level of hunger is not, you know, I missed dinner or I missed lunch or I didn't have breakfast today. It's, it's real. Sounds like those memories are vivid, huh? Yeah. All right, so I suspect as an 8 year old girl in Somalia, you didn't quite think you'd become a United States Congresswoman. Oh, good God, no. All right, so take us. I didn't even think I knew where the United States was at the age of eight. (18:44–18:51)

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Suggests that [the Other Speaker] did not expect to become a U.S. Congresswoman as a child in Somalia.

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