Ilhan Omar: “A lot of the COVID programs that were set up, they were set…”

“I think what happened is that, you know, when you have these kind of new programs that are designed to help people, you're oftentimes relying on third parties to be able to facilitate, facilitate. And I just think that A lot of the COVID programs that were set up, they were set up so quickly that a lot of the guardrails did not get created. Now, obviously, whatever the ethnic group, the actions of a few dozen should not impugn an entire community of thousands of people. Okay. I want to make that very clear.” (00:59–01:08)

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