Ilhan Omar: “Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay…”

“But what I do know for sure is that Charlie was someone who once said, guns save lives after a school shooting. Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay the death of George Floyd in the hands of Minneapolis police. You called him a scumbag. Right. Have no regard downplay slavery and what black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth should never exist.” (14:57–15:07)

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