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Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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Rep. ILHAN OMAR Talks Terror In Minneapolis And Becoming American

Published | Video Starts at 24:17

Yeah, it's the displacement, it's the trauma that you can't get rid of. I mean, I still have ptsd. You know, there's certain environments that trigger it. And, you know, I think for a lot of people, especially a lot of people in the United States, unless you've been a service member and been in combat zone, like people can't fully comprehend [the impacts of war]. so they're just like, oh, there's war. And, you know, things get back to normal and everybody's fine. And, you know, nobody accounts for the destruction that happens. (24:17–24:30)

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Asserts that many in the U.S. cannot fully comprehend the impacts of war unless they have been in a combat zone.

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