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Ilhan Omar: “I took an oath to uphold the Constitution.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:52

Or when people call me a terrorist, or when people say, you know, that because I'm a Muslim, I'm an immigrant, I'm a refugee, that I can't have any loyalty to our country. I took an oath. I took an oath to uphold the Constitution. I am as American as everyone else is. And this kind of double standard really is quite offensive and is very much embedded in a lot of our culture these days where you will have people get come after minorities for things that they say. (04:52–04:55)

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