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Ilhan Omar: “In Trump's first presidential administration, I had one of…”

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

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Rep. Ilhan Omar on Trump: 'Embarrassing on a national stage'

Published | Video Starts at 03:22

Has it changed your behavior? It has. There's been a correlation between the level of death threats that I have and who has been the president and In Trump's first presidential administration, I had one of the highest death threats for a member of Congress. and it was because the president couldn't. Couldn't stop invoking his xenophobia and bigotry towards not just myself, but every identity that I represent, whether it is the fact that … (03:22–03:28)

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Asserts that during Trump's first term, she received one of the highest numbers of death threats for a member of Congress.

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