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Ilhan Omar: “It was just yesterday, I think that there was a shooting in…”

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

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Ilhan Omar Holds First Town Hall Since The Attack By A Man With Syringe

Published | Video Starts at 26:05

But yes, nobody should become desensitized to the idea that it is, it's acceptable to have it be part of everyday life in, in a country like the United States where people are being gunned down every day. It was just yesterday, I think that there was a shooting in Rhode Island at the Hockey rink. ring and it's, it's, you know, severely unfortunate. And those are my colleagues who had the shooting at Brown. You know, there's only two reps for Rhode island and that's not even that far, you know, that far ago. (26:05–26:16)

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Asserts that there was a shooting in Rhode Island at a hockey rink recently.

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