Ilhan Omar: “My family was like middle class, upper middle class for…”

“I mean, what are your memories? It's distorting because like I said, I had a pretty normal childhood. My family was like middle class, upper middle class for Somalia standard in the 80s. again. I lived with my mother before she passed who had full time employment. My father, my grandfather, my aunts and uncles who were all teachers.” (22:33–22:42)

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