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Ilhan Omar: “One of [Keith Ellison's] expansion projects electorally was…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:56

And so the Somali community, for example, wasn't nearly as established as it is now. Would you agree with that? Yeah, I mean, and I think that One of [Keith Ellison's] expansion projects electorally was tapping into the Somali community. We were all new to this country, new citizens. I think it is between the age of 18 to 25 that has actually ever experienced being born in a democracy of the Somalis that are here. (03:56–04:04)

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Asserts that Keith Ellison's electoral strategy included engaging the Somali community.

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