Ilhan Omar: “Our class, we were sworn in, doing a shutdown. We were…”

“I mean, you were in politics already, obviously, and. And you are an informed person, but was it different than you thought it would be when you got there? I mean, Our class, we were sworn in, doing a shutdown. We were walked into insurrection. We had a presidential impeachment, the pandemic. Been a crazy like five years to be in Congress. Can you talk to me a bit about the squad? Like what is it? Is it a real squad?” (17:22–17:35)

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