Ilhan Omar: “Peggy Flanagan... was raised by a single mother who worked…”

“And Minnesotans. That senator is going to be Peggy Flanagan. Peggy knows what so many Minnesota families have lived through because she lived it herself. She Peggy Flanagan... was raised by a single mother who worked tirelessly to provide for her family, relying on Section 8 and the Minnesota Family Investment Program. to make ends meet. And she has never forgotten where she comes from. That is why she spent her entire life fighting for working people.” (19:07–19:40)

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