Ilhan Omar: “Somalia does have a government that are on their way in…”

“Well, it is disgusting for the President of the United States to disperse a country that we have devoted so much energy in helping stabilize. He certainly knows that Somalia does have a government that are on their way in creating some strikes to make sure that they have stability, security and economic vitality. But also, it is important for us to recognize just how wrong, xenophobic, bigoted it is for the President of the United States to join the online trolls in saying that I should be sent back to where I came from.” (01:49–02:01)

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