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Ilhan Omar: “[The administration] is looking for there to be deadly…”

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

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"The most BS statement I've ever heard." Ilhan Omar SHREDS DHS blocking her from ICE facility

Published | Video Starts at 15:34

They know that they're only supposed to interact with them if they're crossing a border or if they are doing something that relates to immigration and customs. So this doesn't make any sense. And what this administration [The administration] is looking for there to be deadly encounters so that they can revoke the Insurrection act and have martial law. And it is a dangerous, dangerous escalation that they're looking for. And Minneapolis residents are not going to give them that. We're not going to take the bait. (15:34–15:47)

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Asserts that the administration seeks deadly encounters to justify revoking the Insurrection Act and imposing martial law.

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