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Ilhan Omar: “The original authorization that was given to go after…”

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

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'Full of Shit': Ilhan Omar Dismisses Republican Attacks of the Left After Kirk Killing

Published | Video Starts at 04:19

Why is it so many of your colleagues turn a blind eye to these endless wars and to the President just bombing and assassinating whoever he likes? I mean, The original authorization that was given to go after terrorists in Afghanistan has been justification that we've seen presidents from Bush to Obama to Biden to Trump to carry out these drone attacks throughout the world. We have seen in many cases innocent people have been killed and we haven't been held accountable for those deaths. (04:19–04:44)

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Asserts that the original authorization for Afghanistan has been used to justify global drone attacks.

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