'Squad' sweep as U.S. congresswoman Omar holds off primary election challenger - Reuters
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar held off a well-funded challenger Tuesday and won the Democratic primary in her congressional district, putting her on track for re-election in November along with other members of the "Squad" of four liberal freshmen.
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Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar held off a well-funded challenger Tuesday and won the Democratic primary in her congressional district, putting her on track for re-election in November along with other members of the "Squad" of four liberal freshmen.
Omar defeated attorney Antone Melton-Meaux, who had accused her of prioritizing her celebrity over her constituents, and several other challengers, the New York Times said.
One of the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress in 2018, Omar won 57.2% of the vote Tuesday compared with 39.4% for Melton-Meaux in Minnesota's 5th district, the Times said. She is likely to win again in November in the solidly Democratic district.
"In Minnesota, we know that organized people will always beat organized money," Omar, 37, said in a statement. "Despite outside efforts to defeat us, we once again broke turnout records."
Progressive Democrats have generally done well this primary cycle. With Omar's victory, all four members of the liberal group of congresswomen nicknamed the "Squad" are expected to be re-elected in the autumn.
The best-known "Squad" member, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, dispatched a primary challenger in June. Last week Representative Rashida Tlaib won her primary, and the fourth Squad member, Representative Ayanna Pressley, is running unopposed in her primary in Massachusetts next month.
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Ilhan Omar's constituents vindicated her on Tuesday.
Ilhan Omar was not elected to represent everyone but the people she represents are very happy with her. The same is true of AOC. 2020 is turning out to be a great year for progressive women in politics...
Her district is a well-known Democratic stronghold, having held the seat since 1963.
Oh, and her district is also the hotbed for terrorist recruitments!
Worst in the whole nation!
I've been to Texas. No way a district is worse!
Point? She is popular in her district not yours.
She wasn't elected to rep for redneck Texans.
She was elected to represent her constituency.
What you think does not matter a bit to them...
Congratulations. Me too. In fact, I live here. Do you?
Strawman. I never claimed a district is worse.
Yes, I believe I pointed that fact out with this: "Her district is a well-known Democratic stronghold, having held the seat since 1963."
Unless you think that actually means something else?
Sigh. Yet another strawman. I never claimed that she represents anything other than her own district.
Yes, we have established that she, like every member of Congress, represents their own districts. No one is disputing that, so yes, once again, a strawman from you.
Which is something --again--no one is disputing. Do you have anything besides strawmen to offer?
You said it was, "Worst in the whole nation"...
You are therefore dismissed. So be gone now!
Do you understand context at all?
Here is what I wrote:
And her district IS the worst in the nation for terrorist recruiting.
Here are some links to prove what I wrote.
Muslim Congresswoman's District Reported to Be 'Terrorist ...
FBI statistics reveal that Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), is the terrorism recruitment capital of the United States.
How Minneapolis' Somali community became the terrorist ...
Feb 15, 2019 · Over the past twelve years, more men have joined – or attempted to join – a foreign terrorist organization from the largely Somali-American Minnesota than any other place in the country.
Ilhan Omar’s District Is ‘Terrorist Recruitment Capital Of ...
Feb 17, 2019 · Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D), is the terrorist recruitment capitol of the United States, according to FBI statistics.
Ilhan Omar’s Minnesota Congressional District Is The ...
Feb 18, 2019 · FBI statistics reveal that Minnesota’s fifth congressional district, which is represented by Rep. Ilhan Omar and includes the urban area of Minneapolis, is the jurisdiction with the highest rate of terrorist recruitment in the United States. Minnesota is reportedto have the highest Somali population in the United States, with current population estimates breaching 100,000.
FBI Stats Show That Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar’s District Is ...
FBI statistics reveal that Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), is the terrorism recruitment capital of the United States.
Minnesota leads U.S. in recruiting ISIL terrorists ...
Sep 29, 2015 · Minnesota leads the nation in the number of people who have left or sought to leave the country to fight with terrorists aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria, according ...
Debunking the "Ilhan Omar's district is a Hotbed of ...
I know there was talk since shortly after Ilhan was elected, but there seems to be an onslaught lately—from multiple corners—of folks latching on to a narrative that Rep Omar’s congressional district (#MN05) being some sort of “Hotbed of Terrorism Recruitment!!!” With very little attribution/ perhaps a fleeting mention of “a report from her local newspaper”(the Star Tribune, or ...
FBI data shows Ilhan Omar's district is terrorist ...
Feb 16, 2019 · “More men and boys from a Somali American community in Minneapolis have joined – or attempted to join – a foreign terrorist organization over the last 12 years than any other jurisdiction …
FBI: Ilhan Omar’s Minneapolis Is the Terrorist Capital of ...
The answers matter because federal authorities say they remain “highly concerned” about the terrorist connection with the Minneapolis Somalis – even though al-Shabab is struggling against the Somali government, and the so-called ISIS “caliphate” has crumbled under a sustained U.S.-led military campaign.
Why Are There Jihadists In Minnesota? - The Tower
The video, which surfaced in August but had probably been circulating for much longer, is different from the others, however. This one, a tribute to three fallen terrorists, specifically calls on Muslims in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, to join al-Shabab’s jihad to create a theocratic state in the Horn of Africa.
"Don't be impertinent with me!"
They say imitation is the sincerest of flattery!
Yet nowhere in Minnesota is shitty as Dallas...
You are dismissed. That means we are done!
Dallas used to be pretty nice--before Democrats moved in.
Still doesn't have anything to do with the fact that Omar's district is a hotbed of terrorist recruiting.
Of course the people that are stupid enough to be recruited into terrorism would vote for a Democrat!
And yet, here I am.
Guess that means your dismissal isn't all that binding.
You may be, but you don't get to speak for me.
Her district is a hot bed of neo-nazis and other white supremacists?
Is that what you think you read?
Proving that mighty mental midgets reside at every level regardless of party; and can get easily reelected by their sheeple.
What's interesting here is that Omar was hit with all the usual xenophobic crap... but apparently the voters ignored it.
Wow...
The ugly unfair untruthful ways in which Omar, AOC and other progressive women in Congress have been attacked by the far rightwingers has only made them more popular thus more powerful...
They have nothing else.
Right-wingers have no propositions, no projects, no... ideas. All they have is attack-attack-attack. And of course... being unrepentant racists, their most vicious attacks are on persons of color.
The nation is changing for the better and you can tell by how frothy at the mouth those rabid scared to death of change, diversity and progress conservatives get when confronted by such change. Many have lived their whole lives believing only white male Christians were qualified for elected positions and leadership roles and when they see non-Christian women of color in the drivers seat they can't help but freak out and express their deep seated xenophobia.
You could say rightwingers being so offended there is even one Muslim in the whole of the US Congress is pretty darned Xenophobic!
You could--after all, what's one more falsehood?
I've been called alot of things in my life, but scared of a Muslim has never been one of them.
Factually, that is waaaayyyyyyyyy down on the list.
Wait...it's not even on the list.
Someone knows lots of things that aren't true!
Her district is a hot bed of neo-nazis and other white supremacists?
Is that what you think you read?