The Life of Ilhan Omar

They said the people said to be a voice for them. These people are running from situations that are so brutal that most Americans thankfully cannot comprehend. But as a refugee from Somalia, I do. We are Americans as much as everyone else. This is our country and we are where we belong. It's kind of interesting as I got sworn in on Tuesday. Some people were making comments about the fact that I was getting sworn in on a Quran. And they forget that this country we live in, a lot of people came because of religious freedom. There isn't one particular religion that is supposed to govern it. And when we say in God we trust, there isn't a particular God we point to. Do you think that massacre was a fabulous achievement that happened under our watch? That is a ridiculous question. Yes or no? No. I will take that as a yes. I am not going to respond to that kind of personal attack, which is not a question. That attack is the continuation of the attacks that he's leveled against women, against people of color, against immigrants, against refugees and certainly against Muslims. Omar has a history of launching vicious anti-Semitic screams. This is a president who has said grab women by the... This is a president who's called black athletes sons of bitches. This is a president who has called black people who come from black and brown countries... This is a president who has equated neo-Nazis with those who protest against them in Charlottesville. This is the agenda of white nationalists. Whether it is happening in chat rooms or it's happening on national TV. And now it's reached the White House garden. My mother's always told me, you know, I know who I am. I know what I do and there's no point of giving people a time of day or that energy. We are at a dark moment in our history. We are the light that can bring change.