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The Three Intersecting Reasons Ilhan Omar Gets Singled Out

April 1, 2019

By Ani Karapetyan

SOURCE: THE INTERCEPT BY: VANESSA TAYLOR DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu all earned standing ovations at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual conference by taking aim at Rep. Ilhan Omar over the past few days. “Recently, a freshman Democrat in Congress trafficked in repeated anti-Semitic tropes,” Vice President Mike Pence saidon Monday, referring … Continued

First Muslim Women in Congress: Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar

November 8, 2018

By Ani Karapetyan

SOURCE: CNN BY: ALI WATKINS CNN)A pair of districts in the Midwest will add Muslim women to the ranks of the US Congress for the first time, CNN has projected. Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s nominee, will secure their respective seats in strongly Democratic districts following primary victories earlier … Continued

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