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Ilhan Omar Becomes First Somali-American To Win Minnesota Congressional Primary
Ilhan Omar Becomes First Somali Arab-American To Win Minnesota Congressional Primary
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Ilhan Omar Becomes First Somali-American To Win Minnesota Congressional Primary
Ilhan Omar Becomes First Somali Arab-American To Win Minnesota Congressional Primary
@Moody @FAH1223 @Trajan
Her mother is Reer Xamar
thatrapsfan
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I know Im messing. Let me guess they're losing their shyt on Twitter over thisStill not Arab
I know Im messing. Let me guess they're losing their shyt on Twitter over this
Of course
Ilhan Omar Becomes First Somali-American To Win Minnesota Congressional Primary
Ilhan Omar Becomes First Somali Arab-American To Win Minnesota Congressional Primary
@Moody @FAH1223 @Trajan
I knew Warren David (President of Arab America) would latch onto Ilhan
GA got 3 weeks of early voting.. Black better get on it down there are stop bullshytting
@Karbaash @thatknickfan can y'all explain what's going here for those of us out of the loop?
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Ilhan Omar Becomes First Somali-American To Win Minnesota Congressional Primary
Ilhan Omar Becomes First Somali Arab-American To Win Minnesota Congressional Primary
@Moody @FAH1223 @Trajan
She does that a lot. Claims Arab when convenient.
thatrapsfan
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You referring to the posts above?
If so, a community org described Ilhan as an Arab-American. Somalia is a member of the Arab League largely as a matter of geopolitics, but Somalis dont ID as Arabs (nor is it Somalia's first lang) so its an inaccurate description.
Ay y'all gotta read this man.
State politics is full of so much fukkery:Tuesday’s primary elections are mostly a formality, though there is a large GOP field. For now, the general election in November is shaping up to be a three-man race: incumbent independent Gov. Bill Walker, former US senator and presumed Democratic nominee Mark Begich, and Republican primary frontrunner state Sen. Mike Dunleavy.
The fear for the Democratic forces in the state is that Walker, who expanded Medicaid and positions himself as a practical centrist, and Begich, who has criticized the current government for cutting into the state’s unique economic welfare program, will split votes and create an opening for Dunleavy to win the governor’s house.
The Begich and Walker camps could cut a deal to avoid that scenario. Possible solutions include one candidate dropping out and endorsing the other or some kind of unity ticket. They have until September 4, when ballots start to get printed, to act. It’s a situation with some precedent in this state whose politics defy easy categorization.
Dunleavy has been in the state legislature since 2013. He’s running on a “Make Alaska Safe Again” platform — explicitly emulating a Trump-like message and promising to cut taxes and cut spending while somehow still leaving the permanent fund untouched.
The Walker and Begich campaigns have talked, at least preliminarily, about how to avoid Dunleavy win, Jim Lottsfeldt, a longtime Democratic operative in the state who oversaw a pro-Begich Super PAC in 2014, told me. The presumed options would be one of Walker or Begich dropping out and endorsing the other — or perhaps some kind of unity ticket.
It has happened here before: Walker allied with Democrat Byron Mallott for a unity ticket to win his first election in 2014. Begich endorsed Walker then, while Walker did not return the favor. The senator’s strong ground game may have helped carry Walker to victory that year even as he fell short in his own campaign.
“Walker probably owes his job to Begich, and now they’re running against each other,” Lottsfeldt told me.
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