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Rep. Ilhan Omar Claims America Was “Founded By Genocide”
The Federalist Papers ^ | 4/11/2019 | Calvin Custis
Posted on 4/12/2019, 11:12:06 PM by Beave Meister
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) claims that America was “founded by genocide,” according to recently unearthed tweets.
“We must confront that our nation was founded by genocide and we maintain global power through neocolonialism,” Omar said in a 2017 tweet.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., wrote in 2017 that America was founded by genocide and our foreign policy smacks of “neocolonialism.” “We must confront that our nation was founded by genocide and we maintain global power through neocolonialism,” Omar said in a tweet linking a Time article titled “Unity Will Take Generations” she wrote about the August 2017 white supremacist rally Charlottesville, Va.
Omar elaborated on her comment more in the article.
“We must confront that our nation was founded by the genocide of indigenous people and on the backs of slaves, that we maintain global power with the tenor of neocolonialism,” she said.
Omar has drawn huge controversy in recent days and weeks. She was recently forced to defend 9/11 comments she made last month referring to the event as “some people did something.” …
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