𝐈𝐋𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐑’𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍’𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐆𝐄𝐄𝐒 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄-𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐌∗𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑

 

Journalist Avery Daye published the family history Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has been allowed to bury for two decades. Read it the whole way through.

“𝘐𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘬!𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 200,000 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”

 

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘲 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 — 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘯-𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳.”

 

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘢. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘴 ‘𝘬!𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴”. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐫𝐞-𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘢, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”

 

“𝘕𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴.” “𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦? 𝘕𝘰. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘳. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳.”

 

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞: Ilhan Omar’s family was part of the Somali regime that ran the Isaaq genocide. They fled accountability. They got asylum in Minnesota. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝.