“There’s a direct correlation between corporations that are getting rich, and the fact that we have students who are shackled with debt. There is a direct correlation between the White House and the people who are benefiting from detention beds that are profitized [sic].”— Ilhan Omar, ips-dc.orgTagged: Corporations, Student Debt, White House, Profit, The Squad
“No, we know what hate looks like. We experience it every single day. [applause] We have to deal with death threats. I have colleagues who talk about death threats. And sometimes… there are cities in my state where the gas stations have written on their bathrooms ‘assassinate Ilhan Omar.’ I have peop…”— Ilhan Omar, ips-dc.orgTagged: Hate, Death Threats, The Squad
“And so, when people say ‘you are bringing hate,’ I know what their intention is. Their intention is to make sure that our lights are dimmed. That we walk around with our heads bowed. That we lower our face and our voice.”— Ilhan Omar, ips-dc.orgTagged: Hate, silencing, deplatforming, The Squad
“And what I am fearful of is that because Rashida and I are Muslim, that a lot of Jewish colleagues, a lot of our Jewish constituents, a lot of our allies, go to thinking that everything we say about Israel, to be anti-Semitic, because we are Muslim. And so to me, it is something that becomes designe…”— Ilhan Omar, ips-dc.orgTagged: Muslim, Jewish, Rashida Tlaib, Anti-Semitic, The Squad
“So for me, I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country. And I want to ask, why is it OK for me to talk about the influence of the NRA, of fossil fuel industries, or Big Pharma, and not talk about a powerful lo…”— Ilhan Omar, ips-dc.orgTagged: NRA, Big Pharma, Fossil Fuel Industries, Lobbying, The Squad
“But we never really allow space for the stories of Palestinians seeking safety and sanctuary to be uplifted. And to me, it is the dehumanization and the silencing of a particular pain and suffering of people, should not be OK and normal. And you can’t be in the practice of humanizing and uplifting t…”— Ilhan Omar, ips-dc.orgTagged: Palestinians, Pain, Suffering, The Squad
“I know that I have a huge Jewish constituency, and you know, every time I meet with them they share stories of [the] safety and sanctuary that they would love for the people of Israel, and most of the time when we’re having the conversation, there is no actual relative that they speak of, and there…”— Ilhan Omar, ips-dc.orgTagged: Israel, Somalia, Jewish, Passion, Compassion