Rep. ILHAN OMAR Talks Terror In Minneapolis And Becoming American

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Your family got the visa to move to the States and to leave the refugee camp in Kenya. Also, you learned how to scrap. Is that where you learned how to scrap? No, I mean, I've got six older siblings. I've got three brothers. And you've never lost one fight? You could beat up anyone in Congress? I don't want my brothers being upset about this. You beat their butts? I don't know why I said it that way. You beat your brother's butts? To a little girl? We'll leave that to the imagination. You were little, though. I was. Did you do it in front of girls their age? No. Thank God. No. They would have never lived that down. But I rarely fought girls. I mostly fought boys. She's such a gangster. I'm sorry. So good. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. First off, I have to say this, Tampa, Florida, this weekend, please come see me, Science Players Comedy Club, and also in a couple of weeks, I'll be in Los Angeles, California at the Region Theater. We sold out the first show. They've added a second. Enough of that. My guest this week is Ilhan Omar, representative from Minnesota in the House of Representatives. Since her election to the House in 2019, Omar has become one of the most well-known, oftentimes maligned politicians in America today. I really enjoyed getting to know her backstory. I knew some of it, but it's really unlike any other member of Congress. At eight years old, civil war broke out in Somalia, and she escaped to Kenya to a refugee camp. And at 12, she moved to Virginia with her family before eventually settling in Minneapolis. Since her election to Congress, she's also been subject to constant harassment and even death threats. There have been Republican candidates for office who have called for her. Multiple people have been imprisoned for plotting her assassination. President Trump has targeted her repeatedly throughout her entire time in Congress. He's advocated for her expulsion from the country, among other derogatory whatever. Funnily enough, we had this scheduled twice before on the calendar, and those two times were the days that New York City had blizzards this year. It's Islamophobic. The Jewish God is mad at me. Hashem is mad at me. The first two times, she had extensive security detail that was provided by Congress. She was the only member of Congress that had it, and they needed access to do full security sweeps of the studio. On Friday, when I asked her team if they needed access this weekend, they said that Speaker Johnson has revoked that security. You know, I had a bunch of questions prepared for the Congresswoman about what it's like for her. A person to endorse, all that. But what I could tell immediately is that she's genuinely just unafraid and unfazed, or at least she seems like she is. I don't think many people could do that. I think it takes a really special person to do that. So here's my interview. We do a funny bit up top, if you're still watching. Oh, hold on. She said it was better than Hassan. Just kidding. For the record. Ladies and gentlemen, Congresswoman from Minnesota, Ilhan Omar. This is our third attempt at this. It is. It is. How are you? Do you think that this is cursed? Do you think we're cursed? You know, there's always weather issues. No, we've had two blizzards. You're from Minnesota, so it's just. In New York City, we've had two blizzards, and those were both on the day that you were supposed to come. Yeah, well, welcome to our situation in Minnesota. Yeah, do you like it there? It seems plenty cold, no? Yeah, but as Prince said, it keeps the bad people away. One thing that kind of is a little bit upsetting to me is that an enemy of the show, Mr. Hassan Peeker, got you. He snuck in there, and he gave you a tea that everyone. It's become a meme. Hassan got some store-bought bottled tea that was warm, and everyone's like, wow, he's such a great guy. That's wild. That's one of my favorites, though. Fine, but I've done one better. Okay. I've gotten. It's a big challenge. I've gotten authentic Somali tea. We're going to do a cooking segment, late-night talk show style. Can we get the boys out here? And we're going to do a segment called Somali tea. Okay. We're actually going to make Somali tea? We're going to make Somali tea. You're going to teach me how, but I'm also going to spill some Somali tea. Okay. All right. Sounds good. I don't know if you've. I don't know if Trump will. I don't know if Trump will approve of this, but. What do you mean? Well, I heard Donald Trump's been getting fat. It's like that kind of thing. We're spilling tea. Hurry up, guys. She's not sure about the show yet. We've got to really win her over with this Somali tea. Did you hear it from Trump? No, no. We're not that kind of. Because you can't bully. Okay, I'm just saying. We're not going to do racism. No, like. I'm just saying your tea can't come. No, listen, sis. We're spilling the tea, and it's going to be piping hot. These things need to be great. If you were to grind, would you have a. No, no, no. Here are the leaves. Okay. These are special. But the cardamom needs to be broken. Oh, my God. I look like an idiot, guys. What do I turn this on? Extra hot? Do we have water? We need water. Oh, behind me? Oh. Okay. So, yeah. From a very. Is this on? Yeah. Look how expensive this looks, huh? Yeah. Wow. This is just. I feel like a Jimmy Fallon, huh? Well, maybe I can serve a little piping hot tea. Because I was on Somalispot.com. Okay. And I heard that the truth about that Ashraf guy on TikTok is that he's rich because he and his brother work for slash own an NGO in Somalia. Oh. But you didn't hear that from me. Okay. You get it? It's like tea. I got it. Okay. I don't know. A little birdie. I'm struggling trying to keep some of these things open. It's fine. I should be. We're good to go. Well, that's. So, what? A dash of clove? Yeah. Looks like you put about. Some cinnamon. Cardamon. It needs to be broken up, but okay. Okay. Just. A little birdie told me that the president of Somaliland, Abdurrahman Mohamed Abdullahi, has announced a sweeping cabinet reshuffle involving new appointments dismissals and transfers across key ministries. But you didn't hear that from me, sis. Okay. Yeah. Wow. Okay. We were putting you to work. You're the guest. This is going to be delicious, I'm sure. I don't know if you heard this, but Ethiopia and Eritrea have been saying that they have more beautiful lighthouses than us. Well, we have the longest coast in Somalia, so I don't know. Yeah. And I heard Eritrea said she had breathing issues, but really it was a nose job. Oh, my God. We're being so bad right now. So that's our bit, Somali tea. We're going to. This is by far the stupidest thing we've ever done on the show. Can someone take the hot plate and pour us the tea? Yeah. If you lift that, I can lift this. No, we don't. Oh, okay. No, no, no, no. Okay. Ow. No, this is terrible. This is very dangerous. I'll move the whole table. You grab that. There we go. Wow. I'll leave this there. Guys, that. Our first cooking segment has been an absolute winner. Justin, don't put it in a solo cup. It's going to melt it. That's what Caleb told me. No, we have these. Yeah. I was about to say, do we have mud? I've really enjoyed learning about you for this episode. And I think that you're obviously. Do you feel like you're one of the most well-known members of Congress? I mean. Sure. Would it be fair to say that you're. You're used as a political cudgel? I might be a little bit of a boogeyman for the mad guy, yeah. Yeah. And it started pretty much immediately, if I remember. Yes, right after I won my primary race for the state house. So nobody should have actually known who I was. Well, how did Maroon 5 find out who you were? I don't know if any of you know this, but in the Girls Like You video, you are along with Ellen DeGeneres, Gal Gadot. J-Lo. Cardi B. Cardi B? Yeah. Yeah, I guess when did you come to national prominence or something? That was obviously before you were in Congress. Well, when I won my state house race, they said I was the first Somali legislator to be elected in the United States. And I think people didn't distinguish the fact that I was a state legislator and not a member of Congress. Really? And so everybody was congratulating me. I was getting phone calls from world leaders around the world. Of becoming the president of the United States, yeah. And people were going to the Capitol trying to find my office. So everyone is very stupid. Well. Was it just a very generous headline? Did they not. Yeah, I think that people still. Most people don't know that state legislators and. Because you're called a representative when you're a state legislator. Right. And when you're in the House, you're also called a representative. So people, I think, just kind of confuse the two. And you beat a lady who wanted to lower the voting age to 12? Is that correct? Well, she was there for 44 years, so. Yeah. But she said that 13-year-olds should vote? She had some interesting ideas. I think that's cool. I think kids rule. I think the maximum voting age should be 18. I have a pretty smart 13-year-old, and I'm not sure she's ready to vote. I think she is. I think the kids rock and teachers suck and there's too much homework. 13? That was my. They don't give as much homework. as they used to when I was in high school now. Oh, boo-hoo. I know. That rocks. What do you mean? Oh, no, it's sad. If you're a parent, I'm like, I want the same torture I went through for my kids to go through. Did you have them at home for COVID? I did have them home for COVID. Four kids. You were in the government and you had four kids at the Korean? Yeah, it was wild. Were you losing your mind? It was actually more entertaining because I remember one time I was cooking lunch and my youngest daughter, who was in elementary at the time, I think she was in third grade, was doing P.E. through the computer. Computer P.E.? Yeah, so she was on her laptop at the dining room table and I turned around and she was doing jumping jacks. Yeah, it was a very weird thing to see her do and then to hear everyone else doing it through the noise that was coming from the computer. That must stink, though, that you can't see your friends for like two years. That was painful, yeah. But it was a good bonding time for, I think, the four of them. Do you think we afford kids enough sympathy for that? I think we only talk about their gender surgeries, but I don't think we talk about the fact that they went through a tough time growing up, no? Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of social interaction that was missed for a lot of the kids that went through COVID. They're weird, no? Yeah. They're probably weird. You lost your mom young. I did. So you were two? Two-ish, yeah. So I guess, like, how did you. You had to teach yourself how to be a mother. I did, yeah. I mean, and I think, you know, I was actually just talking to my youngest daughter about this. You know, I was raised by my dad and grandpa and they were both strict, but they liked to talk to us as if we were adults. And so we, you know, were free to have opinions and debate with them and it wasn't like they didn't consider it disrespectful. Yeah. And, you know, we had a lot of, like, autonomy as kids and so that's kind of how I raise my kids. It's like they know what not to do. Uh-huh. But they're also, like, very independent and. Thank you, Justin. Very hard. I appreciate it. Great timing. Thank you. Thank you. What's the l'chaim in Somalia? What's the cheers? Oh, we don't do cheers, but. Oh, because it's no. Yeah, haram. Yeah. Well, l'chaim. It didn't make it into our vocabulary. L'chaim, yeah. I've burned my tongue, so. Maybe salut. Salut. Yes, we were colonized by the Italians, so there's a lot of Italian influence. Yeah, one thing, when you were talking about your father, that kind of. I mean, my parents moved to. I moved to America as well, and I, like, had to kind of communicate American culture. I know you moved here as a child. Yeah. But, like, beyond being a single dad, he also had to. was raising his kids in this alien culture. Yeah. And, you know, there's, like, a really cute part of your book where you talk about, like, where you want to wear, like, cute clothes in high school. Yeah. And he was, like, fine with that, but he's like, but no kissing. If you kiss, I'm out. I'm out on that. You know? Yeah, he was out on a lot of things. Yeah, me too. I remember in sixth grade, my parents got me regular underpants, and then sixth grade, you have to start changing for gym class. Yeah. And so I asked my parents if I could get boxers, and my dad was like, do you. why would a boy care about his underpants? I was like, I don't know. People are calling me gay. I don't know. I don't. I'm not gay. Yeah. And he's like, do you have body dysmorphia? I'm like, what does that mean? And so I had boxers for pajamas, and I used to just. They do go from zero to 100. Immigrant parents? Yeah. Nothing makes sense to them. It's really. I do still have a little bit of that, even though, like, I've been here for over 30 years. I still do have, like, a little bit of the immigrant parent. My kids are like, okay, relax. Like, we were joking. But you had to learn American. Yes. We're hopping around a lot because I want to get into your story before that, but what were the things that you could kind of educate. Was it the show that you may watch? I mean, I could watch anything because my. I love TV. My dad didn't have any context to, like, what was on TV, what was appropriate or not appropriate, and he also had to work a lot, so he wasn't really home. Yeah. And so I watched, like, Family Matters and. Urkel. Yeah. You were raised on. Urkel taught you? I was raised on everything that would come on TV after I got out of school, so. Yeah. The TV was just on all the time. And, like, but I didn't speak English, and I was. I was struggling because the only words when I came at the age of 12 that I knew. Did I do that? No. Steve Urkel. No, I would learn that. I know your first words. It was hello and shut up. Hello, shut up. And that's not that fun when that's the only words you know in sixth grade, so. That's so cute. Yeah. Yeah, maybe. Your teacher wrote something in your yearbook that I thought was adorable. I don't want to misquote it, but it said, like, Ilhan, like, age 11. Hello, shut up. Age 12. Hello, my name is Ilhan Naisavich. Yeah. Yeah. It's, like, it makes me want to cry. It's so cute. It went Mr. Miller. It was very. Yeah, that was very cute. So, what, like, when did. I suppose, like, when did you first feel American, you know? I don't. I don't know if there's a moment. I believe when I could communicate and, like, navigate life and feel, like, just like one of the other kids. Maybe it's maybe when I felt like I was American. Maybe that was, like, 14, 13, 14. That's fast. Yes. Because you came here at 11, no? 12. 12. So, in two years, you learned English and. I was pretty fluent within, like, three to six months. And you learned Baywatch. You learned. Yeah, I would watch the TV with the captions on. God, I love TV. My sister and I would just have the dialogue. That they were having on TV. Yeah. And that was kind. Like, it helped, I guess, not to develop a strong accent as well. Yeah. But, yeah, like, I think much of my English before, you know, I got into my formal education was, like, context-based. Yeah. All my non-American, like, family learned it from friends. Yeah. And they'd be like, Adam, you're such a chandelier. You're so sarcastic. I'm like, yeah, it's true. I am. I'm definitely not a Ross. I wish I was a Joey a little bit sometimes. Nobody wants to be a Ross. Ross? What a schmuck. Yeah, no. I also don't know if I could handle a Joey. Joey? Why are you so stupid? Eh, yeah. Joey's like, you feel like, yeah, like, you could toss him away. Yeah, it was too painful to hang out with. It was fun while it lasted, Joey, but you're not. You're not. You're no thinker. I need someone more intellectual. I think we could talk for an hour. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm a conversationalist, so I'd like people who could hold a conversation. And Joey would be like, I thought you were a Somalier. Yeah. You're like, Somalian. What's wrong with you, Joey? How do you even have a license to drive? You shouldn't be allowed to vote. You're spoken about so much, but I don't think people understand how much of a journey your life has been and potentially how it's made you the person you are today. Right. Which is a person that's like, Fuck you, I'm not going anywhere. We're born in Mogadishu. How old were you when the Civil War broke out? Eight. Eight. What were your memories of Somalia before that? Well, this is the thing that people usually get upset about. Because they're like, "Oh, she just glorifies her childhood." And my childhood was pretty normal. Like not being in a war, that sounds pretty nice. The parts where that weren't in a war. Yeah, part of my life. I grew up in a very loud, loving home. My mother, it's a fascinating story culturally. In Somalia, the tradition is if you get married, you have two options. Either you have your own home with your wife. And your kids. Or if you don't have enough resources, the husband moves his wife in with his family. The in-laws. Yes. It's got to be annoying. Or beautiful. Yeah, it depends on who the in-laws are. And my mother was the firstborn of her family. And she wanted to. She wanted to help her dad economically. She wanted to help make sure her siblings were raised well. She was an ethnic minority too? She was. She's of Yemeni heritage. And so she was very adamant that any suitor had to agree to move in with her family. Which was a cultural no-no. And so my dad, when supposedly she was. There was this coffee shop that he would frequent after work. And she would come by that coffee shop to go home. And he said it was love at first sight. He wanted to know who this woman was. And started to show. He figured out where she worked. And started to show up at her job. And kept asking to talk to her. And she wasn't interested. But eventually said yes. He wore her down. He wore her down. And then she made her demand that if they were to get married, he had to move in. And that was, I suppose, a hard choice for my father. But he was in love. With her mother? With her mother and father. And her siblings, I know. And she said yes. And I think, as it would be, it was probably one of the best choices he made. And so he moved in. And we were born in my grandfather's house. My grandmother died before I was born. So my mom had younger siblings that she had to help take care of as she was having kids. And so I grew up with my aunts and uncles along with my siblings. And so it was a full house. And you were the youngest, too? I'm the youngest of seven. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Being a member of Congress and understanding that there's a lot going on. And I think, as it would be, I think it's important to be aware of that. But I think, as it would be, I think it's important to be aware of that. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. And so you grew up with your first child in a war-torn environment. What was that like as an eight-year-old? I mean, what are your memories of that? It's distorting because, like I said, I had a pretty normal childhood. My family was upper middle class for Somalia standard in the '80s. Again, I lived with my mother before she passed. Who had full-time employment, my father, my grandfather, my aunts and uncles who were all teachers. And so there's multiple salaries coming into our one household. And so we were pretty comfortable. And then we went from one day just being a normal kid, going to school and playing. And the next day, kids around your age are walking around with rifles and there's bombs dropping. And so I was like, "Oh, I'm going to be a normal kid." And then I was like, "Oh, I'm going to be a normal kid." Yeah, I mean, I do think of war through the lens of someone who survived one. And I understand the lasting impacts of war. It's the displacement. It's the trauma that you can't get rid of. I mean, I still have PTSD. There's certain environments that trigger it. And I. It's. And I think for a lot of people, especially a lot of people in the United States, unless you've been a service member and been in combat zone, people can't fully comprehend. So they're just like, "Oh, there's war and things get back to normal and everybody's fine." And nobody accounts for the destruction that happens. Nobody accounts for the missed years of education that instability brings, the loss of jobs, the loss of infrastructure, the loss of your memories, the connection to family, to your history. I get a lot of people who are like, "Yeah, you should be grateful that you have this beautiful life." I am grateful enormously that I have this beautiful life. More so. But it comes with a cost. Yeah. And I think that a lot of people. we are in America. A lot of people just see people who come here seeking a new life and just are like, why aren't you just really excited? It's like, yeah, they are excited, but they also have the human capacity to miss what was lost. You know, my great grandmother, who also lived with us and helped raise us, I didn't see her for many years after the war. She passed away without me saying goodbye to her, and I would have loved to have been by her side when she passed away, as I was with my grandfather and father. I think there's this notion of what a refugee is. In learning about you and researching for this, I kind of, obviously there's a xenophobic thing about you. I think there's a xenophobic thing about you. I think there's a xenophobic thing happening which is like for the first time i was i'm 38 or 39 fuck i'm 39 it sounds so bad i'm 40 and i'm turning 44 this year so i don't i don't know why you hanged up on the we're the same age i'm older five it sounds like we're the same age and you're in congress you would have been in eighth grade when i was graduating high school so you're okay yeah we you would have you would have bullied me probably no i was very much opposed to we would have been best friends obviously yeah i would have fought your bullies for you no i didn't have any because i was so funny all the bullies were laughing so much at my funny jokes uh no but uh i thought that's how people become funny is because they get bullied a hundred percent a hundred percent wow we're having a therapy session is that what's happening right now yeah i'm gonna get on the couch uh uh well no i i think there's obviously there's it seems like this is the most xenophobic i've ever seen of the country but also there's a notion more so yeah than his first term oh i mean it's not him it's just uh it's people you know but on the the other side i think there's a notion of refugee like there's there's those like posters like refugees are welcome here almost as if like um you know that like uh you're lesser than kind of even in the liberal sense like oh please come like you know like come sit down it's well-meaning though it's well-meaning for sure but it's it's like um patronizing being a refugee has equipped you as an adult and is a is oh yeah i mean my my resilience is because i was a refugee and i you know like the you were supposed to come twice and your security detail was supposed to do an extensive sweep you had you had a like secret service level security um because they're multiple people that are incarcerated for plotting assassinations um obviously we saw at the town hall recently that uh yeah but you you fucking charged you were like i did i thought you're like what bitch yeah you charged him yeah i mean i did the only thing i knew how to do what dawned on me it was like yeah because like she walked to kenya as an eight-year-old you're a nine-year-old you know like uh close enough i didn't walk all the way to kenya but yes well you don't say say walk to them make it sound worse what did you what you got a what you got a piggyback ride you went to what do you come on just let me do that okay let me do the jewish thing she walked to kenya and then seeing members republican candidates for office calling for your execution and seeing the president uh fixated on you. I think it's fair to say. Is that where your bravery comes from? I mean, or am I off base? Well, I mean, and I think the, in, in the refugee story, I think, or, or any sort of displacement story through traumatic events is that, is, you know, that old adage of, you know, what doesn't break you makes you stronger. You know, there are people who do end up being broken, right? Like, but I think it did the opposite for me. I think it gave me a sense of, like, I survived all of these things that could have destroyed me, could have killed me. And so what is the point of having fear? It's like, I kind of really don't have the normal sense of fear. I mean, I have irrational fear of certain things, but I don't have. Like what? Snakes? I'm a little, like, claustrophobic. Me too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I think that, like, because we had to hide under beds, you know, when the, when the bombs would drop and, you know, or, like, try to hold on to the side of a wall just to make sure if it collapsed that you could crawl out. But I think those tight corners, being put in those tight corners, I think maybe helped me develop just a little bit of claustrophobia. I feel bad for saying me too, but, yeah. Yeah. But I mean, there's different things that happen, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I think, you know, when you, when you are, you know, eight and you are crossing multiple checkpoints and people have guns pointed at you, you know, like, you just develop a sense of, like, I got through that, you know, what, what else could happen? It reminds me a lot of when my dad wouldn't get me boxers, shorts when I was in sixth grade. You know, we've both been, we have different stories and we've been through, I've been through a lot. Yeah. Very traumatic. I didn't get, I didn't hit puberty until basically after 10th grade. So we've both been through a lot, you know? Isn't that not the normal age? I know your grievance politics. No, it's not the normal age. Some of the, in sixth grade, some of them are like with beards and we're like, how are we the same grade? Two kids had sex in sixth grade. And I went home and I was like, I don't know, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I cried. I don't know why I'm telling a sitting member of Congress this, but I cried. And I remember both their full names still to this day. I cried. I said, I thought we were just kids. Sex? You saw them? Did they tell you about it? What's the context of this? After sixth grade, you can beat both their names. Just had sex. And I cried. They're going to sue you for sharing this. So tell us about Kenya. Did you chill with Malik Obama ever? No. Did you ever link up with Malik Obama? You know who he is? The brother? Yeah, yeah. He's like MAGA. Yeah. No, no. I don't know. He's a hater. He's hating from Kenya. He's just tweeting and hating. I don't think we would have been in the same region of Kenya, but. No. So your mentor in Kenya was Malik Obama. Is he related to Barack Obama or is that like a common last name? Is it family got the visa to move to the States and to leave the refugee camp in Kenya. We've got three brothers. To a little girl? I was. No. Thank God. I'm sorry. Girls are scratched, and I didn't want my face scratched. You're a boxing MMA fan. I am a boxing. I'm a boxing MMA fan. Do you like my favorite boxer, Naoya Inoue? Do you like him? He's all right. The monster? You think he's all right? The amount of power at that size. Okay, all right. Honestly, he's your size. I am a fan of the sport. I don't really have. You like Bud? I don't. Who's Bud? Crawford. Yes. He's the man. Yes, he's amazing. We watched his last fight. Against Canelo? We just watched Wilder, too. Oh, yeah. 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He said America was the only country in the world. country in the world where you will eventually become an American and in it it's interesting because he was very right about that you know I don't know too many places where an immigrant can absorb the identity of the new nation they arrive in well I guess because it's not an ethnicity right yeah like German is an ethnicity yeah I know a lot of people use Japan as an example which is crazy I mean I I guess that that's the thing I always thought was awesome about America I mean the people here who would be you know the inhabitants of what was to become America we're not we're not we're not calling themselves that and so I think that creates the distinction where you know like a country like Somalia the people are Somali so everyone else that's there like they have their own ethnic backgrounds and stories but there is a core group of people who are just Somali as a legislator that is that's hijabi black and a woman do you think that that is kind of on the surface why so much attention negative attention is paid to you I mean I mean I would say less because I'm a woman and black more because I'm an immigrant and visibly Muslim yeah yeah one thing that's odd to me is like it's like the Obama era right like you seem like a person that like it would be the State of the Union or something you point to the balcony be like Ilhan Omar was a refugee in Kenya and she came to America and she worked her way up and became a success yeah it used to be something that we celebrate yeah but I think that is the backlash is because it was celebrated right like the the reason you know earlier you asked like why this you know how does everybody know you how do you you know come to national attention it's because I was a first for a whole community that like was barely recognized as being in the country yeah and you know Here I am less than a little over 20 years after arriving here as a kid as a member of Congress you're the first African refugee I am the first African you're the first Somalian yeah you're the first Muslim woman yeah - where's Rashida Rashida together yeah Rashida but was it alphabetical yeah but I'm also the first Muslim not born in the u.s. to ever serve in Congress oh so Rashida doesn't have that on you no she's born here yeah she's born here yeah that's kind of soft of Rashida yeah I mean then Keith Ellison was born here Andre Carson was born here yeah and Latifah Simon was born here so there's four of us that are in Congress yeah but everybody seems to only remember I'm I'm the Muslim one that exists there because yeah I'm visibly Muslim and I'm also an immigrant do you think they're also haters because like I don't know everyone's no people are beautiful in their own ways what you think Lindsey Graham is beautiful in his own way I'm sure somebody thinks you work at an ugly office okay let's be real have you seen some of these people why are we let them in charge of us you can contest okay listen I'm not look at them some of it wait you think Mitch McConnell got got there because of pretty privilege you think well what do you think I got there because of pretty privilege no I think you overcame a lot okay yeah thank you I appreciate that you think I got there because of pretty privilege no I think you overcame a lot okay well thank you I appreciate that I didn't know where we were going with this I'm just saying you know what a I didn't know where we were going with this I'm just saying you know what a work at an ugly place one of my opponents when I work at an ugly place one of my opponents when I work at an ugly place one of my opponents when I first ran for office was busted no said first ran for office was busted no said said that I was gaining traction because said that I was gaining traction because said that I was gaining traction because I was attractive uh-huh like you're like I was attractive uh-huh like you're like I was attractive uh-huh like you're like thanks but no thanks yeah yeah no I thanks but no thanks yeah yeah no I thanks but no thanks yeah yeah no I appreciated the compliment um but I'm appreciated the compliment um but I'm appreciated the compliment um but I'm pretty sure it was more than that when pretty sure it was more than that when pretty sure it was more than that when you got into the house uh I think you got into the house uh I think you got into the house uh I think probably our audience's understanding of probably our audience's understanding of probably our audience's understanding of Nancy Pelosi is kind of probably Nancy Pelosi is kind of probably Nancy Pelosi is kind of probably negative I don't know people are very negative I don't know people are very negative I don't know people are very hate congress in general can you tell us hate congress in general can you tell us hate congress in general can you tell us a little bit about like uh a little bit about like uh a little bit about like uh you know what she told you about being a you know what she told you about being a you know what she told you about being a woman in woman in woman in government why are you laughing I government why are you laughing I government why are you laughing I meant to say that why is she laughing at meant to say that why is she laughing at meant to say that why is she laughing at me me me I don't know if she did I say woman how I don't know if she did I say woman how I don't know if she did I say woman how did I say did I say sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry I've just never met someone in a maroon I've just never met someone in a maroon I've just never met someone in a maroon 5 music video with Ellen and Gal Gadot 5 music video with Ellen and Gal Gadot 5 music video with Ellen and Gal Gadot and Millie Bobby Brown and Millie Bobby Brown and Millie Bobby Brown young Millie young Millie young Millie no I mean no I mean no I mean Pelosi Pelosi Pelosi is is is a fascinating person because a fascinating person because a fascinating person because you know she's you know she's you know she's um um um an only daughter to a family of like an only daughter to a family of like an only daughter to a family of like many boys many boys many boys yeah also political family yeah and she yeah also political family yeah and she yeah also political family yeah and she had um her own had um her own had um her own you know I think you know I think you know I think strengthening growing up strengthening growing up strengthening growing up with lots of brothers in the same with lots of brothers in the same with lots of brothers in the same way that I did way that I did way that I did um she was very close with her father um she was very close with her father um she was very close with her father like I did so we had sort of like I did so we had sort of like I did so we had sort of you know some of those kind of um you know some of those kind of um you know some of those kind of um things in in common a little a little things in in common a little a little things in in common a little a little toughness toughness toughness in in us that was um intentionally in in us that was um intentionally in in us that was um intentionally built by our brothers and father built by our brothers and father built by our brothers and father uh and uh and you know I don't take she you know I don't take she you know I don't take she doesn't take so it was it was easy doesn't take so it was it was easy doesn't take so it was it was easy to to connect in that way she she said to to connect in that way she she said to to connect in that way she she said that they're going to be beat to you that they're going to be beat to you that they're going to be beat to you because you're a girl because you're a girl because you're a girl no but I mean she's she's you know she no but I mean she's she's you know she no but I mean she's she's you know she also had to denounce me a few times you also had to denounce me a few times you also had to denounce me a few times you know know know we all denounced you yeah yeah so you we all denounced you yeah yeah so you we all denounced you yeah yeah so you know I think she understood that I know I think she understood that I know I think she understood that I I didn't care I I think the first time I I didn't care I I think the first time I I didn't care I I think the first time I heard about you was during the I heard about you was during the I heard about you was during the benjamin's tweet benjamin's tweet benjamin's tweet and something that really pissed me off and something that really pissed me off and something that really pissed me off was that was that was that I feel like um a lot of people online I feel like um a lot of people online I feel like um a lot of people online kind of people I would expect even kind of people I would expect even kind of people I would expect even uh kind of took the bait on that one uh kind of took the bait on that one uh kind of took the bait on that one yeah it was a it was a generational yeah it was a it was a generational yeah it was a it was a generational miss yeah what do you but there was a miss yeah what do you but there was a miss yeah what do you but there was a soul voice that soul voice that soul voice that uh that spoke out of the darkness yeah uh that spoke out of the darkness yeah uh that spoke out of the darkness yeah on your behalf okay on your behalf okay on your behalf okay online what was it like to to hear that online what was it like to to hear that online what was it like to to hear that person standing up for you person standing up for you person standing up for you who's who's who's is that you Adam okay I got in big is that you Adam okay I got in big is that you Adam okay I got in big trouble okay well we appreciated it trouble okay well we appreciated it trouble okay well we appreciated it well you're gonna get mad at me about well you're gonna get mad at me about well you're gonna get mad at me about what I said but I was upset because what I said but I was upset because what I said but I was upset because people are lecturing you on people are lecturing you on people are lecturing you on anti-semitism just to back up um anti-semitism just to back up um anti-semitism just to back up um uh you got a tweet about APAC which is uh you got a tweet about APAC which is uh you got a tweet about APAC which is a lobbying organization right which a lobbying organization right which a lobbying organization right which uses uh very toxic lobbying sure uses uh very toxic lobbying sure uses uh very toxic lobbying sure we know we love them uh no but uh you we know we love them uh no but uh you we know we love them uh no but uh you got a tweet that was all about the got a tweet that was all about the got a tweet that was all about the benjamins like meeting that money and benjamins like meeting that money and benjamins like meeting that money and government also like from the song also government also like from the song also government also like from the song also the the rap song yeah also his name is the the rap song yeah also his name is the the rap song yeah also his name is Benjamin Netanyahu I mean it worked on Benjamin Netanyahu I mean it worked on Benjamin Netanyahu I mean it worked on three it was a three it was a three it was a it was a triple entendre well the other it was a triple entendre well the other it was a triple entendre well the other layers had no factor in outside of the layers had no factor in outside of the layers had no factor in outside of the yeah it was outside of the bars yeah yeah it was outside of the bars yeah yeah it was outside of the bars yeah and uh but like I said I think I was too and uh but like I said I think I was too and uh but like I said I think I was too young for a lot of the people who were young for a lot of the people who were young for a lot of the people who were commenting on it yeah they were like commenting on it yeah they were like commenting on it yeah they were like Benjamin Franklin would never yeah yeah Benjamin Franklin would never yeah yeah Benjamin Franklin would never yeah yeah uh yeah and then I got upset because yeah and then I got upset because yeah and then I got upset because you were getting lectured by a certain you were getting lectured by a certain you were getting lectured by a certain daughter of a former president daughter of a former president daughter of a former president and I did a mean tweet and she and I did a mean tweet and she and I did a mean tweet and she found it I didn't even found it I didn't even found it I didn't even at her at her at her and so she uh said that I was an anti-semite and so she uh said that I was an anti-semite and so she uh said that I was an anti-semite I tweeted Chelsea Clinton isn't even I tweeted Chelsea Clinton isn't even I tweeted Chelsea Clinton isn't even Jewish she's just ugly Jewish she's just ugly Jewish she's just ugly sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry I'm that is that a real tweet yeah sorry I'm that is that a real tweet yeah sorry I'm that is that a real tweet yeah I'm sorry but I was upset on your behalf I'm sorry but I was upset on your behalf I'm sorry but I was upset on your behalf and and and people are piling on I I regret it and people are piling on I I regret it and people are piling on I I regret it and I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry it Jewish comedy the basis of Jewish it Jewish comedy the basis of Jewish it Jewish comedy the basis of Jewish comedy self-deprecation we comedy self-deprecation we comedy self-deprecation we I'm just saying we're ugly I'm just saying we're ugly I'm just saying we're ugly we have that in common Somalis are very we have that in common Somalis are very we have that in common Somalis are very ugly yeah was that when did you know that ugly yeah was that when did you know that ugly yeah was that when did you know that it was gonna be like this I suppose it was gonna be like this I suppose it was gonna be like this I suppose like did you because that was fairly early like did you because that was fairly early like did you because that was fairly early on was my when did it first month on was my when did it first month on was my when did it first month third week first month at the job third week first month at the job third week first month at the job everyone's telling you that you're Adolf everyone's telling you that you're Adolf everyone's telling you that you're Adolf Hitler or something did it don't when Hitler or something did it don't when Hitler or something did it don't when did it dawn on you it's gonna be like Hitler or something did it dawn on you it's gonna be like you're eating a meat or you're eating a meat or you're eating a meat or something your third month when they said something your third month when they said something your third month when they said you were Pol Pot or whatever yeah I you were Pol Pot or whatever yeah I you were Pol Pot or whatever yeah I don't I mean I don't know I guess like don't I mean I don't know I guess like don't I mean I don't know I guess like when I first ran you know I thought of when I first ran you know I thought of when I first ran you know I thought of all the horrible things that could all the horrible things that could all the horrible things that could happen wrote a list of ten ten worst happen wrote a list of ten ten worst happen wrote a list of ten ten worst possibilities and none of it has possibilities and none of it has possibilities and none of it has actually happened so what were some of actually happened so what were some of actually happened so what were some of those bad bad ones yeah really yeah I'm those bad bad ones yeah really yeah I'm those bad bad ones yeah really yeah I'm not gonna say it so somebody can do it not gonna say it so somebody can do it not gonna say it so somebody can do it to me I'm not putting it out that's a to me I'm not putting it out that's a to me I'm not putting it out that's a good that's smart yeah yeah but I mean good that's smart yeah yeah but I mean good that's smart yeah yeah but I mean like I you know so I think I keep a like I you know so I think I keep a like I you know so I think I keep a level ahead at Ness because it's not as level ahead at Ness because it's not as level ahead at Ness because it's not as bad as I thought which is It's like, oh, my God, this is horrible. And I'm like, eh, it's really not as bad as it could be. The strange thing to me is that Somalis are such a small ethnic minority in America, and there's a fixation that's surfaced. And Trump was talking about them in 2016, I believe, when he was running. Yeah, he came to Minnesota and said we were there without the permission of Minnesotans and we should all get out. You didn't ask? Apparently. Why Minnesota? What about Arizona or something? There are Somalis in Arizona. Yeah, the smart ones. Why don't you go up there with the snow? This is as different as possible. We're naturally nomads, which culturally means somebody usually goes to a place and says. Why are you nomad away from the snow? This is a good place for people to live and raise a family. My family was settled in Arlington. And that's where I went to middle school. And my older siblings, realizing that I'd missed four years of schooling, really wanted a good education system for me so that I could graduate on time and not get lost in the system. And they were doing research in Minnesota at the time, had a really good education system. And so that's how we ended up in Minnesota. But the first family in Minnesota came from San Diego. Well, it's way nicer there in San Diego. It's fabulous. He had a lot of kids, and the cost of living was too much. Oh, California. Don't get me started. Yeah, so he moved to Marshall, Minnesota. Oh, that sounds terrible. Where it was like he was paying 10% for rent than what he was paying in San Diego, which meant he had the freedom to start a business. And I think he's the first Somali millionaire. I want to talk about Minneapolis. I kind of have this, like, well, first off, I just, like, I think it's valuable to hear, like, from obviously two constituents of yours were killed, right? By ICE and CPP. Yeah. Yeah, I think, first off, like, just tell us, like, what you saw transpiring in your district, in your home city. Yeah, I mean, the federal occupation of Minnesota was a little scary. We had over 4,000 ICE and CPP agents, and it was, you know, masked men patrolling the streets with machine guns, stopping cars, dragging people out of the cars, breaking windows, arresting people who were telling them that they were citizens, had their documents, they were legally in the United States. You know, obviously, they killed Rene Good and Alex Preddy for just monitoring and documenting the brutality that they were witnessing with so many people being disappeared, so many businesses being shut down, lots of empty schools. There was a third of our schools had presence of children. Yeah. It was very. Very scary. What's it like to be a leader of a community that's going, like, going through that? It's terrifying. Yeah. Especially when you, yourself, your, you know, family members are, you know, also part of the targeted group. Yeah. And so, you know, you're caring for your constituents and trying to provide as much information as you can and, you know, chasing down people who've disappeared through. A maze of a system trying to identify where they are, where they've been taken to, because they were usually disappearing people within three hours from the state. So that was very difficult for us to track people down. And then you're worried, you know, if one of your family members is going to be next. Do you think the president watched a YouTube video and didn't. Realize that most Somali. The vast, vast, vast majority of Somalis are legally in Minneapolis or here legally? Yeah. I mean, that was the most baffling part, right? Because they said. What percentage of the Somali community are legal? Like, 98% or something? Yeah, 98%. Yeah. No, they said they were going through this mass deportation of Somalis, which is what Operation Metro Search was about. Yeah. And, you know, to. You know, they canceled the protective temporary. They announced that they would cancel that, which they couldn't automatically cancel it because those are timed, right? And so it was. For a lot of us, we were like, who is. Who are you mass deporting? Because, you know, none of us are deportable. Yeah. And that was the thing that was disturbing about it because they were going into these Somali restaurants. Somali businesses, Somali, you know, heavy neighborhoods, and they were, like, basically snatching people only to have to let them out within a few hours. And then they said, okay, so anybody who came in through a refugee status since 2021 will take all of them to Texas and Louisiana. We will revet them. And so they. We did that for a little over 4,000 people, and then they had to return all of them because their vetting was. They were here illegally. Yeah. And they'd already been severely vetted. That vetting, when you're leaving a refugee camp, takes three to five years, sometimes up to 10 years. You know, they're checking your bone density. They're, you know. It's just. It's a very invasive vetting process. And so. So it was, again, just a waste of money and a way to terrorize people who were just adjusting to life in America. But I think a lot also about the, I mean, largely Latino people getting detained and disappeared. Yeah, I mean, we recently. They recently released a report of the 4,000 people they eventually arrested, less than 3% were Somali. Yeah. Yeah, it just. It seems to me like an old man watched a YouTube video and then wanted to arrest a bunch of people that were here legally, and then Latinos suffered the consequences. Right, yeah. Who come from, you know, countries that are experiencing severe vulnerability. It's our. Yeah. You know, it's the Venezuelans, it's the people from Ecuador, a lot of young people who fled. Trafficking and gang life in Ecuador are being caught up in it. You know, your family were lucky enough to get a visa to come here. You know, do you often think about what your life would be like had you not? When you think about that, does that give you a deeper understanding of those people? I mean, it's hard to predict what my life would have been like. Yeah. It certainly wouldn't be like what it is today. So I don't know. I can't predict the future for an Ilhan that doesn't leave that camp when I did. I've been to other refugee camps in Kenya where I've met some kids I knew from the refugee camp I was in who are raising kids in that refugee camp. They're still refugees. Yeah. Yeah, so they have, you know, another generation of kids that are born into a refugee camp. Wow. Yeah. I don't even know what I would have been into at 12 or 15 or, you know. Do they get bay wash? I don't think so. Like, when you're a kid in school, you learn about periods of history where countries that had laws started taking people from their homes and locking them in cages. Mm-hmm. And you think when you're a kid, what do you do? And I've been thinking a lot about that nowadays. Mm-hmm. And I don't know what the answer is. And so what do we do? Like, about the people that are in Florida or, you know, in Texas or Louisiana that are, many of them here legally that are dying in captivity, that are not being charged with crimes. So what do we do if it's happening now? Yeah. I mean, it's always the challenge. It's always the challenge, right? Because you can think about what you would do, but then you've got the constraints of what the legal system that you're living under. People forget that brutality is oftentimes legalized. Yeah. And when people say, you know, why didn't you do this or why didn't, you know, these people do that, they forget that there was a whole system to make it hard for people to do anything. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. and they would. would risk their own lives, they would risk their own captivity, and you know in Minneapolis we've had we've had people, I went to this shopping center that has housing attached to it, and I was meeting with the Business Association there, and one of the one of them explained that the condos above this businesses were choosing to allow some of the workers to stay with them, so they didn't have to travel, that they you know they felt safe to just be able to go to work in the same building, instead of being exposed to the outside environment, and so you know there are places like Minneapolis where people have figured out a way to keep their neighbors safe, we had you know soccer moms you know organizing pickups and drop-offs for the neighborhood children, we had block watches where parents organized themselves to take shifts to alert other people when ICE or CPP would be in the neighborhood, and so there you know there are ways that people have to figure it out, but there is the risk right you you can get killed like Renee and Alex have, and that's that's the choices that people have to you know have to figure out, then something that people say to me all the time like you're an immigrant, you're risking a lot by being in the forefront of this fight, but to me it is a choice I consciously make, because I would want if there was a member of Congress that represented me, I would want them doing everything that they could in in defending me and speaking up for me, and not just being worried about what would happen to them, but what happened to the people that they represent, and so it's a it's a it's a loaded thing to think about, but you know it's oftentimes we're hearing from the Democrats like vote for us in the midterms if you want something to happen, yeah right, but I mean this was a this was a program under Obama you know, child separation was happening under Biden, so do you as a member of that caucus have faith in the party were you to be successful in the midterms? Close the places, shut the places down where people have been sent without due process and are dying? Is that possible? I do believe, right, when you when you think about the mass deportation program under Obama and private detention center is becoming a thing under Obama, you now see Democrats finally realizing that we cannot create systems that can be exploited by evil, yeah, to them they thought at the time you know this was cost-saving or it was a way to expedite or to do something in in a way to reform the system, but they gave a playbook to the most evil people like Stephen Miller, who have now allowed these detention centers and even with the first Trump administration where people dying in there and covering up it's normal and sometimes being killed in in these detention centers without accountability where you can have mass agents and we're now just begging for the bare minimum of like can you go back to what it's actually legally required for you to do? And so I do see now when Democrats say put us back in charge that it is about reining this in, it is about recognizing that we've allowed for a system that could be abusive to be abusive and we have Republicans right now who are in charge who are refusing to exercise any of the checks and balances that are within their purview and so Democrats are not asking for much all they're asking for is allow us to at least have a check and balance which you know at this moment I think it's a huge selling point because it just feels like we are living with a one-man rule and that's not you know what America is supposed to be. I guess I'll close with this one last thing all right I know that answer it like that it's not the most satisfying thing but it you know with a lot of them a lot of your boys we can't pass these great policies because obviously we have Trump for president in the next two years even if we were to win the majority but what we can do is make it difficult for him to have the majority. We can't have this one-man rule have you met him no no no what do you say to you meet him I'm not sure it depends it changes by the day what would you say just right now what are you feeling right now let's say I'm Trump hey what's up I'm Trump I've been telling people to kill you yeah I might actually curse him out in person yeah at this day the customs I'm not gonna beat them no it's okay we'll cut it just say the cusses congresswoman just say the cut I've never heard we don't we don't allow cussing on the show but this is one time I think we can make an exception let's hear those cusses all right you share your story I think you are kind of an example of what is great great about America it you can make a success of yourself you could go to college at the Mall of America and how did you how did you find out that the college at the Mall of America wasn't on the up-and-up were you in a sorority no I heard that you rushed Victoria's Secret but you got into hot you got in a hot topic the weird girl sorority yeah me and the brothers at a Hollister we were fuck we were doing beer ball you went to college at a at a mall yeah you might be the first thing Congress Mall College it was it was one of those you know exploitive yeah Jared yeah and they kusher wick off got this you think in Pakistan it's quite I think that I think they got this I don't think so no no I have no no faith but it was it was one of those like schools where they you know prayed on the first time yeah first time college it's you know fat like you'd be the first one to go to college in your family did you live on or veterans no no that was the selling point because it was like if we had this jingle it was like one night one day Saturday's all right how did you know that this place was on the up-and-up they have an amusement park yeah but I I'd worked at the mall I could go do my limited where leather limited what is that that sounds horny it was it that sounds haram to me no it was it was a leather I was a leather jacket store Oh leather jackets and bags and purses nice you got a employee discount so I did and I bought my dad like a lot of leather stuff a full leather jackets with the fur the winter leather jacket yeah and I got him like a suitcase yeah he's proud of you my dad passed away he was very he was he proud of you yeah he was he proud of you yes yes he was very good I like I like the section of your book where he said that it's political science is a student was my grandpa was that your grandpa yeah so I my grandfather was like politics is something you do it is not something you study he's right it's stupid I studied it too what what a waste yeah I agree I don't think I would like what am I doing with one of my kids actually study poli-science you know it's moronic yeah just do it just do it I have some beakers and bunsen the science is in the act in the action of doing politics yeah but I eventually graduated from a school called the NDSU yeah and Fargo North the code yeah Carson Wentz Carson Wentz oh yeah whatever great football team but were you there with Carson Wentz you know I mean you yeah you know I wasn't hanging out with football no you're with the nutrition club yeah I also had two young kids to take care of yeah I don't really do much hanging out in college because I was a young mom so you would bring your kids yeah I was in a lot of clubs and would bring them with me take them to the club you know like student Clubs. You would go to the club with your kids. She is out of control. Wait till Tucker gets the word. Someone said something to me. I spoke to people that know you. Okay. And someone said something to me that's stuck with me. Okay. Granted, I did this five months ago. Where are you guys finding these people that know me? Who? Where are you people finding these people who know me? My APAC guys got me a couple contacts. I don't think those people know me. Someone that knows you has said to me that every day for you is lived truly, not in like a self-help book way, but truly like it could be your last. And that's stuck with me. Who's this person? I mean, I think we should. I don't know. That's such a great, you know, I think we should all live every day as if, you know, it might be our last day. Just enjoy it. But not all of our interns have to go to therapy because they're picking up the phone all day. Yeah. I don't go to therapy. I don't know. No, your interns. I don't think so. You got to send them to therapy. I'll tell you that. No, I mean, I have staff that have been majority of my staff. My staff has been with me since I'd gotten to Congress. You're such an immigrant mom. And therapy is your, your anti-therapy. I am not. But what I am saying, what I am saying is that I have people who, who, who naturally are like, this is crazy and I'm not going to let it like, I'm not going to internalize any of this stuff. And we mainly feel bad for the crazy people who call into our office and spend, spend that much time thinking about us. So, you know, I don't, I, I like to believe just like me, everyone in my office is just like, these people are crazy. Like, I don't, I don't think they take it home with them. Because if they did, I think a lot of them would have like left the office and we rarely have people who quit. I think it's, if you'll allow me, I think it's just really great to see an example. It's a shitty time. Of one person who, despite all this, is just like, fuck you, I have every right to be here as much as you do. And I don't think that, I mean, I think it's a testament, it's a testament to your resilience. And I, I, I genuinely, me going through that, Adam Friedland is, we should, I want to send him to Guantanamo. What the hell? What would you have? What would you have? What would you have done if the, if the president every day was being like. I would have laughed at all his jokes. Okay, there you go. Yeah, that's what you do when you have a boss that's a, that's an asshole, but, but not very smart. You say, that, that was hilarious, sir. Yeah, I would have gotten away with doing no work for 40 years. Yeah. At, at the government. But, I mean, if he was saying the stuff he says, like, about me, about you. I would have, I don't know. It wouldn't just be like, okay, this man is crazy. No, I, I, I think. I think it's really important for someone to say, I have every right to be here. Yeah. You know, that's the. What's he going to do? He's going to drive these, these nutsos nuts, you know. Yeah. Someone called me after Kirk. Yeah. And they said, well, do you have security? I'm like, what does this have to do with me? Me? For Charlie? If someone did that for Charlie, they got, I was the, me? Yeah. Do you do one of those, like, come debate? Meetings? No. I don't want to talk to kids. They're terrible. What is he? Yell, he yells at, he yelled at babies the best. We'll cut that. I really appreciate your time. I've been really excited about this one. Likewise. Did you have fun? I did. Okay. We're going to do another cooking demonstration. And the tea turned out great. If I, if I say so myself. Okay. Well, you were complaining about the cloves. They turned out okay. It's a little tangy because we didn't get to crush them. Oh my God. Oh my God. You can't win with her. Guys, Ilhan Omar, everyone. It's been a pleasure. I hope you enjoyed it. I did. Yeah. Better than Hassan? 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