Trump calls me ‘crooked as hell’. That’s rich coming from him | Representative Ilhan Omar

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According to The Guardian’s source item, Trump calls me ‘crooked as hell’. That’s rich coming from him | Representative Ilhan Omar, Trump and Republicans are not interested in combating fraud and corruption. They are interested in ransacking the public good for their own profit Donald Trump called me “crooked as hell” as he spread lies about the fraud that occurred in Minnesota. Any keen observer will recognize the pattern of inciting hostility against me and the Somali community whenever his own failures and corruption catches up to him. He routinely reaches for the same tired playbook of lies, racism and deflection. This is not a new strategy. Lyndon B Johnson once said : “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” This is exactly what Trump’s doing: demonizing Black and brown people so that we pay less attention to him picking our pockets in broad daylight.

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