I grew up in a household where we all celebrated who we were. There was no space to make people feel different or 'less than.'

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• Ilhan Omar:

  My kids have been around politics since they were little.

• Ilhan Omar:

  I have a great sense of who I am.

• Ilhan Omar:

  I've always said you get what you organize for.

• Ilhan Omar:

  Fighting gerrymandering is one thing. The other thing is insuring we have the right candidates for

• Ilhan Omar:

  We have people who will take votes that they can't defend. They'll say they stand for a policy, but

• Ilhan Omar:

  We've become the party that wants to appease everyone and no one. And I think the only way that the

• Ilhan Omar:

  I would have loved to have heard a story like mine. I could have used it as an inspiration to get b

• Ilhan Omar:

  I talk all the time about the eight-year-old me and all the eight-year-olds who are living in their

• Ilhan Omar:

  I was a teenager when 9/11 happened. And I really was uncomfortable with many members of our commun

• Ilhan Omar:

  I want to go to Washington to make sure we really have an opportunity to expand health care for fol