{"id":6102,"date":"2016-09-02T17:02:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T17:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2023-05-20T04:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T04:37:31","slug":"this-refugee-is-leading-u-s-by-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/this-refugee-is-leading-u-s-by-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Likely First Somali-American Refugee to Take Public Office in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come Fall, she is likely to be the first Somali-American to take public office, serving in the House of Representatives for the State of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>When she was little, her family fled Somalia spent the next four years in a Kenyan refugee camp. When she came to the US she didn&#8217;t know any English, but she learned quickly. Once she became fluent, she enjoyed being an interpreter for her grandpa in local caucuses. At age 14, Omar admits she was already hooked on politics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Patriotism is fighting for your country &amp; uplifting the constitution and its citizens&#8211; fighting to hold POTUS accountable is patriotic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vatQbgC9wI\">https:\/\/t.co\/vatQbgC9wI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/898886230636670978\">August 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the idea of having someone like me run and possibly win allows other folks who are afraid to put themselves out there to take the leap, and to lean in, and to be the change that they want to see, and be a little braver in that process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her platform is about issues that help everyone \u2013 including restorative justice, promoting urban agriculture, creating good jobs, and strengthening maternity leave, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3349\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ilhan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3349\" src=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ilhan-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: IlhanOmar.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come Fall, she is likely to be the first Somali-American to take public office, serving in the House of Representatives for the State of Minnesota. 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