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The fact is that there are a wide array of people, customs, cultures, practices, traditions, and beliefs that we Americans should not want melting into our country, and that we have every right to refuse them entry to our national pot.
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| Omar's fellow Somalians. Or maybe Antifa rioters? |
"Nobody, to my knowledge, has ever accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of being a nationalist. But if her recently surfaced comments about Somalia are any indication, she is, in fact, an ardent one — just not for the nation of America.
"A few months ago, controversy broke out surrounding comments Omar made during a speech about Somalia (delivered to a predominantly Somalian crowd in Minneapolis): “We are people of brotherhood, people of blood, people who know themselves to be Somalis, to be Muslims,” Omar thundered, according to the English-translation subtitles. “We are a gifted set of individuals with a patriotic spirit that acknowledges our homeland and strives to protect it.” In a shockingly candid admission, Omar openly bragged to the crowd about her ambition to serve the interests of a foreign nation while ostensibly representing American voters in the U.S. government: “The U.S. government will do what we tell the U.S. government to do,” she boasted. “That is the confidence we need to have as Somalis.… For as long as I am in Congress, no one will take over the seas belonging to the nation of Somalia and the United States will not support others who seek to steal from us.”
" 'Us,” of course, did not refer to the United States. No serious observer of politics could ever imagine the congresswoman describing America in such terms.
"Omar was not the only Somali-American politician to openly boast of a dual (at best) loyalty. Earlier this month, Ohio state Rep. Ismail Mohamed touted the emergent bloc of Somalia Firsters in U.S. politics: “We have 20 or more different political representatives. And of course, Ilhan Omar is our representative at the federal level…. Our main objective is to discuss things that concern Somalia. It’s our country. It’s our people. Our aim as [a] united front is to lobby for Somalia.”
"Tempting as it may be, it is difficult to lay all the blame for this nation-within-a-nation phenomenon — a potent impulse among many ethnic blocs within America today, well beyond Somalians — at the feet of Omar and Mohamed. In many ways, Omar and Mohamed are rational actors; they came to this country as Somalians, and this country gave them no reason to rethink or abandon that identity. Their comments are the inevitable result of a nation that no longer has the political will to both inspire and demand loyalty to this country, and only this country, from all who wish to reap the considerable benefits of U.S. citizenship." ... (Emphasis mine, TD)
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