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Sen. Bernie Sanders energizes voters at Minneapolis rally for Rep. Ilhan Omar
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Sanders, the Vermont independent who has twice sought the Democratic presidential nomination, told the crowd at Thomas Edison High School that Omar, a Democrat, “is one of the outstanding members of the United States Congress” and that he was proud to work with her.
“She knows that her job is not to represent big money interests, but to represent working people” as well as children, senior citizens, and “vulnerable people in our society,” said Sanders, who spoke Friday night at Minnesota State University Mankato.
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“I am also a proud mom of three Minneapolis public school students and will always fight hard to ensure our educators have the resources that they need,” Omar said.
She alleged that her opponent in the Aug. 13 primary, former Minneapolis City Council Member Don Samuels, accepted $200,000 from “right-wing billionaires who want to dismantle public schools.”
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https://www.startribune.com/sen-bernie-sanders-energizes-voters-at-minneapolis-rally-for-rep-ilhan-omar/600746666
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