President Donald Trump encouraged Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota in a social media post over the weekend to return to her native Somalia after she referred to the country as her home.
In a video speaking to a Minneapolis crowd in the Somali language, she called Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud “our president,” according to a translation.
The lawmaker added that she has a “special relationship” with Mohamud, and that she refers to him as uncle and he calls her “his girl.”
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“We are very happy that Hassan is our president,” Omar said. “Somalia is our home… Somalia is our heart. It is in our hearts. We always think about Somalia.”
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