Trump Says Minnesota Can’t Stand Ilhan Omar. His Attacks Have Made Her More Popular Than Ever Back Home.
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Elianne Farhat, the executive director of a statewide racial equity organizing group called Take Action Minnesota, said she was “very heartened” by the widespread condemnation across the state of Trump’s comments about Omar. But she hoped, she said, that the support would extend beyond condemning the president in moments of explicit racism.
“Moments like the one we just went through make it clear that people are operating in a racist, xenophobic way,” she said. “So it’s important, also, when it is less clear, to take the time to see the racism operating, and to say that is wrong.”
“Donald Trump and the people around him are actively using all different contours — identities, race, immigrant status, gender, religion — to divide us, and we have to be clear that is happening,” Farhat said. “We all need to get clearer faster when we’re getting played. Those are the hardest moments.”
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