Republicans, rightwing figures and foreign politicians have seized upon the video despite proof the lawmaker was misquoted

  • Flying Squid
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    Even if she did say “Somalians first…” how many White Americans call themselves Irish or Italian? And have parades celebrating how Irish or Italian they are?

    • prole
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      Right, but Irish and Italian people aren’t black. Or Muslim.

      • @vinylshrapnel
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        They didn’t used to be considered white either

        • @[email protected]
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          And they won’t again, once those pesky melanin-heavy people are back in their “proper” place.

          [fondly remembering the days when nazi ideology was a bad thing]

    • HubertManne
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      this is a bs comment. I have never known anyone to make a comment that their nationality first over america. Total pride in it sure and maybe something close like we are not just americans but X americans but not like it takes priority. Granted this comment is based on yours saying if she did say it so because moot in reality.

      • 🔍🦘🛎
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        You heard em folks, burn all the “Kiss me I’m Irish” shirts for being un-American

      • Flying Squid
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        175 months ago

        I have never known anyone to make a comment that their nationality first over america.

        Cool. That includes Ilhan Omar.

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          Maybe. The article does not give the “correct” translation so who knows. One side says omar said this and the other said no its not that.

          • Flying Squid
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            225 months ago

            It absolutely does give the correct translation. Literally the third paragraph of the article:

            According to the Minnesota Reformer, a Minnesota-based news outlet, which worked with two independent Somali translators, Omar said: “We are people who know that they are Somali and Muslim”, not that she was “Somalians first” as the video suggested.

            How many Somali translators did “the other side” use?

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              55 months ago

              How many Somali translators did “the other side” use?

              Several, but lots of other intermediates were involved. At one point, they actually arrived at exactly this!

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              I was looking for that but somehow I thought that was the initial translation and not the corrected one. I guess they just did not give the initial one used outside of politician comments. So my bad but I really wish news articles were written differently.