House speaker of representatives she is congresswoman bill han omar of minnesotas fifth congressional district. Congressman thanks for coming on the contract jam last week talk, which was yesterday, on msnbc i asked you for your reactions saying the words of president elect to biden. Your response to me correctly i would love for you to expand on this, you said it will be great for you to not have to explain to your daughter by the president of the United States is saying mean things about you. down to her american identity and so you know i have had many long days, many nights having to explain to my youngest child, who is now eight, my two older ones you know sort of contextualize what is taking place in the political discourse in this country but for her its really challenging for this to actually happen. You know i think for a lot of our kids they hear about a president and they hear about someone they are supposed to look up to and be a leader and there is a lot of facts from the
Of minnesotas fifth congressional district. Congresswoman, thanks for coming on the podcast. Ms. Omar so great to be here with you, jonathan. Jam last wek talk, which was yesterday, on msnbc i asked you for your reactions saying the words of president elect to biden. Your response to me correctly i would love for you to expand on this, you said it will be great for you to not have to explain to your daughter by the president of the United States is saying mean things about you. down to her american identity and so you know i have had many long days, many nights having to explain to my youngest child, who is now eight, my two older ones you know sort of contextualize what is taking place in the political discourse in this country but for her its really challenging for this to actually happen. You know i think for a lot of our kids they hear about a president and they hear about someone they are supposed to look up to and be a leader and there is a lot of facts from the presidency that h
Congressional district. Congressman thanks for coming on the contract jam last week talk, which was yesterday, on msnbc i asked you for your reactions saying the words of president elect to biden. Your response to me correctly i would love for you to expand on this, you said it will be great for you to not have to explain to your daughter by the president of the United States is saying mean things about you. down to her american identity and so you know i have had many long days, many nights having to explain to my youngest child, who is now eight, my two older ones you know sort of contextualize what is taking place in the political discourse in this country but for her its really challenging for this to actually happen. You know i think for a lot of our kids they hear about a president and they hear about someone they are supposed to look up to and be a leader and there is a lot of facts from the presidency that he tries to instill in them and for someone who has tried to denigrate t
Msnbc i asked you for your reaction to say the words president elected biden and your response to me was interesting. I would love for you to expand on this, you said it will be great for you to not have to explain to your daughter where the president of the United States was saying mean things about you. Yes. I dont know if you remember this, but the president when running for president came to minnesota two days before the 2016 election and basically went on attack against somali immigrants and Somali Refugees and for me in the community that i represent for my children, it has been a fouryear assault on everything that we believe and stand for down to our basic identity as american refugees in this country. So i have had many long days and nights having to explain to my youngest child who is eight and the two older ones who conceptualize what is taking place with the political discourse before her it has been challenging for this to happen. For a lot of our kids they hear about the
May have different goals but they all share the same primary objectives and the confidence in our democracy and they are thrilled when the disinformation causes us to point fingers at each other rather than at them. The good news is we spent the last four years gearing up for this unlike the Obama Biden Administration on whose watch even democrats admit we were called. The Trump Administration workede with congress and others to get us ready. The white house has imposed sanctions on russians who interfered in 2016. The department of justice, the department of Homeland Security and the Intelligence Community led efforts to strengthen and coordinate our defenses. And here in the senate the Intelligence Committee spent years studying whatha went wrong in 2016 and published a 1300 page report with recommendations. In the last two years alone we passed more than 800 million to fund and support secure elections. They described last night they are being combated by the federal government and