The discussion was hosted by the Washington Post. Good morning. Opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to Washington Post live. It is also a live recording of post opinions podcast. My guest today was just inelected to her second term the u. S. House of shes ntatives, congresswom congresswoman ilhas omar. Congresswoman, thanks for coming on the podcast. Ms. Omar so great to be here with you, jonathan. Jonathan last we talked, which was yesterday on msnbc, i asked reaction to being words say the president elect biden and your response to me was really interesting. You said correct me. Id love for you to expand on this. Be it hat it would will be great for you to note have to explain to your daughter why the president the president of the United States was saying mean things about you. Ms. Omar yeah. So i dont know if you remember but the athan, president , when he was running to minnesota, came two days before the 2016 on tion and basically went attack against somali refugees.
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
Dont ask me to asked to say that i think the president or his followers to do anything different than Hillary Clintons follow through if youre talking about. Big business when theyre talking about big tax on hollywood they from day one said that the President Trumps presidency and the election was illegitimate and as a journalist you know that we watched this play out before yours if i could just so you have no special to talk to his people about accepting the result he will model i am sure but he right now doesnt believe. That there is the you know they mistreated evidence. Hes lost this race let me add that theres nothing one state to certify the vote theyre going to be several states that will have canvassing and recount and cannot there wont be giving what are you think that will have. Judicial decisions that will impact and in spite of that we have to see it in but give me 300 in this bill i tell you that despite of it despite that in the past hour as we have seen many messages fr
Claimed victory and he says hell ask the Supreme Court to stop the vote kill. I bring cost to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome it has been 24 hours since voting into did the u. S. President ial election and there remains no clear winner democratic challenger joe biden and President Donald Trump along with america and the rest of the world are waiting for results as ballot counting continues in a few key battleground states this election is demanding patience from everyone but the u. S. President has already claimed victory and hes alleging voter fraud without presenting any evidence joe biden hes calling for patience but his supporters are confident that he is on track to win so lets take a look now at the results where the vote counting stands right now in just the last hour hour figures show biden currently on 248. 00 Electoral College votes right there with donald trump right now at 214 the magic number needed of course to 72 wh
Suzanne it is a pleasure to welcome you all here to do to our conversation on Foreign Policy and the u. S. President ial election. This event is part of the brookings policy 2020 series which seeks to empower voters ,ith factbased, datadriven nonpartisan information to better understand the policy matters discussed by candidates running for office this year. Thank you all for joining us. We are 29 days away from november 3. Americans will cast their ballots for the next president , but the future of americas global role is also at the ballot. Election,ward the todays conversation will focus in particular on its implications for the transatlantic relationship and u. S. Foreign policy toward europe. Many of leaders and their counterparts around the world are watching the election closely. While there are differing views about how the upcoming november election will shape the relationship, few in europe or it will revert to its previous form. The europeanfrom council on Foreign Relations