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Trump’s obsession with Ilhan Omar has reached a dangerous new level | Arwa Mahdawi

The administration seems intent on stripping the congresswoman of her US citizenship and deporting her. It’s a terrible abuse of power What do you think it is about Ilhan Omar, exactly, that seems to get under Donald Trump’s tangerine-tinted skin? The president has claimed he has a problem with the progressive Democratic congresswoman because she is…

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