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

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

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

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

    Cool. That includes Ilhan Omar.

    • HubertManne@kbin.social
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      8 months ago

      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@lemmy.world
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        8 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?

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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          8 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!