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Polybius

(15,235 posts)
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 10:52 PM Aug 2020

Rep. Ilhan Omar Defeats Antone Melton-Meaux, 3 Other Challengers In Primary Election

Source: CBS Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Incumbent Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has won Minnesota’s 5th District Primary Tuesday evening.

The race was hotly contested, as Omar faced four challengers from her own party, including heavily-funded Antone Melton-Meaux. His campaign spokesman told WCCO he conceded at 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Tuesday’s election was also a test of Minnesota’s absentee-voting system, with unprecedented numbers voting by mail because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Election results were delayed because of the influx of absentee ballots which were sent in.

Omar was first elected to the seat in 2018, becoming the first Somali American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. She won that crowded primary field by more than 18 percentage points, and has since made her mark as a progressive and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump. She was endorsed by the DFL and Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Read more: https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/08/11/rep-ilhan-omar-defeats-antone-melton-meaux-3-other-challengers-in-primary-election/

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Rep. Ilhan Omar Defeats Antone Melton-Meaux, 3 Other Challengers In Primary Election (Original Post) Polybius Aug 2020 OP
K n R ! Thanks for posting! JoeOtterbein Aug 2020 #1
I voted for her. geardaddy Aug 2020 #2
I couldn't vote for her (not in my congressional district), pazzyanne Aug 2020 #5
Very glad to see this! Thank you for posting the news! scarletwoman Aug 2020 #3
Donated to her campaign rpannier Aug 2020 #4
Well, DUH!!! AZ8theist Aug 2020 #6
Woohoo!!! Omar won by 57% of the vote vs her opponent's 39%. onetexan Aug 2020 #7
Hooray, hooray! Good for her. She held her own again. Best wishes to Ilhan Omar. ✨🎆⭐️ Judi Lynn Aug 2020 #8
We Are Thrilled at This Household! McKim Aug 2020 #9
It seems like her constituents are pleased. theaocp Aug 2020 #10
Yipee! iluvtennis Aug 2020 #11
Wow! I am so happy she won! burrowowl Aug 2020 #12
Not a well written article alp227 Aug 2020 #13
The Squad continues to crush it melman Aug 2020 #14
They do DeminPennswoods Aug 2020 #16
"It"? George II Aug 2020 #18
Found on google OneCrazyDiamond Aug 2020 #19
Where might I find a list of her legislative accomplishments? NurseJackie Aug 2020 #21
You shouldn't be so obvious RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #23
Okay, so I'll take that as a "no" regarding that list of legislative accomplishments. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #24
Rep. Omar is one of 232 Democrats in the House RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #26
I think it's perfectly reasonable to inquire about her... NurseJackie Aug 2020 #27
Hey, have a great day RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #28
That's quite the non-sequitur! NurseJackie Aug 2020 #32
RhodeIsland, my husband's Jewish, and both he and I are Hortensis Aug 2020 #29
I'm curious as to what that specifically has to do with this particular thread? RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #30
Many who "abhor all bigotry and intolerance, including Hortensis Aug 2020 #33
You seem to be making two implications here RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #35
No. To the best of my knowledge there's been no Hortensis Aug 2020 #36
There are tons of sites for that. OneCrazyDiamond Aug 2020 #38
I really have no strong feelings about her one way or the other. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #39
Yeah I am right there too. OneCrazyDiamond Aug 2020 #40
It melman Aug 2020 #31
I wondered what the angle would be. Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #41
"Angle"? George II Aug 2020 #43
Angle. Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #44
From my plane geometry classes in High School, I learned there are several types of angles: George II Aug 2020 #45
Try a dictionary. Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #46
I already know what the definitions of each of those angle are, but.... George II Aug 2020 #47
Try the dictionary again Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #48
No thanks. No surprise. George II Aug 2020 #49
Alright then. Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #50
Excellent!! Owl Aug 2020 #15
This win should send a message that his racist tropes aren't working. Lonestarblue Aug 2020 #17
Actually VA_Jill Aug 2020 #20
The people spoke. I'm not thrilled with the choice some voters Hortensis Aug 2020 #22
Ugh! She sounds like a real peach! I'm sorry for Georgia. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #25
There's a thread all about her here Polybius Aug 2020 #34
Post removed Post removed Aug 2020 #37
On the left? That qanon Nazi is 'left'? Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #42

AZ8theist

(5,335 posts)
6. Well, DUH!!!
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 11:24 PM
Aug 2020

FUCK the fucking RACISTS!!!
(not that there any racists in the Dem primary, one hopes...)

BUT..
Especially those on the Reich Wing side who were demanding she "go back" to wherever.....

I hope she remains in politics for DECADES to come. America NEEDS her voice. PERIOD.

McKim

(2,412 posts)
9. We Are Thrilled at This Household!
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:03 AM
Aug 2020

We are thrilled at this household. I will never forget how she challenged Eliot Abrams about his reprehensible human rights record in Guatemala! As a human rights activist I visited Guatemala survivors on three delegations for my national church’s human rights organization. I am so proud of her for telling the world about his record when he went before congress. I sent her a beautiful thank you card and a photo of myself at the Forensic Anthropology Center in Guatemala City.
Bless her and bless her work!!!!! We donated to her campaign.

alp227

(31,959 posts)
13. Not a well written article
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 01:37 AM
Aug 2020

Had to watch the embedded video just to see that Omar got 57% of the vote, yet the article directly references her 2018 primary result

OneCrazyDiamond

(2,029 posts)
19. Found on google
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:41 AM
Aug 2020

Crushing it is a common expression used when someone is doing their job particularly well, or exceeding all of their goals. Unlike the the literal definition of the word “crush” (to destroy with force to the point of injury), “crushing it” has an extremely positive connotation

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
21. Where might I find a list of her legislative accomplishments?
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:12 AM
Aug 2020
Crushing it is a common expression used when someone is doing their job particularly well, or exceeding all of their goals.
Where might I find a list of her legislative accomplishments? I'll be interested in learning what all the excitement is about.
 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
26. Rep. Omar is one of 232 Democrats in the House
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 11:09 AM
Aug 2020

Y'know, we don't run around demanding every single one of them post their accomplishments. We are happy they are there. But for a few souls, some just have a real bee in their bonnet and make it obvious. Every. Single. Time.

Happy for Omar. The racial attacks from the right have been blatant and disgusting. It's sad there are a few here fully ready to piggyback off that just because someone's "not going with the flow" a small percentage of the time. Kinda weird for someone who likes to complain about certain states not being diverse enough, then whines about a strong candidate from a diverse district.

Kudos to Nancy, Elizabeth and the Minnesota Senate delegation (all women!) for endorsing her!

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
27. I think it's perfectly reasonable to inquire about her...
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 11:19 AM
Aug 2020
Y'know, we don't run around demanding every single one of them post their accomplishments.
We also don't run around boasting that "every single one of them" is crushing-it. I think it's perfectly reasonable to inquire about her legislative accomplishments, so that we can all see exactly how she's "crushing-it".

It's sad there are a few here fully ready to piggyback off that just because someone's "not going with the flow" a small percentage of the time.
I haven't seen any evidence of that. I think it's a mistake to characterize legitimate criticism (and very mild at that) as being racially motivated. When people do that, it reveals a position of weakness when they choose to not address the substance of any criticism and instead focus on imagined (and incorrect) motives.

Kinda weird for someone who likes to complain about certain states not being diverse enough, then whines about a strong candidate from a diverse district.
What in the world are you talking about? Who has complained about "certain states not being diverse enough"?

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
28. Hey, have a great day
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 11:36 AM
Aug 2020

I hope Mr Melton-Meaux's ethics investigation works out for the best. $4 million is a lot of money to lose a primary.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
32. That's quite the non-sequitur!
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:05 PM
Aug 2020
I hope Mr Melton-Meaux's ethics investigation works out for the best. $4 million is a lot of money to lose a primary.
That's quite the non-sequitur! Completely irrelevant. How does that relate to what we were previously discussing? Why do you believe that his disposition or campaign budget is something I'd care about?

Hey, have a great day
So, that's it? No response to my questions? No clarifications about the vague insinuations? Okay, whatever.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
29. RhodeIsland, my husband's Jewish, and both he and I are
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 11:38 AM
Aug 2020

also 100% committed to protecting representative government. That's HUGE for us, especially as the Republicans and Russia work to destroy our democracy.

I will never support anyone for power who would approve election tampering to steal it away from the majority of voters. My disapproval of those who do support those candidates is disapproval for inadvertently (and shamefully for some, deliberately) empowering the right. And my fear is this weakness in democracy's great bastion. Where's the rock-hard commitment to battling the rise of the authoritarian right to protect their own rights, ALL of them!, by protecting their vote?

It's way past time to face up to how some on the farther left helped enable the Republican power theft in 2016. They knew they were pulling in the same direction on the same rope as the Republicans and Russian intelligence and they did it anyway. The consequences are dreadful, and it may now be too late to stop the authoritarian takeover we're watching. We'll find out.

Btw, have you noticed that there's been a great rise of antisemitism on the far left to march with that on the far right? A dangerous common element that's been used for evil purposes many times.
It's not coincidental to what's happening on the right, and we will also witness a deliberate fostering of this common passion if we can't turn this around. That's guaranteed.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
30. I'm curious as to what that specifically has to do with this particular thread?
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 11:44 AM
Aug 2020

I abhor all bigotry and intolerance, including and especially antisemitism.

But I'm not following the specifics as it relates to this primary. I know that a lot of people including the President have called Rep. Omar "un-American" and engaged in very typical anti-Muslim tropes up to and including calling her a terrorist.

I'm in no way saying Omar is the best rep in the House, but it's satisfying those bigoted assholes who troll her Twitter with horrible insults were spanked last night and will be again in November. And whomever poured 4 million bucks into this race is walking away very disappointed.

Thanks in advance.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
33. Many who "abhor all bigotry and intolerance, including
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:20 PM
Aug 2020

and especially antisemitism" have found themselves on the wrong side of history by not paying attention to the details. I find it useful to try to imagine what candidates would do with power if all restraints on power were removed, or if they were surrounded by people who shared and encouraged their faults. Are they the type to draw strong, principled, ethical lines they won't cross? (Wouldn't supporting election tampering/theft answer that?)

As for the rest, to have good government we have to elect good people, period. Which brings my thoughts around to the happy prospect of good character and judgement in office, VP Biden and Senator Harris.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
35. You seem to be making two implications here
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:43 PM
Aug 2020

I'm not going to ask further about one, for your own sake. It will get you infracted.

But the second one....are you insinuating someone committed voter/election fraud in this race?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
36. No. To the best of my knowledge there's been no
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 01:32 PM
Aug 2020

attempted election theft among major Democratic races for anyone to endorse or just hope would succeed. And we'd of course know about any promises to do that.

Oh, sure, Russia continues on (without stopping since 2016) and reportedly had been trying to use Sanders and Gabbard to defeat Democrats, but Sanders said no to Russia and the GOP and yes to Biden/Democrats, and the voters negated Gabbard's usefulness. Of course it doesn't hurt that no one got anywhere near Biden the entire time, in spite of all hostile efforts to promote others, no doubt frustrating the plotters in Russia big time.

But it's really on point to note that the kind of high-quality Democratic candidates we virtually always have at the top of the ticket, like Biden and Harris and the rest this time, would never do that kind of thing. They just never would. And those are the quality of people we should be filling every office with.

OneCrazyDiamond

(2,029 posts)
38. There are tons of sites for that.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 04:20 PM
Aug 2020

This is probably the most authoritative.

https://www.congress.gov/member/ilhan-omar/O000173?searchResultViewType=expanded

When I looked, it seems she only sponsors or co-sponsors bills. I wouldn't expect a lot to become law until McTurtle and The Greatest, Most Dootiful Clown King are gone.

The excitement seems to be she won her primary when others said she wouldn't.

Do you disapprove of the freshman Congress Woman, or are you wanting to see her do more?

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
39. I really have no strong feelings about her one way or the other.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 04:33 PM
Aug 2020
Do you disapprove of the freshman Congress Woman, (sic) or are you wanting to see her do more?
I really have no strong feelings about her one way or the other about that congresswoman. I'm mostly neutral, neither here nor there. I can tell you that the politicians I get most excited about (or the ones that I'm most impressed with) are the ones who actually stand out with their legislative accomplishments, or for their achievements with committee assignments and the role played therein, or for the things they do to benefit the Democratic party, and defend candidates from liars and false-accusations, or for the things they've done on behalf of their constituents. Know what I mean?

George II

(67,782 posts)
45. From my plane geometry classes in High School, I learned there are several types of angles:
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 05:44 PM
Aug 2020

Acute
Right
Straight
Reflex
Obtuse

So which is it?

George II

(67,782 posts)
47. I already know what the definitions of each of those angle are, but....
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 06:09 PM
Aug 2020

.....don't know which of them you're referring to.

Try again?

Lonestarblue

(9,874 posts)
17. This win should send a message that his racist tropes aren't working.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:02 AM
Aug 2020

Of course, he’s too stupid to listen to anyone but himself. As Abraham Lincoln said, “He who serves as his own counsel has a fool for a lawyer and a jackass for a client.” Yep, that fits Trump perfectly.

VA_Jill

(9,852 posts)
20. Actually
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:03 AM
Aug 2020

she kicked his ass pretty good. He was pretending to be something he wasn't and the voters saw through it. Go Ilhan!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
22. The people spoke. I'm not thrilled with the choice some voters
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:16 AM
Aug 2020

made, though.

Here in GA, the 14th district will have a Republican congresswoman who's suddenly become nationally famous for supporting QAnon. But locally, she's been known much longer for her vicious attitudes toward Jews and nonwhites, and that's what got her elected. Of course in that district. Her ugliness has no cover and needs none there.

Today's swell of acceptance and endorsement of antisemitism on the left is scary because too many who will vote to empower it imagine they're with us in the battle against the dangerous and ugly passions it is only one representation of. Some fellow warriors.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
25. Ugh! She sounds like a real peach! I'm sorry for Georgia.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 11:06 AM
Aug 2020
Today's swell of acceptance and endorsement of antisemitism on the left is scary because too many who will vote to empower it imagine they're with us in the battle against the dangerous and ugly passions it is only one representation of. Some fellow warriors.
I appreciate reading your thoughts and observations. Thanks for sharing your insights.

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