https://www.mediaite.com/news/viral-ilhan-omar-speech-that-sparked-fury-on-right-reportedly-a-total-mistranslation/
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) was one of the main dissenting voices who called on Omar to “resign in disgrace” over her “appalling, Somalia-first comments” that were not just a “slap in the face” to her constituents, but “a direct violation of her oath of office.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called for Omar to be deported and expelled from Congress.
snip-the reporter notes problems with the translation and continues:
For one thing, people from Somalia refer to themselves as Somalis, not “Somalians.” For another, here is the translation provided by the Reformer:
We Somalis are people who love each other. It’s possible that we might sometimes have disagreements but we are also people who can rely on each other. We are people who are siblings. We are people with courage. We are people who know that they are Somali and Muslim. We are people who support each other.
The Reformer article also notes that “[a] devout Muslim like Omar would have faced outrage from the largely Muslim audience had she placed her religion second, according to one translator.”
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