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  • “I reserve the right to my time.”

  • A barrier-breaking congresswoman,

  • who made headlines just after a few months in office.

  • Freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar —”

  • The first Somali-American and the first

  • woman of color from Minnesota —”

  • Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar is in the spotlight

  • and she's getting attention from

  • across the political spectrum.

  • From President Donald Trump:

  • Congressman Omar is terriblewhat she said.”

  • To Democratic presidential contenders:

  • If your question to me is, do I think

  • she is anti-Semitic?

  • No, I don't.”

  • She does not deserve the kind of vicious, hate-filled

  • attacks that she's experiencing.”

  • So, who is she?

  • Omar was born in Somalia.

  • Her family fled during the civil war.

  • They were granted asylum in the U.S.

  • and eventually ended up in Minneapolis.

  • Omar went on to become a community organizer.

  • She got into politics a few years ago,

  • when she unseated a 44-year incumbent

  • in the State Legislature.

  • Omar was one of the first two Muslim women elected

  • to Congress.

  • “I stand here before you tonight

  • as your congresswoman-elect,

  • with many firsts behind my name.”

  • So, what are the issues that Omar

  • has brought attention to?

  • As a freshman in Congress,

  • Omar criticized the Trump administration's involvement

  • in Venezuela, supported the boycott Israel movement

  • and spoke out against family separation at the border.

  • We say, not under our watch.”

  • But these days,

  • she's making news as a target of the president.

  • In March, Omar incorrectly stated that

  • a Muslim advocacy group

  • was created after the Sept. 11 attacks.

  • They recognized that some people did something

  • and that all of us were starting to lose access

  • to our civil liberties.”

  • Trump went after Omar on Twitter,

  • sending out an edited video mixing

  • 9/11 footage with her remarks,

  • implying she was playing down the attacks.

  • Omar says she received an increase in death threats

  • after Trump's tweet.

  • But this isn't the first time that Omar

  • has been on Trump's radar.

  • In February, Republicans called her anti-Semitic after tweets

  • that criticized Israel.

  • Omar apologized on Twitter,

  • but Trump still called for her resignation.

  • “I think she should either resign from Congress

  • or she should certainly resign from

  • the House Foreign Affairs Committee.”

  • And, he didn't let the scandal go.

  • She doesn't like Israel, I forgot. I'm so sorry.”

  • So, what's next for Omar?

  • Some say that Omar has been

  • a political gift to Trump,

  • the ideal way to rally his conservative base.

  • And her comments about Israel have split support for her,

  • even in her own party.

  • But it's not making a dent in her fundraising.

  • Omar raised $832,000 in the first quarter of this year

  • for her re-election campaign.

“I reserve the right to my time.”

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