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    Ilhan Omar Touts Bernie Sanders as President Who Will Fight ‘Western Imperialism’

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    Ilhan Omar has recently endorsed Bernie Sanders, as have two other members of the so-called ‘Squad', and she is rallying her to vote for the Vermont senator and his progressive policies next year.

    Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the leading Democratic congressional newcomers, has praised Bernie Sanders as a president that will fight “genocide” and “western imperialism.”

    Speaking at a Sanders rally in Minnesota on Sunday, Omar said she was “beyond honored and excited for a president who will fight against Western imperialism and fight for a just world.”

    While it's not precisely clear what Omar meant by the fight against “imperialism,” she might have been referring to Sanders' campaign pledges to divert part of the “exorbitant” US defence spending to domestic issues and avoid maintaining “unnecessary overseas bases.”

    Sanders stood at 19 percent in the /Wall Street Journal poll released on Sunday, trailing 4 percent behind Elizabeth Warren and 8 percent behind Joe Biden. Throughout the year, the 78-year-old senator has consistently polled third nationwide.

    Omar, 38, entered the rally riding a wave of criticism from the political left for only marking herself “present” for a House vote that overwhelmingly recognised the Ottoman Empire's genocide against Armenians during World War I.

    Omar responded to the critics that she objected not to the substance of the resolution, but to its timing. The bill was passed at a…

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