In her election-night victory speech, Ilhan Omar quotes her California colleague Robert Garcia, whom she calls the soon-to-be chairman of the Oversight Committee. His message to Trump and his allies: "you better lawyer up," because "it is our time for accountability, and transparency." Omar adds that if Republicans thought Democrats took it easy on them in 2019, "wait until you meet these kind of new Democrats."
The receipt
- Who
- Ilhan Omar
- Where
- rally - election night, Minnesota DFL victory party
- Original footage
- MUNSIF TV INDIA · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 53 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 1 on Instagram
Read the transcript
with this. My colleague from California, the soon -to -be chairman of the Oversight Committee, Robert Garcia, was asked what he thought about our victory and what message he had for Trump and his allies. And he said you better lawyer up because your time of harassment is over, it is our time for accountability, and transparency. And if you thought that the Democrats took it easy on you in 2019, wait until you meet these kind of new Democrats.
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