ICYMI: Rep. Omar Speaks at Hands Off! People’s Veto Rally in Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON– On Saturday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke at the Hands Off! People’s Veto Rally at the National Mall in Washington D.C.

Rep. Ilhan Omar called out the chaos, corruption, and callousness of the Trump Administration. She emphasized the importance of fighting and defending our democracy and upholding our Constitution.

The full video can be found here.

Full transcript below:

“Hello everyone! 

It is so good to be here with over 100,000 American patriots. 

It is a reminder that the American fighting spirit is alive, because folks we are in a fight! 

We are in a fight for our democracy.

We are in a fight for our constitution.

We are in a fight for our families.

We are in a fight for the kind of future we want for this country.

We are currently living through a president who wants to be a dictator.

In America, we do not accept dictators and we do not accept kings.

We have a billionaire who has bought a seat next to the President, using him as a puppet.

American democracy has never been for sale and it won’t be today.

We are seeing a cowardice — congressional Republicans that are utilizing the chaos our fascist president is creating to cut Medicaid, Social Security and take away our rights, while they give $4.5 trillion in tac cuts to their billionaire puppeteers.

None of this is normal!

This is why we have to fight for our constitution. Because here is the thing, no matter who you are, Elon Musk and Donald Trump and corrupt congressional Republicans are coming for you.

If you are a mother struggling to put food on the table, they are coming for you.

If you have elderly parents that you are trying to put in a nursing home, they are coming for you.

If you are a senior relying on Social Security, they are coming for you.

If you have disabled children and you’re trying to make sure they have access to education, by cutting the Education Department, they are coming for you.

So they want you to believe— they want you to believe to look at your neighbor as your enemy.

They want you to believe that it is because of trans kids that you can’t have the necessary access to the programs we already paid for.

They want you to think it is okay to snatch people in the middle of the night and disappear them.

They want to take away our pride, as Americans, in the constitution and due process by putting people in foreign prisons in a dark hole.

They want to crash the economy so that they can set up a process of punishment and reward.

So they can grab more power for who will bend the knee and give them access.

None of this is normal!

So if you want a country that has the marvelous constitution we have, we have to fight for it!

If you want a country that still believes in due process, we have to fight for it!

If you believe in a country where we take care of our neighbors, look after the poor and make sure our children have a future they can believe in, we have to fight for it!

So are you ready to fight?

Are you ready to fight?

Let’s go fight and win!

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