Rep. Ilhan Omar did say “World War Eleven” at a January 22 press conference in Washington, D.C. She also corrected herself seconds later. The 13-second clip racing across social media included the first part and cut the second, collecting millions of views along the way.
That is the narrow factual picture. But the broader scene around it, the legislation Omar was promoting, the political moment she chose to promote it in, and the growing scrutiny her office already faced, tells a more instructive story about a lawmaker who keeps handing her critics fresh material.
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