DISMANTLE THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
[CHEERING]
RACHEL: THAT WAS "SQUAD" MEMBER
CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR CALLING
TO DISMANTLE MINNEAPOLIS’S
POLICE DEPARTMENT WHILE HER CITY
WAS STILL REELING, AND STILL IS
FROM A DRASTIC INCREASE IN
VIOLENT CRIME.
WILL: COMMENTS LIKE THAT
PROMPTED OUR NEXT GUEST, A
SOMALI BORN ARMY VETERAN,
REPUBLICAN TO CHALLENGE
CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR FOR HER
CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.
PETE: SHE JOINS US NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SERVICE TO OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
TELL US ABOUT THE RACE THAT
YOU’RE EMBARKING ON.
CERTAINLY EVERY ONE KNOWS THE
NAME OF YOUR OPPONENT.
WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING ON?
>> YES.
HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
MY NAME IS SHUKRI, I’M
ORIGINALLY FROM SOME SOME.
I LEFT BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF
CIVIL WAR.
BEFORE COMING TO THE STATES I
HAD TO STAY IN A REFUGEE CAMP
FOR 3 1/2 YEARS SO WE CAN BE
VETTED TO COME HERE, TO THE
STATES.
AND I WAS GRANTED REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT LEGALLY HERE AND
AFTER SHORTLY GRADUATING HIGH
SCHOOL I ENLISTED IN THE
MILITARY INSPIRED BY THE
"BLACK HAWK DOWN" IN SOMALIA.
I SERVED WITH MY COUNTRY 10 1/2
YEARS.
WENT INTO COMBAT AND I HAVE
DECIDED, AS OF LATE, SEEING MY
COUNTRY, WHAT’S HAPPENING,
COMING FROM A SOCIAL HISTORY
DICTATORSHIP COUNTRY, WE ARE ON
THE BRINK OF THAT AND I COULDN’T
STAND ON THE SIDELINES TO WATCH
MY COUNTRY HEAD THAT ROUTE OF A
SOCIALIST DICTATORSHIP.
RACHEL: WOW.
>> I DECIDED TO RUN AGAINST
ILHAN OMAR IN MY DISTRICT.
REALIZING THE DIVISIVENESS AND
THE, THAT SHE HAS DONE IN MY
COMMUNITY AND HAS PAINTED
AMERICA AS A HATEFUL NATION
AGAINST MINORITIES AND MUSLIMS.
HERE I AM SOMEONE FROM HER
BACKGROUND, MUSLIM WOMAN, A
REFUGEE, A MOTHER WHO HAS
EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE DIFFERENT
TREATMENT AND THAT IS WHAT I
WANT TO SHOW THE WORLD AND UNITE
OUR COUNTRY AS A RESULT OF THAT.
RACHEL: WOW.
I MEAN, I’M A LITTLE BIT
SPEECHLESS.
IT IS AMAZING THAT YOU HAVE SUCH
A SIMILAR JOURNEY AS HER AND YET
YOU HAVE SUCH A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE OF AMERICA.
HOW ARE YOU BEING RECEIVED IN
YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT?
>> ABSOLUTELY, I MEAN, THIS IS
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY,
YOU KNOW.
PEOPLE IN OUR ADMINISTRATION
HAVE DECIDED THAT OUR COUNTRY IS
SUCH A HATEFUL COUNTRY AND
THEY’RE DIVIDING US BASED ON OUR
COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER IN ALL
THE WAYS THEY CAN DIVIDE US AND
MY COMMUNITY IS SEEING WHAT’S
HAPPENING AND THEY’RE REALIZING
THAT IS NOT THE AMERICA THAT IS
TRUE AND HAS OPENED THEIR DOORS
TO US AND, AS FAR AS MY
COMMUNITY RECEIVING ME WELL, ALL
WALKS OF LIFE ARE WELCOMING ME
AND REALIZING WHAT IS HAPPENING
BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING IS
THAT OUR COUNTRY, OUR LEADERS,
HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU KNOW, IT
IS TIME TO WAKE UP AND MAKE THIS
COUNTRY A SOCIALIST
DICTATORSHIP.
THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU FOUGHT FOR.
I’M RUNNING AGAINST THAT.
THIS IS NOT THE AMERICA I CAME
TO.
THIS IS NO NOT THE AMERICA I
KNOW.
THIS IS NOT THE AMERICA I SEE ON
DAILY BASIS, MY TWITTER, ALL THE
PEOPLE BACKING ME, THEY ARE TRUE
AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
AND I’M TERRIFIED WHERE THIS
NATION IS HEADED. I HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN.
I HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN.
I SEE DAILY THE USE YOUTHS IN MY
COMMUNITY FALLING INTO DRUGS,
CRIME, FAILED SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THEY’RE JUST IDLE.
NOBODY IS REPRESENTING THEM.
THEY HAVE -- THIS REPRESENTATIVE
TRUST IN HER TO REPRESENT HER
NEEDS.
HALF THE TIME SHE IS ADVOCATING
FOR OTHER NATION’S PROBLEMS,
THEIR SAFETY.
SHE HAS FORGOTTEN THE VERY
PEOPLE THAT VOTED HER TO
REPRESENT THEIR NEEDS.
IT IS A DISGRACE TO HER SERVICE
AND SHE FAILED HER OATH,
COMPLETE NEGLIGENCE IN WHAT SHE
IS SUPPOSED TO DO FOR THE
CITIZENS.
WILL: JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT
RACHEL ASKED YOU, IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES ARE FASCINATING
COMMUNITIES BECAUSE HE HAVE THIS
THE DIRECT FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE
OF OTHER COUNTRIES THEY HAVE
LEFT.
THE CUBAN-AMERICAN POPULATION IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT ALWAYS
ON GUARD AGAINST SOCIALISM
BECAUSE THEY CAME FROM
SOCIALISM.
YOU SOUND SIMILAR.
BUT TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT
RACHEL SAID YOUR COMMUNITY IN
MINNESOTA, A COMMUNITY OF
IMMIGRANTS, DO THEY FEEL LIKE
YOU OR DO THEY FEEL LIKE ILHAN
OMAR?
>> NO, ABSOLUTELY, THAT IS THE
THING.
THEY COMPLETELY FEEL WHAT I’M
FEELING.
ILHAN OMAR IS MISREPRESENTING
THE MINORITIES, THE IMMIGRANTS
AND MY COMMUNITY AND THAT IS
WHAT I’M RUNNING AGAINST TO SHOW
AMERICA WE’RE NOT ALL LIKE HER.
THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME AND
MANY OF US LIKE ME.
PETE: PHENOMENAL.
WHAT A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE.
WHAT A MESSAGE OF PERSPECTIVE
INSTEAD OF GRIEVANCE, IT IS
GRATITUDE, STEPPING UP AND DOING
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
IF YOUR VIEWERS WANT TO SUPPORT
YOU DO YOU HAVE A CAMPAIGN
WEBSITE?
>> I DO.
SHU FOR CONGRESS.COM.
IF I MIGHT ADD, REMIND THE
PEOPLE OF AMERICA, 2022 COMES
AND 2024 COMES I WANT YOU TO
REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER
TO REPLACE THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU
ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT TRAMPLED
YOUR FREEDOMS COMPLETELY.
SO YOUR VOICE MATTERS AND
REMEMBER, TO VOTE FOR AMERICA
AND FOR YOUR FUTURE.
PETE: GOT BLESS YOU.