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Re: Power Corrupts; Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Here is how a congressperson refuses to admit that 1.5 million of my people were systematically killed.
The cliché we frequently hear; actions speak louder than words. The irony in a cliché is that it isn’t understood until it’s experienced, revealing the ultimate truth.
House of Representatives Congressperson Ilhan Omar.
Representative of Minnesota’s 5th district. Democrat.
She’s seen as a human rights champion domestic and abroad.
On October 29, 2019, when the House of Representatives voted on a resolution to identify the mass killings that Turkey orchestrated starting 1914 that lasted until 1923.
Specifically, to identify those killings as genocide.
As the Armenian Genocide.
As the first genocide of the 20th century, a name that my people have been fighting for every single year for decades on end.
The resolution passed, 405 voting in favor of, and only 11 voting not in favor.
Ilhan was one of the three who marked themselves “present”.
This was her explanation for why she didn’t vote in favor of the resolution.
