Ilhan Omar: 'Rift' between progressive, moderate Dems 'isn't as strong as it's being made out to be'
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The Washington Post
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🗓️ 17 November 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Jonathan Kapart and this is Cape Up. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is part of the self-described |
| 0:09.2 | squad. The Quartet of progressive congresswomen elected to the House in 2018, |
| 0:14.0 | who've become a lightning rod within the Democratic Caucus, |
| 0:17.0 | and a target of President Trump. |
| 0:19.0 | In this special K-P-Up Live interview recorded on November 16th, |
| 0:23.6 | Congresswoman Omar talks about the impact of Trump's attacks on her and her |
| 0:27.4 | children, her priorities for the next Congress. |
| 0:30.9 | And we get into the widely reported rift between moderate and progressive |
| 0:34.7 | Democrats. Here why Omar says the disagreements within the caucus aren't as |
| 0:39.3 | big as we think they are right now. |
| 0:47.0 | Good morning, I'm Jonathan K. Opinion Writer for the Washington Post. |
| 0:49.0 | And welcome to Washington Post Live. |
| 0:52.0 | It is also a live recording of my post opinions |
| 0:55.1 | podcast, Cape Up. My guest today was just reelected to her second term in the |
| 1:00.8 | US House of Representatives. |
| 1:02.8 | She is Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota's 5th Congressional District. |
| 1:07.7 | Congresswoman, thanks for coming on the podcast. |
| 1:11.1 | It's so great to be here with you, Jonathan. |
| 1:13.0 | So last we talked, which was yesterday on MS-HBC, I asked you for your reaction to being able to say the words president-elect Biden. |
| 1:25.0 | And your response to me was really interesting. |
| 1:27.9 | You said and correct me, and I would love for you to expand on this. |
| 1:32.8 | You said that it would be, it'll be great for you |
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