Stop grandstanding and do your job - Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

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From the Minneapolis, Mn. CBS affiliate:

Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District Listed As Worst District For Black Americans To Live
Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, represented by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, was listed this week as the worst congressional district in the country for black Americans.

The financial website 24/7 Wall Street compiled a list of the 30 worst districts for black Americans by using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Specifically, the list-makers honed in on metrics like median-household income, homeownership, unemployment, poverty, and educational achievement.

The numbers produce a stark picture of the 5th Congressional District, which encompasses Minneapolis and several surrounding suburbs.

“Black area residents are about four times more likely to live below the poverty line than white residents and three times more likely to be unemployed,” the list-makers noted, citing a legacy of historic racism as a source of the disparities. “Minneapolis is one of several Midwestern cities that enacted restrictive housing covenants and exclusionary zoning policies in the early 20th century. These policies impact residential patterns to this day.”

Getting elected to Congress was not an excuse to push your antisemitism and to travel to other parts of the globe on taxpayer dollars. You were hired by your constituents to do a job and you are not doing it. You are goofing off.

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