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Ilhan Omar is a Democratic congresswoman representing Minnesota's 5th congressional district, which includes parts of Minneapolis and surrounding municipalities.

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CAIR's been around since the '90s

Ilhan Omar

Says that the Council on American-Islamic Relations was founded in response to 9/11.

— PolitiFact National on Monday, April 15th, 2019

Both men lied

Ilhan Omar

"#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads"

— PolitiFact National on Friday, March 1st, 2019

Gap is wide but number is wrong

Ilhan Omar

"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, February 12th, 2019