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Washington, DC – A new Republican firestorm has ignited around United States Congress member Ilhan Omar — this time over alleged statements she made during a speech to Somali Americans.
The only problem, according to two independent analyses of the speech, is that the words that fuelled the uproar appear to be mistranslated.
Omar is accused of saying in Somali that she would put foreign interests before those of the US — but multiple news outlets have since debunked the accusations, pointing to major flaws in a viral translation of her speech.
That, however, did not stop firebrand…
