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Sanders urges DFLers to support Omar in upcoming primary (www.mprnews.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With a primary election less than two weeks away, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders held a get-out-the-vote rally in Minneapolis for Rep. Ilhan Omar on Saturday. Just like in 2022, Omar is facing a challenge from former Minneapolis City Councilman Don Samuels.

Omar took the stage to chants of “Ilhan!” at Edison High School, her alma mater, to a big crowd of supporters and introduced the two-time presidential candidate who won Minnesota’s Democratic caucus in 2016. Sanders told the crowd they need to send Omar back to Congress.

“She is not only somebody who has and will take on enormously powerful special interests, but she is one of the toughest people that I know,” he said.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

it s so refreshing to see real people with real smiles representing us.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

If you're going to use abbreviations, you have to ~~work~~ write the whole thing out at least once....

What the hell is a DFLer?

Edit: autocorrect

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

It’s a Minnesota thing. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor party. It’s what I often wish the national party was more about. There’s a good wikipedia page on the subject. Prairie populism is my jam

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Hi, welcome to the Minneapolis St Paul community of Lemmy! You must be here from All.

DFL is our Democrats. It's a Minnesota focused news source and their audience definitely knows who the DFL is, I don't think they need to expand that out any more than Sports Illustrated needs to explain what MLB is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I thought it said wham for congress at first and was confused.