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As an adult, Ilhan has mocked the deaths of 19 U.S. servicemen in the so-called Black Hawk Down incident in her home country of Somali in 1993. Bodies of U.S. servicemen were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/mar/21/1</ref> Ilhan's family used asylum passes granted to another family by the name of Omar to gain entrance into the United States in 1995.
As an adult, Ilhan has mocked the deaths of 19 U.S. servicemen in the so-called Black Hawk Down incident in her home country of Somali in 1993. Bodies of U.S. servicemen were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/mar/21/1</ref> Ilhan's family used asylum passes granted to another family by the name of Omar to gain entrance into the United States in 1995.
Ilhan exploded on an anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) advocate who asked her if she would condemn FGM.
“Your second question is an appalling question...I am disgusted, really to be honest, that as Muslim legislators we are constantly being asked to waste our time speaking to issues that other people are not asked to speak to.”
===Minnesota 5th district===
According to the AHA Foundation, there are 44,293 women at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the state of Minnesota. The AHA Foundation was established by to protect women from so-called “honor” violence, advance freedom of speech in public debate, and support the work of Muslim reformers. The AHA Foundation rates each state A-F on these issues. Minnesota received a D rating due to their poor anti-FGM policies.
===Sham rebuke for racist comments===
===Sham rebuke for racist comments===