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"We Are in the Midst of the Creation of a Police State": Rep. Ilhan Omar on Trump's Authoritarianism

2025-06-13 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democratic Congressmember Ilhan Omar of Minnesota joins Democracy Now! to discuss the increasing authoritarianism of the Trump administration, including its crackdown on anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles, targeting of pro-Palestine students on college campuses and plans for a massive military parade coinciding with Trump's birthday on June 14. "We are in the midst of the creation of a police state," says Omar. "It will be a dark day if we do not stand up for ourselves, for our Constitution and for our republic." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

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@foxmccloud7055 2025-06-13

Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. They’re allowed to take only a knapsack and a little cash with them, and even then, they’re robbed of these possessions on the way. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return from shopping to find their houses sealed, their families gone. The Christians in Holland are also living in fear because their sons are being sent to Germany. Everyone is scared. Every night hundreds of planes pass over Holland on their way to German cities, to sow their bombs on German soil. Every hour hundreds, or maybe even thousands, of people are being killed in Russia and Africa. No one can keep out of the conflict, the entire world is at war, and even though the Allies are doing better, the end is nowhere in sight.- Anne Frank 1943

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@chuletaization 2025-06-13

Shameless people cannot be shamed but they can be damned.

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@elizabethholliday8636 2025-06-13

WEAKNESS HERE. NOT STRENGTH. OUR CONSTITUTION IS OUR STRENGHTH!!

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@DonaldMoreno 2025-06-13

Thank you, Amy! (Fayetteville, NC, USA)

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@outofmanyweareone6429 2025-06-13

It’s ver upsetting to watch this where are the leaders 🤬🤬

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@franklinhodge5621 2025-06-13

Sickening 😢

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@Jacqueline-w9u 2025-06-13

I appreciate all of your efforts!! 💕🥰😘

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@Kayumari 2025-06-14

This needs to be dealt with by the United Nations also citing War Crimes against Humanity in the US

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@lucilavillaperez8752 2025-06-15

Thanks for you work!!!!!

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@SUN_boombap 2025-06-14

She kinda got a Christopher Walken thing going on with her voice, but in her own lane 😂

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