Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar has a new challenger for her congressional seat in 2020 – a celebrated US Army vet and Iraq war hero.
Chris Kelley clocked over 36,000 hours patrolling the Minnesota streets as a 20-year veteran of the Minneapolis Police Force.
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Like many others, Kelley found Omar’s flippant comments on 9/11 – where she described the attacks as “some people did something” – as a huge insult to America.
“September 11 was a terrible loss of life, not just for police officers and firefighters and other first responders, but 3,000 people and non-combatants died, and to be dismissive of that was an outrage,” Kelley said.
“I could sit and complain or I could do something about it.”
Breitbart.com reports: The veteran, who plans to run as an independent, said he believes he can be a force for good in his community.
“And I believe I can be a positive voice in standing up for people in our country, and for our first responders and the people every day on the frontlines,” he commented.
Reports state Kelley officially launched his campaign to win the endorsement of the Independent Party in the 5th Congressional District on Monday.
He told reporters his years of public service qualify him to represent the voice of the people.
“I have spent my entire adult life in public service; I know it, I feel it, I live it every day. CD 5 needs the voice of a worker who gets all people, not just some,” Kelley said.
The veteran said his experience as a law enforcement officer will help him listen to community members and better address their needs.
He commented:
I won’t be bringing in controversy and scandal. I will be bringing firsthand knowledge of the things that I know are going on in the community as an officer. I see a lot every day – the homelessness, the opioid crisis; I want to bring these things to the forefront and put some ideas on the table on how to deal with them. I want to do anything I can to make people’s lives better; I just want to sit and listen to people and make some positive change.
On July 23, Breitbart News reported that President Trump said Omar’s anti-semitic remarks would help him win the state of Minnesota in 2020.
“In 2016 I almost won Minnesota,” the president wrote on Twitter. “In 2020, because of America hating anti-Semite Rep. Omar, & the fact that Minnesota is having its best economic year ever, I will win the State!”
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Good luck with that district the Dems put together there in Minnemogodushu!
MN has a habit of independents splitting the R vote and letting the D win. That’s how Al Franken got in with 40% of the vote. Well, that, plus boxes of ballots appearing to offset the R, who also got 40%. The Independent got 20%.
Omar’s R challenger was recently arrested for shoplifting (says she didn’t do it), plus has a DWI and fleeing police rap.
Maybe the Independent Kelly will do better.
Sadly, I don’t think crooked Omar has anything to worry about. The local media has ignored Omar’s own police record, plus her continued crimes and instead celebrates her diversity. Plus the local thugs have reportedly told other Somalis to shut up and support her.
This guy have a website yet? Gonna contrib abso-fckg-lutely….