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Al Jazeera Staff

DARK SECRETS: Progressive us lawmaker omar faces censure over mistranslated speech | Vintage Vibes

US Congress member Ilhan Omar has repeatedly said she has been attacked by Republicans due to her ethnicity [Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]

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.

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