Ilhan Omar supporters claim misogyny behind her failed DFL endorsement

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Hudda Ibrahim, a St. Cloud Tech and Community College faculty member and editor-in-chief at Somalicurrent.com, watched a live stream of last weekend's proceedings. It didn't surprise in the least. After all, Ibrahim says, Omar isn't just going up against other candidates. She's also contending with a tradition of misogyny that burrows centuries.

"[Noor] cannot to lose to a young Somali woman," Ibrahim says. "Even though there are a lot of men who don't demonize women — a woman candidate [like Omar] — men demonizing women is embedded in Somali culture. Somali culture is patriarchal. So when a woman is running for an office, our male-dominated society will try to undermine the woman. This is a problem in my culture and this, I believe, is what happened here. They see women only in the kitchen."

http://www.citypages.com/news/did-misogyny-sabotage-ilham-omars-bid-for-a-dfl-endorsement-8193904
 

McD30

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I think there's another explanation to why Noor didn't pull out.

Abdi Warsame is a city council official. Phyllis Kahn is a Minnesota state rep. Mohamud Noor is not in office.

Phyllis Kahn is 79 which probably means she hasn't got many more terms left. I think Abdi Warsame intends to succeed her as a state representative and Noor in return for Phyllis Kahn's support will get both their endorsement as city councillor. Ilhan Omar's endorsement and subsequent election win would ruin all of this.
 

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This is why Ilhan doesn't have the Somali vote. Her and her supporters are prepared to shit on Somalis and Somali culture just to win. She is a SJW.
 
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