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Minnesota: Omar Staves Off Primary Challenge

Minnesota: Omar Staves Off Primary Challenge
Above: Rep. Ilhan Omar at a press conference in November 2023. Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Spin

Omar may buck the Democratic Party line on some issues, but in the bigger picture she's a progressive who delivers policies that benefit her constituents, including abortion protections that are under attack from Republicans. Omar's popularity showed up in her fundraising and endorsements from prominent Democrats who know it's important to keep her in Congress.

What Omar's victory proves is that there's no longer a difference between the Democratic Party and the radical far left. Omar's fundraising and endorsements prove the strength of the far-left and anti-Israel factions in the party — elements that will destroy America if Republicans do not stop them.

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 49% chance that Republicans will win control of the US House in 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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