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Minnesota's Ilhan Omar hopes to bring "unique insight" into lives of refugees

Among the historic victories in this midterm election, Democrat Ilhan Omar triumphed in Minnesota’s 5th District with 78 percent of the vote. Omar will be the first Somali-American and first woman of color from Minnesota in the House, as well as one of two Muslim women elected to Congress. Omar joins "CBS This Morning" from Minneapolis to discuss how she plans to be a check to a rhetoric of fear and destruction in Washington.
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