Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has commemorated the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
“On this somber day, I join Armenians in Minnesota and around the world in mourning the lives lost and honor the extraordinary resilience of the Armenian people,” she wrote on Twitter.
On this somber day, I join Armenians in Minnesota and around the world in mourning the lives lost and honor the extraordinary resilience of the Armenian people. #ArmenianGenocide
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) April 24, 2020
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar was one of just two Democrats to vote ‘present,’ when the House of Representatives passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
The House voted 405-11 in favor of the resolution, which asserts that it is U.S. policy to commemorate as genocide the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923.