Ilhan Omar’s pri­ma­ry oppo­nent Don Samuels takes firm stance in sup­port of Biden

While some con­gres­sion­al Democ­rats express con­cern over how Pres­i­dent Joe Biden may neg­a­tive­ly affect vot­ers’ choic­es down the bal­lot, one Demo­c­ra­t­ic House hope­ful is strong­ly pro­claim­ing his sup­port for the pres­i­dent.
Don Samuels is run­ning to unseat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D‑MN) and rep­re­sent Minnesota’s 5th Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict. The pair will face off in the August pri­ma­ry after Samuels lost to the con­gress­woman by just 2 per­cent­age points in the 2022 pri­ma­ry.

For­mer Min­neapo­lis City Coun­cil mem­ber Don Samuels pos­es at his home, Fri­day, Nov. 10, 2023, in Min­neapo­lis. Samuels is chal­leng­ing U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Min­neso­ta in the 2024 Demo­c­ra­t­ic pri­ma­ry. (AP Photo/Steve Karnows­ki)

The 75-year-old pre­vi­ous­ly served on the Min­neapo­lis City Coun­cil for over a decade. Samuels said the deci­sion to stand behind Biden is “a clear one.”
“The choice between for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, a con­vict­ed felon who tried to pre­vent the peace­ful trans­fer of pow­er, and Pres­i­dent Joe Biden, an aging pub­lic ser­vant, is a clear one for me,” Samuels said in a press release. “It’s the choice between a resilient democ­ra­cy and loom­ing autoc­ra­cy; the choice between restor­ing a woman’s right to choose and the roll­back of even more set­tled pro­tec­tions; and the choice between a big­ger mid­dle class and tax cuts for the wealth­i­est indi­vid­u­als. I choose Biden.”
Omar, a mem­ber of the pro­gres­sive “Squad,” has clashed with the Biden admin­is­tra­tion before on top­ics such as the war in Gaza and immi­gra­tion pol­i­cy, hav­ing called last month’s exec­u­tive order putting lim­its on asy­lum-seek­ers ”xeno­pho­bic.” How­ev­er, like Samuels, Omar has remained loy­al to Biden in his bid for reelec­tion.
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