>Rep. Omar, whose beloved grandfather was a high-ranking minion of the brutal Somali dictator Siad Barre.
>The Omar clan had to vamoose from Somalia when their genocidal boss fell in 1991 and the country dissolved into anarchy. In the time-honored Somali tradition, Barre’s victims turned on those they saw as their oppressors.
Wikipedia has a source saying this:
"Her grandfather rode the winds of change to Italy, where he attended university. He returned to his East African homeland, becoming Somalia’s National Marine Transport director. Abukar oversaw the string of lighthouses along the Arabian Sea coastline."
"Aunts and uncles worked as civil servants and educators."
"Privilege accompanied this kind of pedigree. Books and culture were priorities inside the home, which was more like a compound, complete with domestic help."
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