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Ilhan Omar Wants Student Debt Canceled, Compares Students To War Veterans. She Gets Slammed.

Hank Berrien
Ilhan Omar Wants Student Debt Canceled, Compares Students To War Veterans. She Gets Slammed.
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On Thursday, far-left Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, in an attempt to push the idea that all student debt should be canceled, compared college students to the veterans who have fought for America in wars from World War II to present-day Afghanistan, retweeting a quote that stated, “Imagine what it would do for our country and those who live here if we were to take the ethos behind the original G.I. Bill and apply it to everybody—canceling all student debt and making public colleges, universities, and vocational schools tuition-free.”

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