Sen. Bernie Sanders told DFL enthusiasts that Rep. Omar “is not only somebody who has and will take on enormously powerful special interests, but she is one of the toughest people that I know.”

With a primary election less than two weeks away, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders held a get-out-the-vote rally in Minneapolis for Rep. Ilhan Omar on Saturday. Just like in 2022, Omar is facing a challenge from former Minneapolis City Councilman Don Samuels.

Omar took the stage to chants of “Ilhan!” at Edison High School, her alma mater, to a big crowd of supporters and introduced the two-time presidential candidate who won Minnesota’s Democratic caucus in 2016. Sanders told the crowd they need to send Omar back to Congress.

“She is not only somebody who has and will take on enormously powerful special interests, but she is one of the toughest people that I know,” he said.