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That just isn't true. Ilhan Omar voted for it and it died in the state Senate and she specifically condemned the practice. http://checkyourfact.com/2018/11/29/

• crowdpleaser 8y ago
  Fair enough, I was misinformed. However, which party was in control of the senate that failed to pass the bill? If you can take my word for it - it was Minnesota's democratic party.
  • ceejayoz 8y ago
    They didn't pass the bill because it was redundant. (Remember, it passed the House 128-4; there's no bipartisan divide on this issue.) https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/11/26/lawmakers-plan-fresh-push-against-female-genital-mutilation https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/11/26/lawmakers-plan-fres... > Under current state law, parents who arrange or knowingly allow the procedure on a daughter can be charged with the crime of aiding and abetting the crime of female genital mutilation or with child neglect or endangerment, according to a report by the nonpartisan Minnesota House Research Department, which noted that both of those offenses are felonies. Side note: It appears the MN Senate was controlled by the Republicans in 2017/2018 when the bill was up for a vote, not the Democrats as you assert. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Minnesota_Legislature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Minnesota_Legislature You should ask yourself where you got this flagrantly false information from, and why you were primed to believe it.
  • rhcom2 8y ago
    As far as I can tell it was sent to the Senate in May of 2017, which was controlled by the Republican Party. Please consider doing some research of your own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Minnesota_Legislature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Minnesota_Legislature