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did anybody ever come up with a convincing explanation for this
Her explanation -- which I believe since she explicitly said that the genocide happened subsequently -- is that she didn't approve of the recognition of a genocide being used as a political football. She's a garbage liberal, but I don't think she was wrong there specifically.
Ties to Turkey. Omar had a private meeting with Erdogan in 2017, and some of his allies have contributed to her campaign. According to a report, the meeting ended with a request of support from Erdogan. Omar posted the report on her Twitter account before it was deleted.
https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/910131702957305856
https://web.archive.org/web/20171003081153/https://www.tusmotimes.com/xildhibaan-ilhaan-cumar-iyo-madaxweyne-recep-erdogan-oo-magaalada-new-york-ku-kulmay/