Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has commemorated the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on Twitter.

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“On this somber day, I join Armenians in Minnesota and around the world in mourning the lives lost and honor the extraordinary resilience of the Armenian people,” she said on Twitter.

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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar was one of two Democrats who voted ‘present,’ when the House of Representatives passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

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The House voted 405-11 in favor of the resolution, which asserts that it is U.S. policy to commemorate as genocide the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923.

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