Rashida Tlaib’s and Ilhan Omar’s cancelled trip to Israel was sponsored by a Palestinian-based organization whose members have expressed sympathy for terrorist activities and support the BDS movement.
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Omar and Tlaib Barred from Traveling to Israel for Support of BDS
The Israeli government has barred Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) from traveling to the country due to their “suspected provocations and promotion of BDS.”
Read MoreMinnesota Women’s March Severs Ties with National Organization
The Women’s March of Minnesota announced Friday that it has officially severed ties to the national organization amid ongoing internal disputes and allegations of anti-Semitism against top leaders.
Read MoreIlhan Omar Paid $250K in Campaign Funds to Alleged Boyfriend
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) has paid more than $250,000 in campaign funds to a man she allegedly is having an affair with.
Read MoreMinnesota Rep Says If ‘Congress Would Do Their Job,’ Omar Might ‘Not Be There Much Longer’
State Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) joined Tucker Carlson Wednesday night on Fox News to discuss the latest developments in the case of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05).
Read MoreMinnesota Republicans Submit Request for IRS Investigation Into Omar’s Fraudulent Tax Returns
State Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) announced Tuesday that he is submitting formal requests to the IRS and the Minnesota Department of Revenue for a full investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN-05) fraudulent 2014 and 2015 tax returns.
Read MoreIlhan Omar Shares Inflammatory Articles Blaming Mass Shootings on President Trump, Ben Shapiro
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) has joined her progressive colleague Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) in blaming the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton on President Donald Trump and conservative celebrities.
Read MoreChristian Minister Who Officiated Omar’s ‘Sham’ Marriage Won’t Talk
As the secrets of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN-05) allegedly criminal past continue to unravel, one fact in the case hasn’t received as much attention as it might deserve: a Christian minister officiated her second marriage, the one to her alleged brother.
Read MoreNorth Carolina Gun Shop Faces Backlash for Billboard Criticizing Omar and the Squad
A North Carolina gun shop is facing backlash after putting up a billboard that calls four Democratic congresswomen “idiots.”
Read MoreOmar Retweets Comment Suggesting Rand Paul Deserved to Be Attacked By Neighbor
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) retweeted a comment Monday from actor Paul Arnold, who suggested that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) deserved to be attacked by his neighbor in November 2017.
Read MoreObama Alumni Defend Omar Against Trump’s ‘Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, and Xenophobia’
A group of 149 African-Americans who served in the Obama administration recently published a letter in The Washington Post in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) and her fellow progressive Democrats.
Read MoreRand Paul Offers to Buy Omar Ticket to Somalia So She Would ‘Appreciate America More’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he’s willing to contribute to travel expenses for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) to visit Somalia so she would “appreciate America more.” “I’m in a town where we have a lot of people who are refugees. Some come from Somalia, some from Bosnia. I’ve never…
Read MoreMike Lindell on Running Against Ilhan Omar: ‘Not at This Time’
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a supporter of President Donald Trump and a Minnesota native, joined “Fox & Friends” Friday morning to set the record straight on rumors that he will challenge Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05).
Read MoreIlhan Omar Reportedly Divorcing Husband, Moves Into Luxury Penthouse
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) and Ahmed Hirsi, the father of her three children, are allegedly getting divorced and separating for a second time.
Read MoreOmar Calls Trump Racist Six Times in NYT Op-Ed, Says ‘Send Her Back’ Chant a ‘Defining Moment’
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) published an op-ed in The New York Times Thursday in which she repeatedly calls President Donald Trump a “racist” and levels a number of accusations against his administration.
Read MoreCommentary: Ilhan Omar Blames America for Illegal Immigration
Radical Somali-American and left-wing Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) argues that U.S. foreign policy is the cause of the global refugee crisis. Without question, excessive aggression from the United States in Latin America and the Middle East has exacerbated the pre-existing pathologies that pervade their political, social, and economic systems.
Read MoreTlaib, Omar, and AOC Vote Against Anti-BDS Resolution
The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve a resolution that condemns the “global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel.”
Read MoreOmar and Tlaib Have Both Called for Deporting Opponents
President Donald Trump was widely accused of being a racist after he suggested that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) should return to Somalia if she isn’t satisfied with America. His feud with Omar and her progressive colleagues was intensified after supporters began a chant of “send her back” at a North Carolina rally.
Read MoreFLASHBACK: Mark Dayton Tells Minnesotans to ‘Find Another State’ If They Aren’t Happy
Former Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, once told a crowd of frustrated residents to “find another state” if they weren’t happy with Minnesota. The comments were made during an October 2015 forum in St. Cloud hosted by the local chapter of the NAACP. Dayton was responding to concerns…
Read MoreMultiple Requests Filed for Formal Investigation Into Ilhan Omar’s Alleged Criminal Conduct
State Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) announced Tuesday that he’s submitting a formal request for a full investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN-05) wrongdoings to the U.S. House Committee on Ethics. Drazkowski made the announcement during a press conference Tuesday at the Minnesota State Capitol, where he said Omar “may…
Read MoreProminent Democrats Regret Calling for Al Franken’s Resignation
Former Sen. Al Franken recently sat down with The New Yorker for one of his first major interviews since resigning from office in late 2017. The piece, written by Jane Mayer, reviews the sexual misconduct allegations against Franken and offers a window into Franken’s post-office life. “It was a…
Read MoreIlhan Omar Begins to Refer to Somalia as ‘My Country’ Before Catching Slip-Up
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) began to refer to Somalia as “my country” before catching herself and calling it the “country I came from” during a recent speech. The slip-up came during her remarks to a crowd of supporters gathered to greet her Thursday night at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International…
Read MoreTrump Suggests Omar’s Airport Welcome Was ‘Staged,’ Slams Media for Coverage
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) returned to Minnesota Thursday night from Washington, D.C. For members of Congress, flights between the nation’s capital and home states are a routine part of the job. But Omar was greeted by a crowd of supporters, and local media were there to cover her return.…
Read MoreMinnesota Rep. Tom Emmer Defends President Trump Against People Calling Him ‘Racist’
Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN-06) defended President Donald Trump against claims that he’s a “racist” by saying they are “manufactured” accusations at a Christian Science Monitor event Thursday. “There’s not a racist bone in this president’s body,” he said. ”What he was trying to say, he said wrong. What…
Read MoreCommentary: President Trump’s Tweets Were in Response to U.S. Reps’ Past Racist and Anti-American Statements
by Robert Romano “Go wherever they want them, or they can stay. But they should love our country. They shouldn’t hate our country. You look at what they’ve said. I have clips right here. The vilest, most horrible statements about our country, about Israel, about others. It’s up to…
Read MoreOmar Introduces Anti-Israel BDS Resolution, Compares to Boycotts of Nazi Germany
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) introduced a resolution Tuesday in support of the anti-Israel BDS movement and compared it to the Boston Tea Party. “It recognizes the proud history of boycott movements in this country dating back to the Boston Tea Party,” Omar said of the resolution during a House…
Read MoreOmar Silent on New Claims That She Has a Different Real Name and Entered Country Fraudulently
A bombshell report released Thursday claims that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) entered the country fraudulently in 1995 as a member of the “Omar” family, which allegedly isn’t her real family. The article was published Thursday at Powerline by David Steinberg, formerly an editor of PJ Media who has written…
Read MoreCommentary: The Congresswoman Representing Somalia
By George S. Bardmesser I am an immigrant. I want Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu) to go back to the shithole country she came from. And I want her to stay there. I spent some time on the Internet looking for even one positive thing that Omar has said about…
Read MoreIlhan Omar Cosponsors Legislation to Ban Federal Agencies from Using Term ‘Illegal Alien’
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) recently signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would prohibit federal agencies from using the term “alien” to refer to illegal immigrants. The bill, H.R. 3776, was introduced by Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) and would prevent “executive agencies from using the derogatory term…
Read MoreIlhan Omar Has Nine Percent Approval Rating Among Swing-State Voters
An internal poll reportedly “making the rounds of some of the most influential Democrats in America” shows that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) has a nine percent approval rating among swing-state voters. The poll was obtained exclusively by Axios, which reports that the poll was conducted in May by Democratic…
Read MoreIlhan Omar Declines to Respond to Trump’s Claim That She Supports Al-Qaeda
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) declined to respond to President Donald Trump’s claim that she once praised al-Qaeda. During a Monday press conference, Trump continued his attack on the so-called “squad,” comprised of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), and Omar. “Politicians can’t be afraid to…
Read MoreMinnesota ACLU and State Politicians Tell Illegal Immigrants How to Interact With ICE During Mass Raid
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) starts its nationwide sweep today of people in the country illegally. The target of the raid is illegal immigrants who have missed a court date or have a court-mandate to be removed from the country. ICE will execute these raids in ten cities:…
Read MoreTrump Says Ilhan Omar ‘Shouldn’t Even Be in Office’
President Donald Trump weighed in on the ongoing feud between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) and the so-called “squad,” a far-left faction of the Democratic Party that includes among its members Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05). The Minnesota Sun published an in-depth synopsis Friday of the growing schism among House…
Read MoreCommentary: Tucker Carlson Is Right, But Who Is Responsible for This Disaster?
by George Rasley, CHQ Editor Tuesday night Fox News’ Tucker Carlson had a great monologue about immigration, especially from Muslim countries and he singled-out freshman Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-5), who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia, is “living proof” that U.S. immigration laws are “dangerous.”…
Read MoreOmar and ‘the Squad’ Reportedly Isolated by Pelosi, Saddled With Work to Avoid Spotlight
Tensions between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) and the freshmen progressives in her party are starting to boil over. It was clear from the beginning that “the squad,” comprised of Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), wasn’t going to make things…
Read MoreIlhan Omar Launches Ad Hominem Attack After Tucker Carlson Says She’s Enraged by America
by Molly Prince Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar reacted to Tucker Carlson’s criticism of the freshman congresswoman being “enraged” by America, saying it’s “fun watching a racist fool weeping” about her presence in Congress. “Not gonna lie, it’s kinda fun watching a racist fool like this weeping about my…
Read MoreIlhan Omar Sends Somber Fourth of July Message Days After Celebrating Somali Independence Day
by Molly Prince Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar urged Americans to celebrate the Fourth of July by reflecting on “how much further we have to go,” standing in contrast to her joyful celebration of Somali Independence Day four days prior. “Today gives us all a chance to reflect on…
Read MoreDFL Chairman Refers to Immigrant Detention Centers as ‘Concentration Camps’
Ken Martin, chairman of Minnesota’s Democratic Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, recently referred to immigrant detention centers as “concentration camps.” “Shut these concentration camps now! It’s a disgrace and an abhorrent departure from America’s values. That international relief agencies are needed to intervene at our own border from a crisis caused…
Read MoreAngie Craig Dodges Question on Ilhan Omar at Town Hall
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN-02) recently hosted a town hall in Wabasha where she was asked about a number of hot topics, including impeachment and the ongoing controversies surrounding her colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05). But on both of those issues, Craig mostly declined to comment. One constituent asked how…
Read MoreIlhan Omar Pushes Back on Use of Terrorist Watchlist with Support of CAIR
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) recently issued a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting information about the “dissemination of data” from the country’s Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), commonly referred to as the terrorist watchlist. Omar was joined by ten of her congressional colleagues in crafting the letter, including…
Read MoreOmar, AOC Voted Against Bill That Would Improve Standards of Immigrant Detention Centers
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) joined three House Democrats in voting against a bill Tuesday evening that would provide $4.5 billion in emergency border funding, some of it for humanitarian relief. According to NPR, the House bill “seeks to establish protocols to meet standards of care for migrants held in…
Read MoreReporter Calls Star Tribune ‘Frauds,’ Says They Owe Minnesotans Apology for Omar Coverage
Few reporters have done more to expose Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) than David Steinberg, with the possible exceptions of Preya Samsundar formerly of Alpha News and Scott Johnson of Power Line. The three of them together did most of the grunt work in uncovering Omar’s marriage controversy. Samsundar was…
Read MoreOmar Joins Bernie Sanders to Introduce Bill Cancelling All $1.6 Trillion in Student Loan Debt
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Monday to introduce a bill that would cancel all $1.6 trillion in student loan debt for 45 million Americans. Omar, who’s sponsoring the legislation in the House, joined Sanders and several of her House colleagues at a press conference outside…
Read MoreIlhan Omar Defends AOC’s Comments Comparing Border Crisis to ‘Concentration Camps’
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) recently defended fellow freshman Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), who’s facing ongoing criticism for calling immigrant detention centers “concentration camps.” Ocasio-Cortez made the comment during a Tuesday night live stream on Instagram, and has continued to stand by her remarks. “This administration has established concentration…
Read MoreIlhan Omar Says Trump Uses Term ‘Alien’ to Dehumanize Immigrants
by Jason Hopkins Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said no individual is an “alien,” and that President Donald Trump uses the word to justify human rights abuses. “No one is an ‘alien.’ This is family separation on a massive scale,” Omar tweeted Tuesday. “Dehumanizing immigrants and tearing apart families…
Read MoreKlobuchar Says She’s Open to Beginning Impeachment Proceedings
Sen. Amy Klobuchar told CNN Friday morning that she’s open to starting impeachment proceedings “beginning now.” “First of all, I think it’s illegal. You can’t take things of value from a foreign country and use them in your campaign,” Klobuchar said. The comments were made in response to President…
Read MoreEmails Show Omar’s Committee Boasting of Being Able to Shut Down Stories in Star Tribune
Internal emails released this week show members of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN-05) 2016 Minnesota House campaign committee attempting to “shut down” a story “as we do with the Strib.” “Strib” refers to the nickname used for The Star Tribune, Minnesota’s largest newspaper. The shocking emails were obtained by Powerline…
Read MoreICE Looks to Expand Detention Centers in Minnesota
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wants more space in Minnesota to house immigrant detainees, according to a recent article in The St. Cloud Times. Sherburne County Jail has offered to grant ICE 500 beds, up from the 300 beds it currently provides, in response to a request from…
Read MoreIlhan Omar to Join Black-Jewish Caucus Despite Repeated Allegations of Anti-Semitism
by Molly Prince The office of Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar revealed Thursday she will be joining the House’s newly formed Black-Jewish Caucus. A spokesman for Omar confirmed to Jewish Insider that Omar intends to join the bipartisan committee a day after the Minnesota congresswoman expressed her support for…
Read MoreStar Tribune Moves April Story on Omar’s ‘Strong’ Fundraising Efforts to Front Page Amid Campaign Finance Scandal
The Star Tribune promoted a months-old story on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN-05) “strong” fundraising numbers on the front page of its website Friday. The article was linked directly below a story on the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board’s investigation into Omar. The Board, which released its report…
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