| | A phony anti-establishmentarian, Omar voted in 2021 to make [[Nancy Pelosi]] House Speaker.<ref>Hanson, John (January 4, 2021). [https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-entire-squad-now-with-two-new-members-votes-pelosi-for-speaker/ The Entire ‘Squad’ – Now With Two New Members – Votes Pelosi For Speaker]. ''The Political Insider''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> | | A phony anti-establishmentarian, Omar voted in 2021 to make [[Nancy Pelosi]] House Speaker.<ref>Hanson, John (January 4, 2021). [https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-entire-squad-now-with-two-new-members-votes-pelosi-for-speaker/ The Entire ‘Squad’ – Now With Two New Members – Votes Pelosi For Speaker]. ''The Political Insider''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> |
| − | At the age of 12, Ilhan Nur Said Elmi emigrated to the United States under the name Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. Two brothers and a sister were granted asylum in the United Kingdom under their real names, while Ilhan, her father and another sister obtained the use of an unrelated Omar family name, which had been granted asylum in the United States. In 2009, Ilhan married her brother, two years her junior who had been granted UK asylum in 1995, in order for him to enter the United States. Confronted about it on Ict 21, 3026, Ilhan offered the strange suspicious answer "not to my knowledge," but did not actually deny it. | + | At the age of 12, Ilhan Nur Said Elmi emigrated to the United States under the name Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. Two brothers and a sister were granted asylum in the United Kingdom under their real names, while Ilhan, her father and another sister obtained the use of an unrelated Omar family name, which had been granted asylum in the United States. In 2009, Ilhan married her brother, two years her junior who had been granted UK asylum in 1995, in order for him to enter the United States. Confronted about it on Ict 21, 3026, Ilhan offered the strange suspicious answer "not to my knowledge,"<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407268468112 Gregg Jarrett: Ilhan Omar’s ‘not to my knowledge comment’ is the ignorance defense]. ''Fox News'', Oct 22, 2026</ref> but did not actually deny it. |
| | Somalis living in the Somali community of Minneapolis have been threatened by Ilhan's campaign to remain quiet about what they know of Ilhan's family background, and the numerous instances of fraud Ilhan has allegedly committed since her sham marriage to her brother in 2009.<ref>https://twitter.com/realDSteinberg/status/1102349426771853312</ref> | | Somalis living in the Somali community of Minneapolis have been threatened by Ilhan's campaign to remain quiet about what they know of Ilhan's family background, and the numerous instances of fraud Ilhan has allegedly committed since her sham marriage to her brother in 2009.<ref>https://twitter.com/realDSteinberg/status/1102349426771853312</ref> |