Omar has not yet given a clear explanation as to why so many public documents point to her and Hirsi living together and being romantically involved while she was legally married to another man, but there is no solid evidence to support the theory that Elmi is Omar's brother. Numerous public documents obtained and reported by news outlets including the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Washington Examiner, however, cast doubt on Omar's official timeline of her marriage and relationship history. [130] When asked in an interview how she would respond to American Jews who found the remark offensive, Omar replied: "I don't know how my comments would be offensive to Jewish Americans. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, NOW WATCH: 8 key takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address, amid other Islamophobic attacks and insults against Omar, In a November 17 speech on the House floor, poured more fuel on the fire in a Tuesday statement, released a lengthy statement when she first ran for office in 2016. She released the first names of her six siblings in 2016 and provided a Star Tribune reporter with photographs of her and her siblings' original refugee resettlement documents and identification cards none of which listed Elmi as one of her brothers. That's based on telltale iconography, naming patterns, webs of linkages and the breadth of the postelection scrubbing. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. In 2012, she served as campaign manager for Kari Dziedzic's reelection campaign for the Minnesota State Senate. The headline read, "REP. ILHAN OMAR: 9/11 WAS 'SOME PEOPLE DID SOMETHING'", and a caption underneath added, "Here's your something 2,977 people dead by terrorism. In his honor I am voting for an inspirational ticket over desperate and maddening one", "Rep. Omar filed joint tax returns before she married husband", "Inside Ilhan Omar's tangled web of relationships", "Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar finalizes divorce", "US Rep. Ilhan Omar divorces husband in Minnesota", "Ilhan Omar makes history, becoming first Somali-American elected to U.S. House", "For Democrats, Ilhan Omar Is a Complicated Figure to Defend", "Ilhan Omar is right about the influence of the Israel lobby", "What the controversy over Ilhan Omar's tweets tells us about AIPAC today", "Trump demonized Somali refugees in Minnesota. The core evidence, as laid out by Power Line's Scott Johnson and local Minneapolis conservative website Alpha News starting in 2016, is the following: Omar was legally married to a man named Ahmed. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. When Omar and Elmi separated in 2011, the congresswoman claimed she couldnt get in touch with him because hed moved to the UK and she didnt know where he was. He still works as a freelance copywriter and editor and while based in London, travels the world. Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, born Ilhan Nur Said Elmi (born 1983 in Somalia) is the Democratic Party representative from Minnesota's 5th district, previously held by Antifa promoter Keith Ellison.Ilhan Omar is a bigot who previously held a seat on the coveted House Foreign Policy Committee.. A phony anti-establishmentarian, Omar voted in 2021 to make Nancy Pelosi House Speaker. Advertisement - story continues below "[180] In response to criticisms of her comments, Omar wrote that "No one is defending Maduro" and that opposing US intervention is not the equivalent of supporting the existing leadership of a country. He has been in Kenya for the last several weeks. [166] U.S. Representative Max Rose (who is Jewish) also criticized the move to ban Omar, adding that Omar and Tlaib did not speak for the Democratic Party. She declined to provide copies of the papers, which included refugee resettlement approval forms and identification cards, but they appeared to list her father, siblings and Omar by order of birth, with Omar as the youngest of seven children. "[178][179] Following the murder of Floyd, Omar supported the police abolition movement in Minneapolis that sought to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department, saying that the department had "proven themselves beyond reform. Not only did all of Omar's six siblings also gain refugee status in the US, but siblings can sponsor one another for residency status and a green card under US immigration law negating the need for Omar and Elmi to commit fraud by getting married if he really were her brother. Minnesota Post. [25] Omar remembers her father's reaction to these incidents: "They are doing something to you because they feel threatened in some way by your existence. [136] The Democratic House leadership released a statement accusing Omar of "engaging in deeply offensive anti-Semitic tropes". U.S. The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said the first-term congresswoman also must pay the state a $500 . [164][165] AIPAC released a statement saying that it disagreed with Israel's move and that Omar and Tlaib should have been allowed to "experience Israel firsthand", while the head of the American Jewish Committee put out a statement agreeing with AIPAC on the matter. [76] Omar's margin of victory was 24 points less than Biden's in the district, the highest underperformance of any Democrat in the nation, which Nathaniel Rakich of FiveThirtyEight attributed to increased Republican spending and Moore's progressive pro-marijuana campaign. It means "Inspiration" in Arabic. [180] She described Trump's action as a "U.S. backed coup" and said that the U.S. should not "hand pick" foreign leaders[181] and should support "Mexico, Uruguay & the Vatican's efforts to facilitate a peaceful dialogue. "[185], On February 4, 2014, Omar was attacked and wounded by multiple attendees during a DFL caucus for Minnesota's House of Representatives District 60B. "Since before she was elected to office, Ilhan has been the subject of conspiracy theories and false accusations about her personal life," a spokesman, Jeremy Slevin, told the Star Tribune in 2019. Conservative bloggers have claimed that Omar's second husband, a British citizen named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother and that she married him to help him fraudulently gain a US green card.. While Omar soaks up headlines for inciting President Trump, her elusive second husband and rumored sibling has been globe-trotting and sharing his adventures on social media. [48][49] She authored 38 bills during the 20172018 legislative session. She co-sponsored a similar bill when she was a member of the Minnesota House. "[217] The Post was quoting a speech Omar had given at a recent Council on AmericanIslamic Relations (CAIR) meeting. "[172] Omar has criticized the U.S. government's drone assassination program, citing the Obama administration's policy of "droning of countries around the world. "Everything about Omar is a fraud, including her name," Trump said at the rally. Two agents. The post notes that Omar married Ahmed Hirsi in 2002. 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[204] He made a series of false and misleading claims about Omar, including allegations that she had praised al-Qaeda and "smeared" American soldiers who had fought in the Battle of Mogadishu by bringing up the numerous Somali civilian casualties. [247][2] In 2017, Elmi and Omar legally divorced,[54] and Omar and Hirsi legally married in 2018. I don't know but I'm sure that somebody would be looking at that,' he said. Omar, 37, and Hirsi, 39, have three children; her divorce filing requests joint legal and physical custody. "[212], Omar has frequently been the target of online hate speech. She is also one of the first two Muslim women (along with Rashida Tlaib) to serve in Congress. [72] This led some analysts to predict a close race,[73] but Omar received 57.4% of the vote to Melton-Meaux's 39.2%. 2009: Omar, at 26, marries Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, 23, whom she identifies only as a "British citizen." School records show he attended high school in St. Paul and studied art at North Dakota State University. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune. In August 2016, shortly after the rumor originally surfaced, then-U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andy Luger countered news reports by stating in a letter sent to an attorney retained by Omar that his office was not investigating criminal accusations related to these rumors. The origin of the rumor captured in the above tweet is spotty. In the thread, which has since been deleted from Somali Spot but remains online elsewhere, AbdiJohnson claimed that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, from whom Omar was then separated, was secretly her. Despite being unverified, the post was picked up by Powerline, a blog that "features commentary on the news from a conservative perspective," who reported in a 12 August 2016 post that: A reader has written us to point out that the Somali website Somalispot posted information suggesting Omar's involvement in marriage and immigration fraud. In response to the AP's request for comment, her campaign sent a statement saying, "all of Rep. Omars tax filings are fully compliant with all applicable tax law. Given that Omar and her siblings all came to live in the U.S. under identical circumstances as refugees, and that Omar herself became a naturalized U.S. citizen while still a minor, how did one of her siblings end up with such a radically different immigration status that she would have needed to marry him in order to facilitate his U.S. residency application? as well as other partner offers and accept our. Omar has stated that she and Hirsi married within their faith tradition in 2002. [70][71] Melton-Meaux was also endorsed by Minnesota's largest newspaper, The Star Tribune. Subsequent criticism of Omar's comments often included misleading or false claims about not only her background but what she had actually said, leading some to accuse her critics of indulging in "anti-Jewish paranoia". [131], In September 2019, Omar condemned Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to annex the eastern portion of the occupied West Bank known as the Jordan Valley. 2002: She marries Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi in a religious ceremony but it is not recognized legally. "Marriage Discrepancy Clouds Ilhan Omar's Historic Primary Victory." The Somali-community source personally observed Omar, Elmi and Hirsi all living together in the same family home in Cedar-Riverside with the couples two children. When journalist Glenn Greenwald responded that it was remarkable "how much time U.S. political leaders spend defending a foreign nation even if it means attacking free speech rights of Americans", and tagged Omar for a comment, she replied with a quote from a hip hop song, "It's All About the Benjamins", alluding to the $100 bill of that name. 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She was fined by Minnesota's campaign-finance watchdog for paying a lawyer with campaign funds to fix the mistake, as federal law prohibits people from filing joint returns with a person who is not their spouse. [104][106] She criticized Israel's settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank. ", "Venezuela special envoy, Rep. Omar have contentious exchange over human rights", "Ilhan Omar says US 'helped lead devastation in Venezuela' through regime change sanctions", "Caucus battle delayed by scuffle resumes tonight", "Rep. Ilhan Omar on hit list of Coast Guard lieutenant arrested last week", "Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar hours after a supporter was charged with threatening to kill her", "Trump under fire over Islamophobia after man threatens to kill Ilhan Omar", "Steuben Co. man accused of threatening Rep. Omar placed on home detention", "Ilhan Omar's Republican opponent banned from Twitter over 'hanging' post", "Man Who Threatened to 'Put a Bullet' in Rep. Omar Pleads Guilty", "Ilhan Omar has had spike in death threats since Trump attack over 9/11 comment", "Ilhan Omar Accuses Trump of Putting Her Life in Danger After He Retweets False Claim She Partied on 9/11", "Are the Republicans trying to get Ilhan Omar killed? Omar filed to legally divorce Hirsi in October 2019, citing an "irretrievable breakdown of the marriage relationship" in her divorce filings. pic.twitter.com/v3VKm3ysLr, STRANGER THAN FICTION NEWS (@jonrohnson) February 14, 2019. "Ilhan Omar, Marriage, and Somali Culture: An FAQ." [137] The Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) also denounced her statements. Rep. Lauren Boebert revived unproven rumors sthat Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother to commit immigration fraud. The three government agencies said they would not confirm the existence of any ongoing or potential investigation. Instead, Omar maintained, she and Hirsi were married in their Muslim "faith tradition.". [198] Neither candidate won their primary election. "[35], In June 2019, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled that Omar had to pay back $3,500 that she had spent on out-of-state travel and tax filing in violation of state law, plus a $500 fine. Omar and Elmi split two years later in 2011 and the freshman lawmaker got back together with Hirsi and they had a third child. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel said it was "deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens" and asked Omar to retract her statement. [81], Brian Stelter of CNN Business found that from January to July 2019 Omar had around twice as many mentions on Fox News as on CNN and MSNBC, and about six times the coverage of James Clyburn, a Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. She said, "The face of the Capitol will forever be changed. June 23, 2019 04:32 PM MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. D ozens of official documents suggest that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was living with her current husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, throughout her entire. Both Ilhan Omar's 2009 marriage documents and her 2017 divorce proceedings state that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was born on April 4, 1985. The rumors allege that Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who some claim is her brother, as a shortcut for him to navigate immigration laws. "For someone like me, who left a war-torn country at the age of 8, who got refugee status to come to America, where in the world am I finding. What does Ahmed Nur Said Elmi do? After marrying, they immediately moved to North Dakota and both enrolled at North Dakota State University. After objections by a number of congressional progressive Democrats, the resolution was amended to include Islamophobia, racism, and homophobia. Her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is who Trump was referring to when he made the comment. This is a humanitarian crisis inflicted by our own leadership," she said. Also in 2017, Omar reconciled with Hirsi, and they officially wed in 2018. Last edited on 14 February 2023, at 07:55, abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota District 5, 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota District 5, 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota District 5, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 2019 Turkish offensive into northeastern Syria, September 2019 Israeli legislative election, National Republican Congressional Committee, "go back" to the "places from which they came", U.S. [210] On July 19, he falsely claimed that Omar and the rest of The Squad had used the term "evil Jews". [128], In 2018, Omar came under criticism for statements she made about Israel before she was in the Minnesota legislature. 17 August 2016. Being a refugee, Omar does not have an original birth certificate. [22] According to MinnPost, the day before the caucus, Minneapolis city council member Abdi Warsame had told Johnson to warn Omar not to attend the meeting. [132] Omar said Israelis should not vote for Netanyahu in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election. The rating on this fact check was changed from "Unproven" to "Unfounded" a rating that Snopes launched after the initial publication of this page based on the absence of demonstrable evidence to support the claim. But photographs obtained by DailyMail.com prove he was in the US, in Minneapolis (the town where they got married), until 2012. This story has been shared 272,911 times. "[137] The Anti-Defamation League accused her of promoting an "ugly conspiracy theory" about putative Jewish influence in politics. [191] He pleaded guilty to the offense on November 19. Omar shot down these allegations as "disgusting . Ahmed Nur Said Elmi and Ilhan Omar exchanged vows in 2009 and they divorced in 2017. A Somali community member speaking under the terms of anonymity has confirmed to Alpha News that Nur Said Elmi Mohamed is the same person as Nur Said/Nur Mohamed and is the father of Ilhan Omar and Sahra Noor. [105] In a Washington Post op-ed, Omar wrote, "Our criticisms of oppression and regional instability caused by Iran are not legitimate if we do not hold Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to the same standards. [148] While Senator Cory Booker found her comments "disturbing", he recognized that some of the attacks against her had "anti-Islamic sentiment." [86] The charges are related to Trump's alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia and incitement of the attack at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. by his supporters, which occurred during the certification of electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election that affirmed Joe Biden's victory. [53][54] Drazkowski later accused Omar of improperly using campaign funds for personal travel to Estonia and locations in the U.S.[17][55][35] Omar's campaign dismissed the accusations as politically motivated and accused Drazkowski of using public funds to harass a Muslim candidate. By Elmi is reportedly a British citizen who currently lives in the UK. [116][117] Omar accused Politico of distorting her comments and said that she had been "saying how [President] Trump is different from Obama, and why we should focus on policy not politics," adding, "One is human, the other is really not. But the conspiracy is not without holes. 2012: Omar and Hirsi have their third child. The couple had two children. [111][112] She said in a statement that "accountability and recognition of genocide should not be used as cudgel in a political fight" and argued that such a step should include both the Atlantic slave trade and the Native American genocide. [100][101], Omar has criticized Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. [192] Omar asked the court to be lenient with him. "[103] She also called for a boycott of Saudi Arabia's regime, tweeting: "#BDSSaudi. She then divorced Elmi before marrying Hirsi legally. Omar later clarified that she was referring to the well-documented influence pro-Israeli lobbyists, especially AIPAC, exert in Washington. He reportedly told investigators that he did not want Muslims in the government. Powerlineblog.com. Also, if Ahmed Elmi were truly Omar's brother, why would he have needed to take the drastic step of marrying her in order to secure a path to U.S. citizenship? and Still, documents have not surfaced showing that her ex-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother. [87][88], Speaking after the 2021 United States Capitol attack, Omar said the experience was very traumatizing and that the trauma would last a long time. Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was a long-time citizen of the United Kingdom. Freshman Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, who burst into the national spotlight last fall as part of a wave of trailblazing lawmakers in Congress, is divorcing her husband, Ahmed Hirsi, PEOPLE. [56] The Campaign Finance Board's investigation also found that in 2014 and 2015 Omar had jointly filed taxes with a man she was not legally married to. 14 September 2015. Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 and later said the two obtained a divorce in their Muslim faith tradition albeit not a legal one in 2011. 296, to recognize the Armenian genocide,[110] causing a backlash. [167], In March 2019, Omar addressed a rally in support of a Minnesota bill that would ban gay conversion therapy in the state. [104] During her House campaign, she said she did not support the BDS movement, describing it as counterproductive to peace. No hard evidence like a birth certificate or other legal documents has surfaced to prove that Elmi is Omar's brother or that any fraud was committed. [161][162][163][159] Omar said that Netanyahu had caved to Trump's demand and that "Trump's Muslim ban is what Israel is implementing". President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Minneapolis. On August 9, Omar defeated Mohamud Noor and incumbent Phyllis Kahn in the DFL primary. In 2009, she married a man named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom she ultimately divorced in 2017. Omar "was living with her current husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, throughout her entire legal marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, contradicting the story she tells to explain her multiple marriages," the Washington Examiner reported Sunday based on an extensive review of local records such as speeding tickets that display addresses. [83], In July 2019, Omar introduced a resolution co-sponsored by Rashida Tlaib and Georgia Representative John Lewis stating that "all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution". The former couple first entered a faith-based marriage in 2002 but separated in 2008. But experts have said that if the taxpayer files a correction within three years, as Omar's attorney and accountants did in 2016, then there are normally no further consequences, and the Internal Revenue Service is unlikely to pursue punitive measures unless there is a large discrepancy or fraudulent intent. We've seen repeated reports alleging that Elmi and Omar are brother and sister. In 2016, he asked for help for an educational program to benefit children in 'Somaliland', an unrecognized but independent state. Elmi has campaigned in the past for causes in the country. [155] On February 2, 2023, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a resolution, on a party-line vote, to remove Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for what Speaker Kevin McCarthy called "repeated antisemitic and anti-American remarks. [82] A CBS News and YouGov poll of almost 2,100 American adults conducted from July 17 to 19 found that Republican respondents were more aware of Omar than Democratic respondents. Roughly half of the 90,000 tweets mentioning her included hate speech or Islamophobic or anti-immigrant language. Ahmed is a Senior Police Officer and a Business Executive in the United States. 1997: Omar and her family settle in Minnesota after fleeing war-torn Somalia. "[208][209] Trump later called the crowd "incredible people, incredible patriots" and accused Omar of racism and antisemitism. Omar called the resolution "historic on many fronts" and said, "We are tremendously proud to be part of a body that has put forth a condemnation of all forms of bigotry including anti-Semitism, racism, and white supremacy. In short, he claimed to simply be a . "[108], In October 2019, Omar voted "present" on H.Res. 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