In response, Omar reaffirmed her remarks, insisting that she "should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee. [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. [25][99], On July 19, 2022, after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Omar and 17 other members of Congress were arrested in an act of civil disobedience for refusing to clear a street during a protest for reproductive rights outside the Supreme Court Building. "Everything about Omar is a fraud, including her name," Trump said at the rally. as well as other partner offers and accept our. [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. 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After Johnson was elected, she served as his senior policy aide from 2013 to 2015. She and Elmi did not obtain a legal divorce until 2017. ", He added: "Whether by colluding with right-wing outlets to go after Muslim elected officials or hounding family members, legitimate media outlets have a responsibility not to fan the flames of hate.". Ahmed Elmi is Ilhan Omar's second husband who she married in 2009 in Minneapolis She had already been married to Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi but only under sharia law - it was never recognized by. According to prosecutors, Hasson is a self-described "long time White Nationalist" and former skinhead who wanted to use violence to "establish a white homeland." Omar and Hirsi had two children, but in 2008, they obtained a. [247][2] In 2017, Elmi and Omar legally divorced,[54] and Omar and Hirsi legally married in 2018. As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, in 2017, Rep. Omar swore under penalty of perjury while divorcing her husband (brother?) 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. [35] On October 7, 2019, Omar filed for divorce from Hirsi, citing an "irretrievable breakdown" of the marriage. And more important, if Elmi's intention was to enter into a fraudulent marriage with Omar to gain a green card and settle permanently in the United States, it doesn't explain why he left the US and moved back overseas to London just two years after getting married. We found no evidence this circumstance has changed (although federal prosecutors generally do not publicly comment on investigations in progress or lack thereof). During her time apart from Hirsi, Omar began a relationship with another man, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom she would go on to legally marry in 2009. Elmi and Omar separated just two years later, in 2011, but did not get a legal divorce. "Throwing more money at the very organizations committing human rights abusesand the very Administration directing these human rights abusesis not a solution. [202] On July 17, it was reported that the U.S. [37][34] Omar was a Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. [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. Unlike some states, Minnesota does not recognize common law marriage, and so such a joint filing is not legally permitted. 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Nur and other former Barre accomplices are living in the US illegally. Her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, an ethnic Somali from the Majeerteen clan of Northeastern Somalia,[20] was a colonel in the Somali army under Siad Barre and also worked as a teacher trainer. The origin of the rumor captured in the above tweet is spotty. She was married at the time to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi though Hirsi fathered her children. "[104] The Saudi Arabian government responded by having dozens of anonymous Twitter troll accounts it controlled post tweets critical of Omar. that she believed U.S. foreign policy and economic sanctions are aimed at regime change and have contributed to the "devastation in Venezuela. [45] In November, Omar won the general election, becoming the first Somali-American legislator in the United States. Montemayor, Stephen "On the Edge of Making History, Ilhan Omar Confronts Fresh Wave of Scrutiny." Omar said that relationship ended in 2011 and the two divorced in their faith tradition, but Omar didn't take legal action to divorce him until 2017. In 2011, they had a "faith" divorce, but remained legally married. [98], Omar supports Medicare for All as proposed in the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. [176], Omar supports a $15 hourly minimum wage.[25][177]. Here's your something 2,977 people dead by terrorism", "Ilhan Omar: White House escalates Trump attack over 9/11 comment", "The 9/11 row embroiling a US congresswoman", "Trump tweets altered video of Ilhan Omar belittling 9/11", "Democrats unite to condemn Trump tweet linking Ilhan Omar and 9/11", "Pelosi asks Capitol Police to step up security for Omar after Trump's 9/11 tweet", "Black Women Leaders Come Together In Defense Of Rep. Ilhan Omar", "Rep. 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Jennifer Smith What does Ahmed Nur Said Elmi do? Omar and Hirsi reconciled after that and . Zurowski, Cory. [36] She graduated from North Dakota State University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree, majoring in political science and international studies. She unseated the senior member of the Minnesota legislature . Omar, 37, and Hirsi, 39, have three children; her divorce filing requests joint legal and physical custody. "[108], In October 2019, Omar voted "present" on H.Res. The controversy continues in the statements Omar made in the divorce documents. Allegations that Elmi is Omars brother first emerged in a since-deleted post to the Somali Spot message board by a user named AbdiJohnson in 2016. [100][101], Omar has criticized Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. That same year, the National Legal and Policy Center alleged in a complaint, which was rejected . "[153] Some Minnesota Jewish and Muslim community leaders later expressed continuing concern about Omar's rhetoric and language and indicated that the issue remained divisive in Omar's district. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune. Bush. , updated [211], Foreign media has widely covered Trump's remarks about Omar and The Squad. Because the marriage was never recognized by law, neither is the separation, 2009: Omar marries Ahmed Elmi in Minneapolis, 2010: He enrolls atNorth Dakota State University to study fine art and lives with Omar as well as her first husband, 2011: Omar claims she and Elmi split this year and he went back to the UK. 296, to recognize the Armenian genocide,[110] causing a backlash. The evidence uncovered thus far isn't definitive enough to come down on one side or the other. [97] In June 2019, Omar and Senator Tina Smith introduced the No Shame at School Act, which would end the marking ofand punishment forstudents with school meal debt. 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. Netanyahu also cited Omar and Tlaib listing their destination as Palestine instead of Israel, claiming he thus viewed their visit as an attempt to "hurt Israel and increase its unrest". She has said they had an unofficial, faith-based Islamic marriage. Omar engaged in a civil marriage with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 . She faced health care worker and conservative activist Jennifer Zielinski in the November 6 general election[63] and won with 78.0% of the vote, becoming the first Somali American elected to the U.S. Congress, the first woman of color to serve as a U.S. Representative from Minnesota,[10] and (alongside former Michigan state representative Rashida Tlaib) one of the first Muslim women elected to the Congress. The Star Tribune reported that Omar was the youngest of seven siblings, and Elmi is three years younger than she. Following that, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (British Citizen). They had two children before splitting in 2008. After an extensive background search, I have not been able to . [18][19] She was the youngest of seven siblings, including sister Sahra Noor. In 2012, she served as campaign manager for Kari Dziedzic's reelection campaign for the Minnesota State Senate. Since 2011, I am happy to say that I have reconciled with Ahmed Hirsi, we have married in our faith tradition and are raising our family together. Hirsi, the father of her three children, remarried just 37 days after the divorce was finalized in November and Omar has been repeatedly photographed leaving the same Washington, DC, apartment as Mynett. 4 Unproven rumors claim that Omar married her alleged brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to help with immigration issues The 38-year-olds complicated personal life has been the subject of enduring scrutiny since she was sent to Congress at the 2018 midterm elections. "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. and Some outlets and blogs have pointed to social media posts from accounts supposedly linked to Elmi in which he posted photos of Omar during the period of time she said in her divorce papers that she wasn't in contact with him, where he seemingly referred to her third child as a "niece.". 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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. Persistent claims that leftist congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her own brother to get around US immigration laws may be legitimized by what appears to be a conclusive DNA test. 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. After President Trump repeated an unsubstantiated rumor that Ilhan Omar's second husband was in fact her brother on Wednesday, there was fresh scrutiny on the Democratic congresswoman's tangled personal life and marital history. Only then will we achieve peace", "Ilhan Omar accused of supporting AIPAC after critiquing Assad", "Ilhan Omar: Sanctions are part of a failed foreign policy playbook. [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. 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. [188], On April 7, 2019, Patrick Carlineo Jr., was arrested for threatening to assault and murder Omar in a phone call to her office. [132] Omar said Israelis should not vote for Netanyahu in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election. Johnson, Scott. " In 2016, he asked for help for an educational program to benefit children in 'Somaliland', an unrecognized but independent state. 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. The unverified rumors that Omar married her brother originated from an anonymous user on a Somali-American internet forum in 2016, and have circulated around the internet ever since. [139] Peter Beinart, after tweeting that the controversy was about "policing the American debate over Israel",[140] thought Omar's statement inaccurate, wrong and irresponsible, but argued that her congressional critics were more "bigoted" on Israeli-Palestinian issues than Omar. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called Omar's remarks "unacceptable". "Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive," Omar said in a statement in 2016. Hirsi, Ibrahim. 2008: She and Hirsi separate. The two agents said they would share the information with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Department of Education, but did not commit to opening an investigation into the firebrand lawmaker, the source said. [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. Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed (aka Nur Said Elmi Mohamed), is connected to the former dictator in Somalia, Said Barre. [252][253] On November 17, 2020, Omar's campaign terminated its contract with Mynett's firm, saying the termination was to "make sure that anybody who is supporting our campaign with their time or financial support feels there is no perceived issue with that support. Why did Omar's 2016 campaign literature reference Ahmed Hirsi as her "husband" when she hadn't yet divorced Ahmed Elmi or married Hirsi? The unsubstantiated rumors that Omar's ex-husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British national, is her brother and that she married him to help him get a green card circulated around the internet and . According to internet sleuths, Omar, Elmi and Hirsi all lived together in Fargo, where both she and Elmi studied atNorth Dakota State University. Sign up for notifications from Insider! 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. 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