The New York Times 30 December 2018. Her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is who Trump was referring to when he made the comment. She suggested he's Islamophobic. Omar serves as whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has advocated for a $15 minimum wage, universal healthcare, student loan debt forgiveness, the protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He states that Nur Said Elmi Mohamed shortens his name. 12 August 2016. 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 . Omar filed to legally divorce Hirsi in October 2019, citing an "irretrievable breakdown of the marriage relationship" in her divorce filings. Forliti, Amy. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Minneapolis where he was living in a public housing complex and was later evicted. [212] Many foreign politicians condemned Trump's comments. Omar has stated that she and Hirsi married within their faith tradition in 2002. However, its Omars 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi which has raised eyebrows and now prompted the involvement of the FBI, with records indicating she lived with both men at the same time. [107] Omar criticized Trump's decision to impose further sanctions on Iran, saying the sanctions devastated the "country's middle class and increased hostility toward the United States, with tensions between the two countries rising to dangerous levels. Elmi also studied there for a period but dropped out, records show. Her three siblings who were granted asylum by the United Kingdom are Leila Nur Said Elmi, Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi ." While these allegations haven't been picked. In late August, Askar announced his withdrawal from the campaign. [229][230], Omar received the 2015 Community Leadership Award from Mshale, an African immigrant media outlet based in Minneapolis. After that, he moved home to England. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Trump to "take down his disrespectful and dangerous video" and asked the U.S. Capitol Police to increase its protection of Omar. 4 Unproven rumors claim that Omar married her alleged brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to help with immigration issues They were said to discuss the claims that Omar married Elmi, a British citizen, so he could obtain a green card and study and work in the United States. [183][184], In May 2019, Omar said in an interview on Democracy Now! [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. [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. "Ilhan Omar, Marriage, and Somali Culture: An FAQ." She unseated the senior member of the Minnesota legislature . Why did Ahmed Nur Said Elmi and Ilhan Omar divorce? However, it wasnt until 2017 that Omar finally got around to divorcing Elmi. "[215][216] According to the study, "Key themes included Muslims as subhumans or 'Trojan horses' seeking to impose Shariah law on America. A large proportion of these trolls were likely bots or automated accounts run by people, organizations or state actors seeking to spread political propaganda and hate speech. 21 June 2018. She co-sponsored a similar bill when she was a member of the Minnesota House. 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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. Omar has stated that the couple. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. In October, the mom-of-three filed for divorce from husband Ahmed Hirsi after The Post exclusively revealed allegations she was having an affair with DC political consultant Tim Mynett. 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. [196], Two Republican candidates for congressional office have called for Omar's execution. After objections by a number of congressional progressive Democrats, the resolution was amended to include Islamophobia, racism, and homophobia. "[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. ", "House passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism and Islamophobia", "These Muslim and Jewish community leaders are united in frustration at Ilhan Omar's comments", "House Votes To Condemn Anti-Semitism After Rep. Omar's Comment", "Rep. 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Ilhan Omar throws support behind LGBTQ Palestinian group", "How Ilhan Omar won over hearts in Minnesota's Fifth District", "Rand Paul, Ocasio-Cortez praise Trump for Syria withdrawal", "Rand Paul teams up with Ocasio-Cortez, Omar to press Trump on Syria withdrawal", "In Surprise Move, Ilhan Omar Signs on to AIPAC-backed Policy Letter", "The Country's First Somali-American Legislator and Her Politics of Inclusivity", "Majority Of Minneapolis City Council Backs Dismantling Police Department", "Calls to reform, defund, dismantle and abolish the police, explained", "New liberals in Congress call Trump's Venezuela action 'a U.S. backed coup', "New Dem Rep. Omar: US shouldn't 'hand pick' leaders in Venezuela or support 'coup' attempt", "Posts Distort Democrats' Positions on Venezuela, China, Iran", "What Did Elliott Abrams Have to Do With the El Mozote Massacre? Elmi is reportedly a British citizen who currently lives in the UK. The Star Tribune reported that Omar was the youngest of seven siblings, and Elmi is three years younger than she. 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. 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. We've seen repeated reports alleging that Elmi and Omar are brother and sister. [199][200], On July 14, 2019, Trump tweeted that The Squada group that consists of Omar and three other young congresswomen of color, most of whom were born and raised in the U.S.should "go back" to the "places from which they came". 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. At the time, she'd already had two children with Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi and had been married and divorced from him in sharia law but their union was never legally recognized. )[218][219], On April 12, President Trump retweeted a video that edited Omar's remarks to remove context, showing her saying, "Some people did something. Omar officially divorced Elmi in 2017 and legally married Hirsi in 2018. "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 a sibling 15 years, 20 years later to seek to do what people accuse me of?" Coolican, J. Patrick. 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.". [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. [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". The couple legally divorced in 2017. DOCUMENTS SHOW SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER IN IMMIGRATION SCHEME TO ACQUIRE A GREEN CARD WHAT ELSE IS SHE HIDING? . Sign up for notifications from Insider! By [228] Omar said that she had not shared an elevator with Boebert, that the story was made up, and that Boebert's comments were "anti-Muslim bigotry". She then divorced Elmi before marrying Hirsi legally. The statements were quickly criticized as allegedly drawing on antisemitic tropes. [6] Before her election to Congress, Omar served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019, representing part of Minneapolis. [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. 18 August 2016. ", "Florida Republican condemned for suggesting Ilhan Omar be executed for treason", "Florida Primary Election Results: 13th Congressional District", "Trump under fire for racially-charged tweets against congresswomen", "House Votes To Condemn Trump's 'Racist Comments', "Federal agency: "Go back to where you came from" is discrimination", "Trump slams congresswomen; crowd roars, 'Send her back! [182], In February 2019, Omar questioned whether Elliott Abrams, whom Trump appointed as Special Representative for Venezuela in January 2019, was the correct choice given his past support of right-wing authoritarian regimes in El Salvador and Guatemala, his initial doubts about the number of reported deaths in the El Mozote massacre in 1982, and his two 1991 misdemeanor convictions for withholding information from Congress about the IranContra affair, for which he was later pardoned by George H. W. "Throwing more money at the very organizations committing human rights abusesand the very Administration directing these human rights abusesis not a solution. "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. 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. Their divorce. The following year, in 2009, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said . "[217] The Post was quoting a speech Omar had given at a recent Council on AmericanIslamic Relations (CAIR) meeting. [47], During her tenure as state Representative for District 60B, Omar was an Assistant Minority Leader for the DFL caucus. 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. 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? [113] In November, after her controversial vote, Omar publicly condemned the Armenian genocide at a rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Stay up to date with what you want to know. Also in 2017, Omar reconciled with Hirsi, and they officially wed in 2018. 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. She settled there with her family in 1997 after fleeing war-torn Somalia as refugees. The next year, the congresswoman married Elmi, who she described as a British citizen on their marriage license. [159][160] Less than two hours before the ban, President Trump tweeted that Israel allowing the visit would "show great weakness" when Omar and Tlaib "hate Israel & all Jewish people". Still, documents have not surfaced showing that her ex-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother. Stop relying on them", "Trump, Pelosi and other US lawmakers express condolences, condemn Sri Lanka bombings", "Democrat Ilhan Omar refuses to back historic US House resolution on 'Armenian genocide', "Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed for abstaining on Armenian Genocide Resolution", "Minnesota Armenians upset U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar didn't support measure recognizing genocide", "Ilhan Omar Refuses to Back Turkey Armenian Genocide Vote, Demands Slave Trade and Slaughter of Native Americans Also Be Acknowledged", "U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar calls Armenian genocide 'an injustice' after not supporting resolution", "Omar alluded to controversial Armenian genocide vote during Sanders rally", "Ilhan Omar Rebukes Barack Obama for 'Caging of Kids' and 'Droning of Countries Around the World', "Rep. Ilhan Omar criticizes Obama and past presidents' 'really bad policies', "Ilhan Omar says Donald Trump is "really not" human, "silly" to compare him to Barack Obama", "The four House Democrats who voted against the border funding bill", "These 6 House Democrats voted against the infrastructure bill. On August 9, Omar defeated Mohamud Noor and incumbent Phyllis Kahn in the DFL primary. "[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. [70][71] Melton-Meaux was also endorsed by Minnesota's largest newspaper, The Star Tribune. "Poll: 20% Believe Barack Obama Was Born Outside U.S." [102][103] In October 2018, she tweeted: "The Saudi government might have been strategic at covering up the daily atrocities carried out against minorities, women, activists and even the #YemenGenocide, but the murder of #JamalKhashoggi should be the last evil act they are allowed to commit. [60] On June 17, she was endorsed by the Minnesota DemocraticFarmerLabor Party after two rounds of voting. [203], At a July 17 campaign rally in North Carolina, Trump made additional comments about The Squad: "They never have anything good to say. No news outlets have been able to independently verify their authenticity or make contact with Elmi or any of Omar's family members who could confirm that he and Omar are not related. 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. Here are some of the key points from their report: In 2002, Omar, then 19, religiously married Ahmed Hirsi, but not legally. [36] She graduated from North Dakota State University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree, majoring in political science and international studies. The Omars allowed Ilhan, her genetic sister Sahra, and her genetic father Nur Said to use false names to apply for asylum as members of the Omar family." Steinberg also alleges that Rep. Omar married her alleged brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, in 2009: he had already reportedly been granted asylum in the UK. Omar later clarified that she was referring to the well-documented influence pro-Israeli lobbyists, especially AIPAC, exert in Washington. Conservative bloggers have for years claimed that Omar's second husband, British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother and that she married him to help him fraudulently gain a US green card. [78] The campaign primarily focused on crime and Omar's effectiveness in office. 296, to recognize the Armenian genocide,[110] causing a backlash. However, she had filed tax returns with Hirsi before doing so. [61] Omar won the August 14 primary with 48.2% of the vote. The claim first appeared in 2016 as an anonymous, since-deleted post on SomaliSpot, an online discussion forum geared toward the Somali community. The marriage was criticized a lot, as it was suggested that Elmi and Ilhan were siblings and the sole motive of their marriage was speeding up Elmi's citizenship procedure. Elmi is still in the US according to college officials and social media, 2016: The marriage is brought up during Omar's campaign for congress, She denies it and it is largely ignored because of the lack of proof around it, July 2019: President Trump thrusts the rumor back into the spotlight. "[94], Omar supports broader access to student loan forgiveness programs, as well as free tuition for college students whose family income is below $125,000. Two agents. Power Line also included this graphic on the Omar Elmi family. [248] The divorce was finalized on November 5, 2019. That's based on telltale iconography, naming patterns, webs of linkages and the breadth of the postelection scrubbing. Elmi has campaigned in the past for causes in the country. Where he lived before he married Omar in 2009 in Minnesota remains a mystery. Black Lives Matter and other activists used the phrase to call for police budget reductions and a plan to delegate certain police responsibilities to other organizations. By [62] The 5th district is the most Democratic district in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, (it has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+26) and the DFL has held it without interruption since 1963. That relationship ended, and Elmi has moved back to England. [123] Then-The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss wrote that Omar's statement tied into a millennia-old "conspiracy theory of the Jew as the hypnotic conspirator". In a statement, the Minneapolis mayor said they planned to work to address "systemic racism in police culture. Rep. Lauren Boebert revived unproven rumors sthat Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother to commit immigration fraud. [194] In August 2019, she published an anonymous threat she had received of being shot at the Minnesota State Fair, saying that such threats were why she now had security protection. Omar, who was born in Somalia in 1982, came to America as a refugee with her father and siblings in 1995 by way of a Kenyan refugee camp and resettled in Minneapolis, where she became a US citizen. (Screenshot/Power Line) In 2017, she filed for divorce from Elmi and said she hadn't seen him since 2012. This story has been shared 272,911 times. "[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. Right-leaning blogs have made a sport of digging into Ilhan Omar's personal history, sifting through public records and surfing through social media profiles of people believed to be associated with her, and in so doing they have inevitably surfaced some yet-unanswered questions. (Omar and Hirsi have three children together, two born during their initial relationship, and a third born in 2012). Was attending school in North Dakota instead such a priority as to merit committing marriage and immigration fraud and risking a fine of up to $250,000 and five years in prison? Ahmed married Omar in 2018 and divorced in 2019. [205][206][207] The crowd reacted by chanting, "Send her back, Send her back. "Ilhan Omar Offers Answers to Questions About Her Marital History." She is a member of the DemocraticFarmerLabor Party. Imam Makram El-Amin of Masjid An-Nur in Minneapolis said an Islamic marriage must include the officiant and at least two witnesses, preferably one from each side of the family, to be a valid. That same year, the National Legal and Policy Center alleged in a complaint, which was rejected . Coolican, J. Patrick. The former couple first entered a faith-based marriage in 2002 but separated in 2008. "[208][209] Trump later called the crowd "incredible people, incredible patriots" and accused Omar of racism and antisemitism. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Joe Rogan accused of anti-Semitism while defending disgraced Rep. 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[74][75] She defeated Republican Lacy Johnson and Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Michael Moore in the November 3 general election, with 64.3% of the vote to Johnson's 25.8% and Moore's 9.5%. 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. "Marriage Discrepancy Clouds Ilhan Omar's Historic Primary Victory." "Minnesota House Hopeful Calls Marriage, Fraud Claims 'Lies.'" [14][15][201] In response, Omar said Trump was "stoking white nationalism" because he was "angry that people like us are serving in Congress and fighting against your hate-filled agenda. In 2011, they had a "faith" divorce, but remained legally married. [136] The Democratic House leadership released a statement accusing Omar of "engaging in deeply offensive anti-Semitic tropes". Following that, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (British Citizen). 17 August 2016. "[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. [186] She was organizing the event and was a policy aide to Minneapolis City Councilman Andrew Johnson at the time. [145][146] Omar's spokesman, Jeremy Slevin, said Omar was speaking out about "the undue influence of lobbying groups for foreign interests. [134][135], A number of Democratic leadersincluding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Majority Whip Jim Clyburncondemned the tweet, which was interpreted as implying that money was fueling American politicians' support of Israel. Omar, 37, and Hirsi, 39, have three children; her divorce filing requests joint legal and physical custody. [2] According to Omar, in 2011 she and Elmi had a faith-based divorce and she reconciled with Hirsi, with whom she had a third child in 2012. "Where Can UK Students Study for Free?" Despite a 2011 split, Elmi and Omar did not get a legal divorce until 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. [152] On March 7, the House passed the amended resolution. Instead, Omar maintained, she and Hirsi were married in their Muslim "faith tradition.". And why is there no record of Elmi's having applied for or obtained such status if that was the whole point of his supposedly "fraudulent" marriage to his alleged sister? Conservative websites have claimed for years that Omar's second husband was really her brother. He has been under intense scrutiny for referring to Omar as a member of a 'squad' of migrant Congresswomen who he told to go back to 'their' countries in a series of tweets over the weekend. We also sent a list of questions to Powerlineblogger Scott Johnson, who responded on 25 March 2019 but offered nothing more substantive in support of the claim than inference and supposition. [10][11] She has been the target of several death threats, as well as derogatory comments by political opponents, including Donald Trump, as a result of her background. The evidence uncovered thus far isn't definitive enough to come down on one side or the other. 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. 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. Omar has repeatedly denied that her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother; the congresswoman called the allegations "absurd and ridiculous." She says Elmi is a British citizen and. "[220][221][222][223] Some Democratic representatives condemned Trump's retweet, predicting that it would incite violence and hatred. 1997: Omar and her family settle in Minnesota after fleeing war-torn Somalia. Elmi is the man who has been accused, without substantiating evidence , of being her brother. This collaboration garnered almost half a million views. Omar said when pushed for answers about their marriage in 2016 that she was 'culturally married' to one of the men while 'legally married' to another. 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