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Fact check: Ilhan Omar was not arrested 23 times, and other inaccuracies in meme targeting congresswoman
Reuters ^ | 2/19/21

Posted on 02/20/2021 3:32:00 PM PST by Libloather

A meme circulating on social media makes a series of misleading claims about Somali-born Ilhan Omar, who serves as a Representative for Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives, including the false claim that she has been “arrested 23 times”. This article will argue that these allegations presented in the meme are false. Opinions presented in the meme are out of scope of this article.

**SNIP**

In a previous article (here), Reuters addressed allegations, made without evidence, that Omar married her brother to help him gain American citizenship. In 2016, Omar issued a statement in which she clarified the timeline of her marital history and called the rumors “baseless”, “false and ridiculous.” (here)

As reported by Business Insider here , there is no hard evidence that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who she legally married in 2009 based on her statement, (here) is her brother or that Omar committed fraud.

Business Insider highlighted “some puzzling discrepancies and inconsistencies in her marriage history.”

For example, in June 2019, Minnesota’s CFB found that Omar filed “tax returns stating she was married to one man [Ahmed Hirsi] when, in fact, she was married to another [Ahmed Elmi],” according to CBS Local Minnesota, “amid an investigation into allegations of misuse of campaign funds.” (here)

Allegations about Omar’s marriage history have also been addressed by the New York Times here and the Associated Press here .

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: antisemite; domesticterrorist; minnesota; omar; socialist; somalia
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She's the one who married her brother.
1 posted on 02/20/2021 3:32:00 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

No she was arrested 32 times - numbers were transposed.


2 posted on 02/20/2021 3:33:39 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Libloather

Mentally Illahn.


3 posted on 02/20/2021 3:34:49 PM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: Jim W N

If there has ever been a claim that she was arrested 23 times, it came from a “false flag” fake news site. The Left deploys this trick at least once a week. Sad part is that it either fools outfits like Reuters, or they are complicit.


4 posted on 02/20/2021 3:37:53 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (Eleutheromaniac)
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To: Libloather

5 posted on 02/20/2021 3:39:16 PM PST by Pollard (Bunch of curmudgeons)
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To: Libloather

She was probably arrested more times that would make your head spin.


6 posted on 02/20/2021 3:44:42 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Libloather

Yeah but she married her brother to get him into the country that is called immigration fraud..throw her Jihadist ass out


7 posted on 02/20/2021 3:45:53 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Libloather

One of many, if not hundreds, who are in congress due to fraudulent voting.


8 posted on 02/20/2021 3:47:09 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Jim W N

Fact check - conservatives just shut up. We, the fact checkers, are much smarter than you, and you are just making trouble. < /sarcasm >


9 posted on 02/20/2021 3:47:42 PM PST by alloysteel (Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.)
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To: All

German “humanitarian” learns truths about Muslims.......to her infinite regret.

https://arbeitsgruppefluchtundmenschenrechte.wordpress.com/2018/02/11/interview-with-rebecca-sommer-english/

She enumerates all the negatives we’ve observed for years.

Too bad she got woked the hard way....thru horrendous personal experiences.
BTW, she mentions Somali refugees as the worst of the worst.


Muslim Migrants Firebomb Historic Swedish Church-And astonished Christians ask “why?”

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s book “Infidel” exposes the self-loathing and backward cultural and tribal narcissism of the Muslim mind.......a must-read.


Here we see the brilliance of using critical thinking to root out the Islamic infestation.

France to focus on “Islamo-leftism That is ‘Corrupting Society’

Frédérique Vidal, the minister of higher education, said in Parliament that the state-run National Center for Scientific Research would oversee an investigation into the “totality of research underway in our country.....and would focus on “Islamo-leftism.’’ Mr. Macron’s leading ministers accuse left-leaning intellectuals of justifying Islamism and even terrorism.

“Islamo-leftism corrupts all of society. Universities are not impervious’’ Ms. Vidal said. Referring to scholars of race and gender, Ms. Vidal accused them of “always looking at everything through the prism of their will to divide, to fracture, to pinpoint the enemy.’’


10 posted on 02/20/2021 3:48:56 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Libloather

It’d be nice if they started fact checking what really happened on Jan 6


11 posted on 02/20/2021 3:54:50 PM PST by Skywise
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To: alloysteel

12 posted on 02/20/2021 3:56:51 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Libloather

She did marry her brother, but not to get him citizenship, to get him a green card.


13 posted on 02/20/2021 4:01:46 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Libloather

They can do complete investigations and still lie yet they cannot discuss SYSTEMIC VOTE FRAUD.

I hate all of the MSM.


14 posted on 02/20/2021 4:08:06 PM PST by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: Libloather

Ilhan Omar got elected because of the way our current political system works.

She is what I would call a boutique candidate. Someone who was selected by the party to match what careful analysis of her district say they wanted. The party either finds someone that matches or they create someone and then tailor their campaign to say what their voters want to hear.

Think of Congress like it is a Amway distributorship. There are a lot of individuals at the bottom and few at the top. The ones at the bottom don’t get to make management decision, their job is to “sell” the product, and that product is the message those at the top want to get out.

Both parties do this but the Democrats are a little better at it.


15 posted on 02/20/2021 4:14:25 PM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Roto Reutres

Is the name

When your integrity is down the drain

My bet is that Reuters is the only source of 23 arrests rumor, solely to pair it with the immigration felonies and claim debunked on both to obscure her blatant felonies that would have gotten any of us arrested , charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent.


16 posted on 02/20/2021 4:28:01 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran 78 to 84 )
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To: wac3rd

Why, because you were duped?

Private media companies were always allowed to have a bias that reflected their owner’s political views.

That is how it should be, imo.


17 posted on 02/20/2021 4:31:23 PM PST by Kenny500c ( )
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To: Libloather

BUT TED CRUZ WENT TO CANCUN!!!


18 posted on 02/20/2021 4:35:58 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Libloather

It was only 22 times.


19 posted on 02/20/2021 4:46:50 PM PST by Fedora
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To: Libloather
Ilhan Omar married her brother. Her reason for doing so was unclear.

Scott Johnson of Powerline Blog covered this scandal in detail, in many posts.

Here's one:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/08/ilhan-omar-case-closed.php

For more, use Powerline Blogs search feature. Search for Omar.

20 posted on 02/20/2021 4:51:36 PM PST by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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