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America Has A Con-woman In Congress, But Where’s The Law?
Townhall.com ^ | February 27, 2020 | Ilana Mercer

Posted on 02/27/2020 5:49:37 AM PST by Kaslin

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which Americans are meant to trust with matters of life and death, is unable—or unwilling—to confirm claims that Representative Ilhan Omar perpetrated fraud by marrying her brother, Ahmed Elmi, to enable him to obtain the coveted Green Card, thus granting him permanent-resident status in the U.S., and a path to citizenship. But the agency is said to be “investigating.” 

Conversely, the Daily Mail, a British tabloid, had little difficulty gathering a critical mass of facts, enough to conclude that, in 2009, Omar did indeed secretly wed said sibling. The newspaper, and anyone else suggesting the same, has yet to be sued by Omar. Could the story be true? 

As it happens, a Somali community leader has also outed Ilhan Omar as an outlaw. Abdihaikm Osman Nur contends that the Somali-born representative from Minnesota “had indeed married her brother.” So reported Tucker Carlson, a Fox News anchor. 

Despite “a lack of paperwork in war-torn Somalia,” which complicates an investigation and a definitive determination, the British tabloid dug up the requisite information that the FBI has yet to release. The young man whom Omar is alleged to have married certainly bears a remarkable resemblance to the congresswoman. 

It was in August of 2016 that Mr. Nur, aforementioned, seconded the story first published by Scott Johnson, of the Powerline blog: Omar had married her sibling, ostensibly to allow him to stay in the U.S.  As the Daily Mail had relayed, Mr. Nur took issue with Omar’s alleged marriage-cum-immigration fraud. It would appear that the British tabloid was more vested in the truth, as this patriotic Somali told it, than was the FBI. 

To date, these are the facts on the fraud alleged to have been committed by a member of the U.SCongress. Yet nobody is likely to do more than mutter at the striking absence of scruples in Ilhan Omar. For not only does she appear to flout the law, but she also offends sensibilities: Omar had first married Ahmed Hirsi, father of her children, in 2002. Bigamy and incest (even if the relationship is unconsummated) are cultural taboos. 

Contrast Omar’s treatment in the U.S. with the manner in which the Dutch government treated a lesser form of immigration fraud committed by another Somali, Dutch lawmaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali. 

Conservatives love Hirsi Ali, as we should. Ms. Hirsi Ali has been a lionheart when it comes to exposing Islam as an inherently radical political system, impervious to reform in its current form, and incompatible with the Enlightenment values to which she ascribes and for which she has been a valiant champion.

Hirsi Ali first became known for her artistic and idealistic collaboration with Theo Van Gogh (1957-2004), a Dutch filmmaker. Van Gogh was a descendant of painter Vincent van Gough (1853-1890), who, one hopes, needs no introduction. The relative of the great Dutch artist was slaughtered on the streets of Amsterdam by a Muslim because he produced a docudrama, “Submission,” for which Ali had written the script. The film depicted the subjugation of women in Islam and across Muslim countries. A note targeting Ali by name was pinned on the poor man’s body.

A Somali refugee just like Omar, Ms. Hirsi Ali put shoulder to the boulder and rose to prominence in The Netherlands. Unlike Omar, who is always in full roar against her fellow Americans, Hirsi Ali has been a model of lucidity. She certainly embraced and promoted classically liberal views, more compatible with her adopted homeland than the views militantly spewed stateside, by the seething Ilhan Omar. 

Nevertheless, and perhaps because the Dutch pride themselves on being a nation of laws, Ali’s Dutch citizenship was forthwith revoked, in 2006, when it was discovered that the parliamentarian had lied on her 1992 asylum application. Ali had the decency and dignity to resign her post and express contrition. 

Contrition and humility are not in the behavioral repertoire of Ilhan Omar. Her putative infractions, moreover, are way worse than a few fibs on an application form. “Tax avoidance, violations of campaign financing laws and the marriage fraud”: America has a con-woman for a lawmaker, but where’s The Law?



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fraud; ilhanomar
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1 posted on 02/27/2020 5:49:37 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Animal Farm.


2 posted on 02/27/2020 5:50:37 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SkyDancer

AG Barr’s bagpipe lesson was not able to be interrupted for comment.


3 posted on 02/27/2020 5:51:25 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute

Get a life.


4 posted on 02/27/2020 5:52:29 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Kaslin

The law does not apply to dems.


5 posted on 02/27/2020 5:53:34 AM PST by FES0844
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To: Kaslin
The Deep State FBI will give her same treatment they gave McCabe. They will let her walk. The only hope is with ICE.
6 posted on 02/27/2020 5:54:26 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Kaslin

The entire notion of “protected class” needs to be totally done away with. The Left talks about “white privilege” but there is no such thing. If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?

But to be a female Muslim refugee from Somalia means you can commit every crime in the book and no one can touch you?

DOJ needs to show this isn’t so.


7 posted on 02/27/2020 5:55:13 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Kaslin
Osama Obama's wetback aunt *and* uncle were ordered to be deported at least once by an immigration judge.However,miraculously,they both were granted Green Cards eventually.

His wetback aunt...Aunt Zetudi (? spelling)...once gave an interview to a Boston TV station stating that she had a right to be here and that American taxpayers owed her a living...housing,food,health care,etc. I'll bet that it's on youtube.

Nothing *whatsoever* will happen to this filthy Somali moslem whore..or her brother.And we all know the reason why.

8 posted on 02/27/2020 5:58:49 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Kaslin

She also stole at least a million dollars from campaign funds and put it in a LLC where it can disappear.


9 posted on 02/27/2020 5:59:00 AM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: minnesota_bound

Oops sorry that was AOC that did that.


10 posted on 02/27/2020 5:59:23 AM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: bert

Thanks. Believe it or not, I love you. You are the proof we aren’t all just sharing one brain.


11 posted on 02/27/2020 6:00:09 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Kaslin
Osama Obama's Wetback Aunt
12 posted on 02/27/2020 6:01:50 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Kaslin

I find it interesting that another muslim (male) is talking about this. I wondered how long it would be before something like this would occur. A FEMALE muslim in congress? A FEMALE muslim with POWER over others (including men?!). Can’t have that. Would not be surprised if more muslim males step forward to take her out.


13 posted on 02/27/2020 6:09:11 AM PST by Mama Shawna
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To: Kaslin

If Omar is held accountable for her illegal/unethical shenanigans it will threaten many of her colleagues in congress who have skeletons in their own closets. They don’t want people peeking side THEIR tent. So there will be no political pressure to investigate her.


14 posted on 02/27/2020 6:11:29 AM PST by Starboard (has so far)
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To: Kaslin

My hope is the true justice department will wait until after the election and scoop up all these lawbreakers. Maybe some political analysts said the left will scream it’s all political in an attempt to sway voters the left is innocent. Then again maybe the left is still committed crimes and they’re waiting to see who else is involved. Or maybe everyone’s corrupt.


15 posted on 02/27/2020 6:13:58 AM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: Kaslin

Deport this crook. And redistrict that part of MN so the Somalis are not in the majority. We should never have allowed these America-hating people to be in control of a seat in our government.
This fiasco is why the Founders warned that we should not be a democracy, which they regarded as mob rule. (It sounds better to call it “Squad Rule” in today’s PC culture.)


16 posted on 02/27/2020 6:15:04 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: ClearCase_guy

Excellent comment. However, we do have a protected class.
It consists of the untouchable elitists in the Deep State and in the U.S. congress. They operate in an environment totally free of any constraints.


17 posted on 02/27/2020 6:16:41 AM PST by Starboard (has so far)
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To: Linda Frances

Or maybe everyone’s corrupt.

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DC = the District of Corruption. The town’s bureaucracies and institutions are chock full of liberal Democrats who will do anything to gain/retain power.


18 posted on 02/27/2020 6:19:20 AM PST by Starboard (has so far)
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To: Kaslin

She’s poster girl for: “F&^k the US Constitution” week.


19 posted on 02/27/2020 6:20:19 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: minnesota_bound

She also stole at least a million dollars from campaign funds and put it in a LLC where it can disappear.

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How many others in congress do the same thing? Not saying you’re wrong, just pointing out that corruption is rampant in the DC Swamp. In that resepct she’s not that much different from the rest of her shifty colleagues.


20 posted on 02/27/2020 6:22:06 AM PST by Starboard (has so far)
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