[249][250][251] The campaign's contract with Mynett's firm became a focus of criticism by her Democratic primary opponent and conservative critics that received significant local and national media attention. He states that Nur Said Elmi Mohamed shortens his name. Zurowski, Cory. 'Well there's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother,' Trump said on the White House lawn. Elmi is reportedly a British citizen who currently lives in the UK. We found no evidence this circumstance has changed (although federal prosecutors generally do not publicly comment on investigations in progress or lack thereof). I never liked the M sound. The same is true of the other three members of the Squad. Why did Ahmed Nur Said Elmi and Ilhan Omar divorce? In the course of that divorce, Ms. Omar submitted an "Application for an Order for Service by Alternate Means" to the State of Minnesota on August 2, 2017, and claimed, among other things, that she had had no contact with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi after June 2011. The rumor that Elmi is her brotherfirst emerged on a Somali forum where critics said both Elmi and Omar had the same father because his name was the same. Omar's political skills no matter to whom she is (or was) married are remarkable. In 2017, Omar legally divorced Elmi, and the following year, she legally . Both Ilhan Omar's 2009 marriage documents and her 2017 divorce proceedings state that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was born on April 4, 1985. [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". 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. In January 2019, amid the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, Omar joined Democrats Ro Khanna and Tulsi Gabbard in denouncing the Trump administration's decision to recognize Juan Guaid, the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, as Venezuela's interim president. "[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. Omar has stated that she and Hirsi married within their faith tradition in 2002. He is also a staunch social activist. Yet Omar has still not explained some discrepancies and inconsistencies in her marriage history. [142] House Appropriations Committee chairwoman Nita Lowey also called for an apology and criticized the statements in a March 3 tweet, which led to an online exchange between the two. "Marriage Discrepancy Clouds Ilhan Omar's Historic Primary Victory." [148] While Senator Cory Booker found her comments "disturbing", he recognized that some of the attacks against her had "anti-Islamic sentiment." On Wednesday, Trump was on the White House lawn when he made the comment. 21 June 2018. If Elmi was so desperate for U.S. residency/citizenship status that he engaged in a sham "marriage" with his sister in order to seek it, why did he return to England after his split with Omar? The following year, in 2009, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said . 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. The couple had two children. 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. Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive. This collaboration garnered almost half a million views. 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. [205][206][207] The crowd reacted by chanting, "Send her back, Send her back. ", "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? 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. On a marriage certificate dated February 12, 2009, it says that Ilhan Abdullaahi Omar married a man by the name of Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in Hennepin County, Minnesota, who she herself identified as a British citizen. [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". The claim first appeared in 2016 as an anonymous, since-deleted post on SomaliSpot, an online discussion forum geared toward the Somali community. Why did Omar's 2016 campaign literature reference Ahmed Hirsi as her "husband" when she hadn't yet divorced Ahmed Elmi or married Hirsi? In 2016, he asked for help for an educational program to benefit children in 'Somaliland', an unrecognized but independent state. For example, "Ahmed Nur Said Elmi" implies that Ahmed's father is "Nur," his grandfather is "Said," and his great-grandfather is "Elmi." Also from 2009 until 2017, Ilhan Omar lived with, raised three kids with, and illegally filed multiple joint tax returns with a second man not Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Elmi moved back to London. Elmi reportedly attended North Dakota State University with Omar between 2009 and 2012. [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. [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". Here are some of the key points from their report: In 2002, Omar, then 19, religiously married Ahmed Hirsi, but not legally. ", In response to the rumor, Omar issued a statement in 2016 describing the issue as one based on "a difficult part of my personal history that I did not consider relevant in the context of a political campaign," and she labeled accusations that her former husband was also her brother "absurd and offensive. , updated [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". He then returned to the United Kingdom where he now lives. What may still be of slightly more interest, is her marriage to her previous husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. [43], In 2016, Omar ran on the DemocraticFarmerLabor (DFL) ticket for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 60B, which includes part of northeast Minneapolis. At one point, they were. They reconciled and had a third child in 2012. [104][106] She criticized Israel's settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank. [128], In 2018, Omar came under criticism for statements she made about Israel before she was in the Minnesota legislature. 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. This marriage began in 2009, to Mr. Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British citizen. Hirsi is the father of Omar's three children. "[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. [25] Her father and grandfather emphasized the importance of democracy during her upbringing, and at age 14 she accompanied her grandfather to caucus meetings, serving as his interpreter. The results of the. 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. [240], The 2018 documentary film Time for Ilhan (directed by Norah Shapiro, produced by Jennifer Steinman Sternin and Chris Newberry) chronicles Omar's political campaign. Elmi and Omar separated just two years later, in 2011, but did not get a legal divorce. She said, "The face of the Capitol will forever be changed. Talking to reporters before boarding Marine One, Trump said, "There's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother. That same year, the National Legal and Policy Center alleged in a complaint, which was rejected . Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. Omar launched her re-election bid on Thursday after a turbulent term where she was criticized for her anti-Semitic remarks, showed reluctance to sanction Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and was slapped with multiple campaign finance complaints after her alleged lover received more than $370,000 from her campaign. Omar and Elmi split two years later in 2011 and the freshman lawmaker got back together with Hirsi and they had a third child. 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? "[137] The Anti-Defamation League accused her of promoting an "ugly conspiracy theory" about putative Jewish influence in politics. [113] In November, after her controversial vote, Omar publicly condemned the Armenian genocide at a rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Her brother was a British citizen. The three government agencies said they would not confirm the existence of any ongoing or potential investigation. Their divorce. 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). "[118], In June 2019, Omar was one of four Democratic representatives to vote against the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, a $4.5 billion border funding bill that required Customs and Border Protection to enact health standards for individuals in custody such as standards for "medical emergencies; nutrition, hygiene, and facilities; and personnel training." "[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. Why would Omar commit a federal crime and risk a prison sentence (and possibly her own citizenship status) in order to provide her brother with the opportunity to apply for something he would already have been eligible to seek? [198] Neither candidate won their primary election. 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. "[106], In 2019, Omar signed a letter led by Representative Ro Khanna and Senator Rand Paul to President Trump asserting that it is "long past time to rein in the use of force that goes beyond congressional authorization" and that they hoped this would "serve as a model for ending hostilities in the futurein particular, as you and your administration seek a political solution to our involvement in Afghanistan. Omar and Hirsi reconciled after that and . [170] In August 2019, Omar wrote on Twitter in support of the Palestinian LGBT rights group Al Qaws after the Palestinian Authority banned Al Qaws's activities in the West Bank. "[201] Two days later, the House of Representatives voted 240187 to condemn Trump's "racist comments". [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. Netanyahu also said that Omar and Tlaib did not plan on visiting or meeting with any Israeli officials from the government or the opposition, and additionally accused Miftah, the sponsor of Omar's trip, of having members who support terrorism against Israel (in 2016, Israel approved a visit by five U.S. She swore under oath that she did not know the name of a single member of his family and did not know anyone who knew him. [100][101], Omar has criticized Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. 27 October 2018. [114][115], In a March 2019 Politico interview, Omar criticized Barack Obama's "caging of kids" along the Mexican border. [238] Her family was named one of the "five families who are changing the world as we know it" by Vogue in their February 2018 issue featuring photographs by Annie Leibovitz. Omar and Hirsi got back together in 2012 and had their third child while Omar was separated from but still legally married to Elmi. But the conspiracy is not without holes. "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?" "Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive," Omar said in a statement in 2016. Elmi also studied there for a period but dropped out, records show. Still, documents have not surfaced showing that her ex-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother. She settled there with her family in 1997 after fleeing war-torn Somalia as refugees. "Ilhan Omar, Marriage, and Somali Culture: An FAQ." "Kirsten Gillibrand . ", "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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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. [213][214] According to a study by the Social Science Research Council of more than 113,000 tweets about Muslim candidates in the weeks leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, Omar "was the prime target. [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. Omar's father Mohamed, is living in the US. 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. On July 19, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "I reject [Trump's comments] and stand in solidarity with the congresswomen he targeted. Her congressional district includes all of Minneapolis and some of its first-ring suburbs. Omar has stated that the couple. Ahmed is blessed with three children: Isra Hirsi, Adnan Hirsi and Ilwad Hirsi. [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.