During a fawning interview with MSNow’s Chris Hayes, Rep. Ilhan Omar (DSA-MN) was asked about the persistent “rumors” that she had married her biological brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, in a likely attempt to allow him to immigrate to the U.S.
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Hayes asked Omar, “Who was this man that was your husband? When did they start saying that he was your brother? Why?”
Omar nervously chuckled and replied, “It started with the Somali blog that I don’t know if it still exists, but somebody put him there that, you know, that he had to have been my brother or something to that effect, and right-wing conspiracy theorists in Minneapolis got ahold of it.”
There are right-wing conspiracy theorists in Minneapolis? There are a great many left-wing conspiracy theorists in the City of Flakes Lakes, but right-wing ones are an endangered species, if not already extinct.
Then Hayes actually asked a follow-up question: “You were not related to him at all? There’s not some weird kernel of truth?” To which Omar replied, “not to my knowledge.”
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Oh, brother.
Not to my knowledge? Not to my knowledge?! That’s what one might say if asked, “has any family member ever had COVID?” Or, “does your home have any mildew in it?” One does not answer “not to my knowledge” when asked if one has married a brother. (Could it be that 68 IQ thing kicking in again?)
This is as if a person was asked questions such as, “have you ever had an arm or a leg amputated,” “have you ever slept with an elephant,” “have you ever had a baby,” or even “have you ever had an elephant baby while an appendage of yours was being amputated” and answered with “Not to my knowledge.”
Call me a skeptic, but I’m going to have to assert bull**** on that reply. I mean, these are things that — I think most of us would agree — would be exceedingly hard to forget.
I personally can’t claim to know for certain whether Omar married her biological brother or not. But I do know that she is clearly not married to the truth, transparency, or decency.
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