Donald Trump broke out into an impression of Ilhan Omar summoning the brother she is accused of marring to bed at a speech in Florida on Friday.
The president and the Minnesota ‘Squad’ member have long been at odds, with Trump playing up the reports of Omar of marrying her sibling.
As he spoke Friday, Trump launched into something of an impression of the Somali-American congresswoman, whom he said ‘heads’ Somali immigration to America.
‘She married her brother to come in!’ the president said.
He then speculated that she was being investigated, saying ‘they’re looking at her, I have nothing to do with it’, before reiterating that he believes she married her brother.
‘It’s a lovely couple actually, but it’s a little bit on the illegal side. Darling, I love you very much, good night brother, let’s go to bed.’
‘Isn’t she despicable? I can’t stand watching her,’ Trump added, getting into rumors that she was also hiding her net worth.
‘Did you see? Last month, she accidentally checked a box that said she was worth $38 million and law enforcement came after her for that and after that, she was worth less than $80,000. She said it was an accounting error. Not a very good accountant.’
Donald Trump broke out into an impression of Ilhan Omar marrying her brother, carrying on the long-running rumor about the left-wing congresswoman at a speech in Florida Friday
The President and the Minnesota’Squad’ member have long been at odds, with Trump playing up the reports of Omar of marrying her brother. Pictured: Omar with ex-husband Ahmed Hirsi
He summarized Omar as someone whose ‘whole life is based on fraud and a scam.
‘The whole thing is a scam and we oughta get those people the hell out of our country!’
Congresswoman Omar quickly responded to Trump with salacious allegations of her own on social media.
‘This unhinged rant would solicit anger if it wasn’t coming from a criminal, who has 34 felony convictions, held accountable for rape and accused of being a pedo,’ Omar wrote.
‘I still don’t know how anyone would willingly humiliate themselves like this but here we are. Btw, the pedophile protection party should find new material for their deflection.’
A source from inside the Somali community told the Daily Mail back in February 2020 that the Democratic congresswoman told friends years ago that the man who went on to become her second husband was her brother.
Abdihakim Osman was the first person to go on record to speak of how Omar said she wanted to get her brother papers so he could stay in the United States, at a time when she was married to her first husband Ahmed Hirsi.
Omar has denied the allegations, and there continues to be scant evidence that the claims are true.
Earlier this year, Omar came under investigation after newly filed financial disclosures showed her family’s reported wealth exploding to more than $30 million in a single year.
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Omar’s brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom the allegation regarding Omar involves
Congresswoman Omar quickly responded to Trump with salacious allegations of her own on social media
Two businesses linked to Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett, pictured here in a post from February 2024, showed dramatic valuation spikes between 2023 and 2024
The House Oversight Committee, led by Chairman James Comer, is examining how the ‘Squad’ lawmaker and her husband rapidly amassed millions – at a time that a $9 billion Somali social services fraud scandal also exploded in her state.
Investigators are openly weighing subpoenas as they probe whether politically connected businesses tied to Omar’s family warrant deeper scrutiny, House Republicans said.
The investigation follows federal prosecutors opening a broader investigation into alleged industrial-scale fraud involving billions of dollars in social service funds in Minnesota.
Republicans say that scandal alone makes Omar’s apparent financial windfall impossible to ignore.
‘We’re going to get answers, whether it’s through the Ethics Committee or the Oversight Committee, one of the two,’ Comer said to the New York Post.
The scrutiny intensified after Omar’s 2024 financial disclosure revealed her family’s net worth ballooned, jumping from negligible assets to a valuation that could reach as high as $30 million in a single year, according to the ranges reported on the form.
In a video she posted to Instagram this week, the congresswoman scoffed at questions about whether she was connected to the fraud scandal emerging in her state this month.
‘Why would there be an allegation that I’m complicit? How would I be complicit?’ Omar snapped at a reporter.
When pressed further, she lashed out: ‘Do you just ask stupid questions?’
‘Nine billion, really?’ Omar said sarcastically, referencing the reported level of the alleged fraud.
‘That is more than half of the resources that are allocated. So, you genuinely think your brain has told you that it is possible for half of the resources for our public service to have disappeared? Listen to yourself.’
When the reporter cited Comer’s concerns during a House Oversight hearing, Omar doubled down.
‘That’s what Comer believes because he’s as smart as you are,’ she said. ‘There’s absolutely no goddam way.’
Omar has forcefully rejected any suggestion of wrongdoing. She has never been charged or formally accused of a crime in relation to the alleged Minnesota fraud scandal nor her husband’s soaring net worth.
Trump is visiting The Villages in central Florida, a community for older Americans, to talk about how his policies are helping them.
He said he loves Florida and was ‘thrilled’ to be among the ‘great American patriots’ of The Villages.
‘Now, you know I shouldn´t be here,’ Trump said, referencing what law enforcement authorities have said was an attempt on his life during a gala dinner in Washington last weekend.
Trump said he should be ‘indoors at a secure facility’ and asked, ‘What´s more secure than The Villages?’
