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On Tuesday, President Trump expressed his outrage over Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, accusing her of constantly complaining and suggesting she should be expelled from the United States after alleging she married her brother to obtain citizenship.
“I just love this Ilhan Omar, whatever her name is, with her little turban,” Trump remarked, apparently referring to the Somali-American congresswoman’s hijab. This statement was made during the initial stop of his tour focused on affordability in northeastern Pennsylvania.
“I love her. She comes here and just complains all the time. She’s from her country, which, in my opinion, is one of the worst in the world, right?” he continued.
The crowd, energized by his comments, began chanting “Send her back!” in response to Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that the member of the “Squad” engaged in immigration fraud by marrying her brother.
“We should just get her out of here,” Trump declared with fervor.
“She married her brother in order to get in, right? She married her brother. Can you imagine if Donald Trump married his sister? Beautiful. She’s a beautiful person. If I married my sister to get my citizenship, do you think I’d last for about two hours? Or would it be something less than that?” he continued.
“She married her brother to get in. Therefore, she’s here illegally. She should get the hell out. Throw her the hell out. She does nothing but complain.”
The claim that Omar illegally wed her brother so she could gain American citizenship first surfaced on conservative blogs in 2016, when she was running for the Minnesota state legislature.
That same year, the Minnesota congresswoman called it “baseless rumors” that “are absolutely false and ridiculous.” She has since continued to debunk the claims.
The 43-year-old first tied the knot with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009, a marriage that ended in 2011. She later married Ahmed Hirisi, splitting from him in 2019.
Trump’s jab comes amid mounting scrutiny over Minnesota’s $1 billion fraud scandal, which has targeted the state’s generous social safety net and largely involves the Somali immigrant community.
After Trump vented that he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the state, ICE launched a major operation, apprehending more than a dozen illegal immigrants last week.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul area is home to the largest Somali population in the country.