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Search results for "Ilhan Omar spoke to the public in a way that public servants aren't supposed to"

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Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post:
After learning some officers are Jewish, “Ilhan Omar says police shouldn’t exist.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 12, 2021
X posts stated on January 28, 2024 in a video:
Rep. Ilhan Omar said her "top priority is to put Somalia first and expand its territory.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 1, 2024
Viral image stated on January 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
 Ilhan Omar called for "violence" against President Trump over Middle East dispute.  
By Samantha Putterman• January 15, 2020
Viral image stated on February 28, 2019 in a post on the Internet:
"Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned."
By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2019
Facebook posts stated on August 01, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has been "arrested 23 times" and is the "daughter of (a) Somali terrorist."
By Daniel Funke• August 14, 2019
X posts stated on April 21, 2026 in an X post:
“Newly released FOIA door logs show that former President Joe Biden didn't enter the Oval Office once after the 2024 election.”
By Maria Briceño• April 22, 2026
Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2019 in remarks at the White House:
Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is."
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 16, 2019
Donald Trump stated on July 18, 2019 in a press briefing:
Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.   
By Amy Sherman• July 19, 2019
Ilhan Omar stated on February 07, 2019 in a congressional hearing:
"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."
By Jon Greenberg• February 12, 2019
Ilhan Omar stated on December 01, 2019 in an interview:
The U.S. spends "57 cents on the dollar on defense."
By Tom Kertscher• December 13, 2019
Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Breaking News: Rep. Ilhan Omar has been removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 26, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."
By Tom Kertscher• February 2, 2023
Viral image stated on November 09, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar as saying, "I think all white men should be put in chains as slaves because they will never submit to Islam."
By Miriam Valverde• November 15, 2018
Facebook posts stated on December 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Ilhan Omar just hosted a flag burning party."
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 10, 2019
Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
 Says a list of prominent Democrats have concealed their "real names" from the public.
By Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2019
Donald Trump stated on October 07, 2019 in a statement to the press:
Minneapolis "city government preemptively informed the Target Center that it would be responsible for $530,000 in security and other costs" related to a Trump rally, "more than 26 times the estimated security costs for a 2009 Target Center health care rally held by President Barack Obama."
By Amy Sherman• October 8, 2019
Viral image stated on May 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"The city of Minneapolis has set up a Sharia hotline for residents to report citizens who criticize Islam, in order to prosecute them for ‘hate crimes.’"
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2019
Viral image stated on August 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar "at a Al’ Qaida training camp in Somalia."
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 4, 2019
Dan Bishop stated on July 17, 2019 in a speech at a Trump rally:
Says "Dan McCready took money from Ilhan Omar"
By Paul Specht• July 22, 2019
Ilhan Omar stated on October 12, 2019 in a tweet:
"The 1% is paying less in taxes than everyone else."
By Louis Jacobson• October 16, 2019

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 14, 2019

Did Ilhan Omar marry her brother? Her hometown newspaper investigated and told us what they found

By Louis Jacobson• July 18, 2019

Donald Trump says Jews are leaving the Democratic Party, but there’s no proof

By Amy Sherman• March 14, 2019

Fact-checking Trump’s misleading attacks on Omar, Ocasio-Cortez in North Carolina

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• July 18, 2019

In Context: Ilhan Omar’s “our country should be more fearful of white men” comment

By Amy Sherman• July 26, 2019

Nancy Pelosi cites principle of not talking about Donald Trump when overseas. We looked into it

By Jon Greenberg, Stefanie Pousoulides• June 7, 2019

How a House speaker could kick some lawmakers off committees

By Louis Jacobson• December 19, 2022

The facts on advertiser boycotts against cable news networks

By Bill McCarthy• July 22, 2019

Fact-checking Democrats’ responses to Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek, Samantha Putterman, Zoe Weyand• February 25, 2026

Midterm Facebook misinformation: Pipe bombs, menacing caravans and rampant voter fraud

By Jon Greenberg• November 21, 2018

No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez probably didn't say that

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 27, 2019

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By Jon Greenberg• November 2, 2020

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By Louis Jacobson• December 10, 2025

Fact-checking Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech

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