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Ilhan Omar Calls Trump a 'Bigot' After Winning Re-Election
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In Short: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called President Trump a 'bigot' after winning re-election with over 76% of the vote.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called President Donald Trump a 'bigot' after winning re-election with over 76% of the vote in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.
Omar's victory came despite facing two federal criminal investigations—one examining her financial disclosures and the other her immigration history. Omar framed these probes as attempts by the White House to intimidate her and her supporters.
In her victory speech, Omar referenced the Democratic wave across the country, particularly in Ohio, Maine, and Texas Senate races, arguing it reflected a backlash against the Trump administration's policies.
Omar also highlighted the federal operation, Operation Metro Surge, which deployed thousands of federal immigration officers to Minneapolis and St. Paul, drawing local opposition and large-scale protests.
Omar's remarks came after President Trump's repeated attacks on her, including calling her 'garbage,' a 'disaster,' and a 'disgrace to our country.'
Omar's journey from Somalia to the United States, where she arrived as a refugee at age 12, has been marked by significant personal and political milestones.
Omar emphasized the importance of women and minorities taking initiative rather than waiting for invitations, and she highlighted her work in community organizing and politics.
Omar's re-election victory was seen as a strong repudiation of Trump's presidency, with Omar promising heightened accountability from Democrats and warning of increased scrutiny under the new House Oversight Committee leadership.
Omar's campaign finance filings and immigration paperwork have been under scrutiny, with investigations examining her financial disclosures and her father's immigration paperwork.
Omar's supporters and family have defended her against allegations, including claims about her past marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.
Omar's victory speech also referenced the upcoming leadership of Rep. Robert Garcia, who will become chairman of the House Oversight Committee with subpoena power.
Omar's resilience and continued political activism have been a source of inspiration for her children and the broader community.
What this adds
Omar's re-election victory was seen as a strong repudiation of Trump's presidency, with Omar promising heightened accountability from Democrats and warning of increased scrutiny under the new House Oversight Committee leadership.
Omar's campaign finance filings and immigration paperwork have been under scrutiny, with investigations examining her financial disclosures and her father's immigration paperwork.
What's confirmed
- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called President Donald Trump a 'bigot' after winning re-election with over 76% of the vote in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.
- Omar's victory came despite facing two federal criminal investigations—one examining her financial disclosures and the other her immigration history. Omar framed these probes as attempts by the White House to intimidate her and her supporters.
- In her victory speech, Omar referenced the Democratic wave across the country, particularly in Ohio, Maine, and Texas Senate races, arguing it reflected a backlash against the Trump administration's policies.
- Omar also highlighted the federal operation, Operation Metro Surge, which deployed thousands of federal immigration officers to Minneapolis and St. Paul, drawing local opposition and large-scale protests.
- Omar's journey from Somalia to the United States, where she arrived as a refugee at age 12, has been marked by significant personal and political milestones.
- Omar emphasized the importance of women and minorities taking initiative rather than waiting for invitations, and she highlighted her work in community organizing and politics.
- Omar's re-election victory was seen as a strong repudiation of Trump's presidency, with Omar promising heightened accountability from Democrats and warning of increased scrutiny under the new House Oversight Committee leadership.
- Omar's campaign finance filings and immigration paperwork have been under scrutiny, with investigations examining her financial disclosures and her father's immigration paperwork.
- Omar's supporters and family have defended her against allegations, including claims about her past marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.
- Omar's victory speech also referenced the upcoming leadership of Rep. Robert Garcia, who will become chairman of the House Oversight Committee with subpoena power.
- Omar's resilience and continued political activism have been a source of inspiration for her children and the broader community.
What's still developing
- After winning re-election on Tuesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told supporters early Wednesday that Democrats' overwhelming victories across the country sent a message to "the bigot in the White House and his friends that we are not going to be a pawn in their game."
- "When this administration came for Minnesotans, we knew that we could respond by showing up in the streets and protecting our neighbors, but we also knew when Election Day came that we were going to provide an answer by directly rejecting them in the ballot box," Omar said.
- It is our time for accountability and transparency.
- “The war started when I was 8,” says Omar, who recalls witnessing the terrors of conflict.
- “My election win offers a counter-narrative to the bigotry in the world,” Minnesota State Representative-elect Omar, 34, says in the new issue of PEOPLE.
- “I would fetch water, and my family would reward me with a shilling at the end of the day, so I would go see a movie in the village next door in a makeshift theater: a hut.” After four years years in that Mombasa refugee camp, Omar and her family were sponsored to move to the United States, arriving in New York before moving to Arlington, Virginia, where Omar, then 12, began middle school.
- “I believe women and minorities often wait for permission to be invited to something; we need to stop doing that,” says Omar, who managed a 2013 city council race and was hired on to work at city hall in Minneapolis before getting elected by Minnesota’s District 60B in 2016.
- “I no longer had a bed of my own, the privacy of a shower in my own bathroom — we were essentially homeless,” Omar says.
- As we previously reported... the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Conduct investigated Omar after a 2025 financial disclosure listed her and her husband Tim Mynett 's assets between $6 million and $30 million -- but she was ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing.
- In 2019, Minnesota campaign finance officials examined tax returns Omar filed jointly with Ahmed Hirsi -- the father of her children -- while she was still legally married to Elmi.
- Two sources familiar with the probe told Fox News Digital that investigators are examining immigration paperwork completed by Omar's late father when she was a child.
- Omar has spent years batting away allegations involving her past marriage to British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi... including claims that the two were siblings and that the marriage was intended to help him obtain immigration benefits.