President Trump on Tuesday fumed that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar does nothing but “b–ch” — insisting she should be booted from the country after boldly claiming that she married her brother to get US citizenship.
“I love this Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is, with the little turban,” Trump said, seemingly referring to the Somali-American lawmaker’s hijab, during the first stop of his affordability-focused roadshow in northeastern Pennsylvania.
“I love her. She comes in, does nothing but b—h.. She’s always complaining. She comes from her country, where I mean, it’s considered about the worst country in the world, right?”
The raucous crowd erupted into a loud “Send her back!” chant as the president repeated his false claim that the “Squad” member committed immigration fraud by illegally marrying her brother.
“We oughta get her the hell out,” Trump raged.
“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.
