Talk about what would be the perfect lib democrat candidate. Female, Muslim and married to her brother. Perfect fit.

Quote:Writing in City Journal, Scott Johnson investigates allegations that Ilhan Omar, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota state representative who recently won her primary and is on the verge of becoming the nation’s first Somali-American legislator, is legally married to her brother.

Johnson writes:

As many candidates do, Omar has made her personal background an integral part of her campaign. But neither the candidate nor the reporters who covered her have shown much interest in exploring one aspect of her personal story that recently came to public attention: the fact that she is not legally married to the man she advertises as the husband and the father of her three children. In fact, she is legally married to another man—who may be her brother. A posting on the SomaliSpot discussion board alleged that Omar had married the man touted as her husband in 2002 before marrying her brother for fraudulent purposes in 2009. The post, which seems to have been written by someone from Minneapolis’s Somali community, was quickly deleted. By the time it came to my attention, the post was only available via a Google cache (now also deleted). If the story is true, however, it suggests that Omar had engaged in some kind of dishonest activity in connection with her marriage to her brother (which by itself would be illegal).

http://www.weeklystandard.com/an-histori...ontent=TWS

Part of me thinks it ridiculous that her marriage status with the State of Minnesota is an issue because I am of the opinion that the State really shouldn't be involved in sanctioning marriages; however, her probable gaming of the immigration system should mean an investigation and if found guilty, criminal charges.

BTW I have met and worked with her a number of times. She is young, bright, affable and competent and a good choice (if innocent of breaking immigration laws) to represent a very Somali-heavy district that also includes the University of Minnesota.

The representative she replaced was elected for 44 years straight and had a reputation of being the local kook responsible for any manner of odd legislation like the number of chickens you can keep in your yard, lowering the voting age to 16, and to repeal the law against marrying your cousin.

(09-13-2016 12:58 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  The representative she replaced was elected for 44 years straight and had a reputation of being the local kook responsible for any manner of odd legislation like the number of chickens you can keep in your yard, lowering the voting age to 16, and to repeal the law against marrying your cousin.

Hoisted on your own petard?


because, if true, isn't it just as likely that the brother was also her cousin?