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Ilhan Omar FREAKS OUT After Her SICKENING Family Past Was UNCOVERED!

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Especially given your family's history

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where your father was a general, one of

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the military hierlings, this [music]

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present barrier that committed genocide.

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People forget that about her. She poses

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as a left-wing cause celeb.

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>> Ilhan Omar is suddenly in full damage

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control mode after critics dug back into

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her past and started connecting dots she

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probably hoped would stay buried. That

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is the headline nobody in her office

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wanted to wake up to. A lawmaker who has

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spent years presenting herself as the

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moral compass of Congress is now facing

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renewed scrutiny over her finances, her

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history, and the controversies that

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never seem to fade. And this time, the

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questions are louder, sharper, and far

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more personal. Apparently, Somali

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activists in Minnesota are now demanding

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reparations. Yes, I'm not making that

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up. After defrauding the government for

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billions of dollars, they are now quite

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shamelessly attempting to defraud the

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government again. Let's start with the

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numbers that set this whole thing on

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fire. Her most recent federal financial

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disclosure showed a dramatic jump in

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reported household assets largely tied

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to business ventures connected to her

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husband. We are talking about ranges

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that depending on how you read them move

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from modest six-f figure territory into

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valuations discussed in the tens of

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millions. That kind of jump does not

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quietly pass by. It grabs attention. She

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went from roughly $50,000 in reported

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assets to $30 million

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in one year.

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>> Now, before anyone jumps in, yes,

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disclosure forms report ranges. They do

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not show exact balances like your bank

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app does. But even within ranges, when

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the top end of those brackets moves that

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dramatically in one year, people are

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going to ask how. That is not a

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conspiracy theory. That is basic math

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and basic curiosity. When someone goes

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from reported tens of thousands in one

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filing to multi-million dollar valuation

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ranges in the next, eyebrows rise. Ilhan

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Omar continues to publicly deny being a

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millionaire, right?

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>> It's absurd. I mean, I feel like I'm

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taking crazy pills. I'm listening to

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this woman talk, then I'm reading the

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reports that she filled out and I'm

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like, you just said you were worth $30

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million. It's on paper. The centerpiece

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of this shift is Rose Lake Capital, the

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venture firm associated with her

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husband, Tim Manette. Public materials

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and coverage have described large assets

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under management tied to that firm.

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Venture capital is not like running a

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lemonade stand. It is highlevel finance.

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It involves institutional money, big

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investors, and serious networks. So

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naturally, critics are asking who is

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backing this, how valuations are

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calculated, and how it grew so fast. Tim

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Manette has zero zero investment

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experience. His degree is in political

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science.

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All he's ever done is work on political

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campaign. So, who in the heck is giving

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this guy $60 billion to man? And here is

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where it gets uncomfortable. Minet's

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background is political [music]

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consulting. That is not illegal. But

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when a venture firm connected to a

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sitting member of Congress suddenly

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reports massive asset growth, the optics

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become [music] explosive. You cannot

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spend years talking about corporate

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influence and then act shocked when

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people look at your own financial

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ecosystem and wonder if influence plays

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[music] a role there too.

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>> These Somalians have taken billions of

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dollars out of our country. They've

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taken billions and billions of dollars.

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They have a representative Ilhan Omar.

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She should be thrown the hell out of our

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country.

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>> Then we have East St. Crew LLC, the

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California winery tied to the couple.

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According to prior disclosures, the

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valuation range on that business

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increased significantly year-over-year.

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Business values can change. Investors

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can come in. Assets can appreciate. All

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of that is true. [music] But when a

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business that was once valued in the

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tens of thousands range later appears in

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filings with multi-million dollar

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brackets, [music] critics are going to

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ask what changed. Now, the winery,

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again, according to last year's report,

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was valued between 15 and $50,000.

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This year, 5 million bucks. Wow. 50,000

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to 5 million is not a pretty good year.

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And this is not happening in a vacuum.

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Donald Trump publicly called for a

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Justice Department investigation into

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Omar's finances. House Republicans have

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demanded more transparency. Oversight

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letters were sent. [music] The story

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became national political theater almost

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overnight. You do not have to like Trump

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to admit that when a former president

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starts saying investigate, cameras turn

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on and microphones get hot. Omar's

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response has been to dismiss the

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scrutiny as partisan attacks. That

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[music] is politics. Everyone says that

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when they are under fire, but here is

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the reality. Financial disclosures are

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meant to provide transparency. They

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exist precisely so that the public can

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see what lawmakers own and how their

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wealth changes. If the public sees

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dramatic shifts and asks questions,

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[music] that is not harassment. That is

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the system working.

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>> Even President Trump is rightly calling

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for a Justice Department investigation

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into the couple's finances.

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>> Now, think about the broader context.

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Congress has long faced criticism over

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insider trading, investment timing, and

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suspiciously strong portfolio

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performance. Studies and reports have

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shown members of Congress often

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outperform market averages. When that

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background already exists, and then one

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member's reported wealth jumps sharply,

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it feeds into a larger narrative that

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voters already distrust. This is where

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the sarcasm writes itself. Omar has been

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vocal about inequality and corporate

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greed. She has positioned herself as a

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fighter against entrenched power. So

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when financial disclosure headlines

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start using phrases like exploding net

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worth and massive valuation growth,

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[music] people understandably ask how

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that squares with the image she

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projects. How does someone go from

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crusading against wealth concentration

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to being at the center of wealth

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scrutiny?

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>> And most of those people many they have

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destroyed Minnesota. It is important for

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us one to remind folks that we are

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Americans. We're not going anywhere and

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we will continue to be in in this

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country.

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>> To be clear, no criminal charges have

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been filed. No court has ruled that she

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committed fraud. That matters. But

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scrutiny does not require a conviction.

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It requires unusual numbers and public

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office. When those two meet, the

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spotlight follows. That is the price of

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being a national figure who speaks

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loudly about ethics. And here is the

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part that keeps coming back. [music]

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This is not just about numbers on a

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form. It is about credibility. When you

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build your political brand on

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transparency and moral high ground, any

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financial irregularity, even if

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technically explainable, becomes

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political dynamite. The public does not

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dissect valuation methodology. They see

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headlines. They see ranges. They see

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jumps. that motans are resilient um and

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we will continue to thrive.

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>> What is the practical effect on the

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Somali community um when the president

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says things like that?

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>> I mean it creates fear um and there is a

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possible danger that um a lot of the the

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people who follow the president.

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>> So the question hanging in the air is

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simple. If everything is above board,

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why does the growth look so dramatic?

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Why does it feel so sudden? Why does it

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coincide with rising national prominence

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and political power? Those are not wild

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accusations. Those are questions that

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naturally arise when a sitting

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lawmaker's reported wealth takes off

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like a startup stock. Now, we move to

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the Somalia background, which adds

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another layer of heat to this debate. It

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is documented that her father served as

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a colonel in the Somali National Army

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during the Sead Bar era. That is

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historical fact. Fact-checking [music]

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outlets have stated there is no verified

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evidence tying him personally to war

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crimes. That is also documented. But the

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controversy does not stop at those basic

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statements. The facteing industry

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covered up one of Elon Omar's darkest

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secrets. And here's how. In 2019,

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allegations emerged that Ilan Omar had

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actually married her brother, which is

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kind of weird and creepy, but it

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actually overshadowed a more important

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allegation, which is that her father was

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a high-ranking official in the Siad Bar

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regime in Somalia.

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>> Commentators like Victor Davis Hansen

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have argued that Omar's rhetoric

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comparing America to Somalia opens the

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door to scrutiny about her family's

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history. The argument goes like this. If

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you invoke Somalia in political debate,

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then people will examine your connection

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to it. Whether that is fair or

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opportunistic depends on who you ask,

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[music] but it is undeniably part of the

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current political conversation.

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>> This is a genocidal regime would have

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made them coming to America impossible.

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>> Conservative outlets have accused fact

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checkers of minimizing aspects of her

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father's military role. Fact checkers

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respond that military service does not

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equal proven criminal conduct. That back

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and forth has turned into a larger media

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war about who controls the narrative. Is

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information being buried or is it being

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responsibly contextualized? That

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question now floats above every article

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written about her background.

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>> Claim that was a conspiracy theory. And

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not only that, they called it racist.

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Problem was it their fact check wasn't

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true. The reality is that her father was

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indeed a high-ranking military official

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in the Barah regime and would have been

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inadmissible to inadmissible to come to

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the United States as a refugee. And then

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we zoom out because none of this exists

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in isolation. You have the net worth

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scrutiny. You have the venture capital

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optics. You have the winery valuation

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jump. You have the resurfaced marriage

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allegations. [music] You have the

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Somalia military history debate. All of

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it layered together. In politics,

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perception often matters as much as

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legal reality. When multiple

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controversies stack up, even if each one

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individually lacks a smoking gun, the

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combined effect creates pressure.

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>> She says, you know, at least in Somalia,

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we execute pedophiles, i.e. like Trump.

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She had pretty [music] poor timing

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because about 48 hours before she said

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that a archive emerged where Trump

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himself had called 2006 before [music]

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Jeffrey Epstein was even convicted of

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anything. So he was saying you got to

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get this guy out of here. And and

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[music] the subtext was he had seen him

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with these young girls.

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>> Omar and her supporters argue that this

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pressure is politically motivated.

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[snorts] They say it is an attempt to

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discredit a progressive lawmaker who

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challenges powerful interests. That is

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their framing. Critics argue that public

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officials should expect rigorous

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examination of finances, background, and

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personal history. [music] That is their

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framing. Two completely different lenses

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looking at the same events. I dug into

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this two years ago. He was sued for

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fraud in a case centered around this

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winery. He borrowed 300 grand to start

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it. And he promised the guy he would

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triple his investment in 18 months.

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That's already greasy. 18 months comes

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around, not only did he fail to triple

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the guy's money, he didn't even have the

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original 300 grand to return. Here is

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the uncomfortable truth for any

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politician in her position. Once

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scrutiny starts, it rarely narrows. It

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expands. It connects dots. Whether those

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dots belong together or not, it drags in

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your spouse's business, your past

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relationships, your family history, and

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your rhetoric. It becomes less about a

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single allegation and more about a cloud

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of suspicion that opponents are eager to

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keep floating overhead. And this is

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where the broader political battlefield

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comes into view. The United States is in

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a period where trust in institutions is

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low. Voters already believe that

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Congress benefits from insider

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knowledge, that lawmakers enrich

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themselves, and that media outlets

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protect their favorites. So when a story

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like this erupts, it does not land on

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neutral ground. It lands on soil already

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fertilized with skepticism.

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>> Her father was in the military, was a

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high-ranking official, and this was

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reported by multiple news outlets.

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>> The question now is not just about Omar

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as an individual. It is about

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credibility in Congress as a whole. When

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financial disclosures show dramatic

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shifts, when background debates [music]

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reignite. When former presidents call

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for investigations, and when fact

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checkers clash with partisan outlets,

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the public sees chaos. They see smoke.

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And in politics, smoke almost always

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draws a crowd looking for fire. Whether

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that fire exists in the way critics

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claim remains unproven in court. That is

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important. But politically, the damage

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often happens long before any legal

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conclusion. Reputation is shaped by

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headlines, by viral clips, by repeated

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questions.

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