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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow the Ilhan Omar Marriage Smear Went From Fever Swamp to Trump
The curious journey of the unproven rumor that Omar married her brother to get him citizenshipfrom an obscure Somali diaspora forum to the president.
Will Sommer
Updated 07.19.19 8:07AM ET Published 07.19.19 4:43AM ET
When Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) once married her own brother in an immigration fraud scheme, he demonstrated the remarkable degree to which even the most far-off corners of the right-wing internet can launch unproven, anonymous claims into the national political discourse.
The president had been asked by a reporter from the pro-Trump One America News Network about whether his administration was investigating Omar for possibly marrying her brother. In response, Trump hinted that somebody in the government was looking into the matter. Theres a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother, Trump said. I know nothing about it. I hear she was married to her brother.
The remarks were the first Trump had ever uttered on Omars marriage. And they represented a remarkableif not depressingcapstone for the unproven rumor, which has gained steam in the fever swamps for three years as Omar became one of the countrys most outspoken and controversial lawmakers.
The claim that Omar married her own brother as a way for him to gain a green card has been embraced by a number of conservative pundits with ties to the president, including commentator Dinesh DSouza, talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh, and One America host Jack Posobiec. On Thursday, Fox News Tucker Carlson discussed it on his show.
Omar, who didnt respond to requests for comment, has denied that her ex-husband is her brother. And for good reason. What many of the smears promoters never reveal to their audience is both the evidence Omar has provided to disprove their conspiracies and the fact that the completely unproven idea that she married her brother is based entirely on a single, anonymous, unsourced allegation initially made on an obscure internet forum.
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How the Ilhan Omar Marriage Smear Went From Fever Swamp to Trump (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jul 2019
OP
I heard that Teflon Don repeatedly raped his sons and his daughter, when they were very young.
Jeffersons Ghost
Jul 2019
#6
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)1. Facts do not matter to Trump and his followers.
"I hear..." "Many are saying..." "Some have claimed..." are all they need.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)2. Was a common tactic of Tricky Dick Nixon
He would say something like "some may say Mr. X is a horrible person, but I not going to discuss that"
The beauty about Trump is that he is so dumb, he's transparent.
IggleDuer
(964 posts)3. Did Drumpf have sex with his daughter?
Some people say ...
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)6. I heard that Teflon Don repeatedly raped his sons and his daughter, when they were very young.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)4. He keeps redesigned the "unproven" rumor, which sounds birtherish to me.
It's a hoax, a slander, an internet contract theory. It's not "unproven" because that sounds like maybe it could be proven.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)5. This isn't new...
Trump has been regurgitating Brietbart/NewsMax conspiracy bullshit for years before he even became president...
Hell, the far-right conspiracy stuff is always put at the top of his daily news briefing memo by particular staffers, since Trump only glances at the first page...