HB.Deportation Demagogue: Trump’s Explosive Call to “Throw Ilhan Omar the Hell Out” Ignites Fury Over Debunked Brother-Marriage Smear

Deportation Demagogue: Trump’s Explosive Call to “Throw Ilhan Omar the Hell Out” Ignites Fury Over Debunked Brother-Marriage Smear

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a blistering broadside that could have been ripped from his 2016 playbook, President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of unfiltered rage against Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sunday, demanding her expulsion from Congress and the United States over a long-debunked conspiracy theory: that the Somali-born congresswoman married her own brother to scam her way into citizenship.

“Somalia, you have [Ilhan Omar] – she supposedly came into our country by marrying her BROTHER!” Trump thundered to reporters aboard Air Force One, his voice dripping with the trademark bombast that’s become his weapon of choice. “Well, if that’s true, she shouldn’t be in Congress and we should throw her THE HELL OUT of our country!”

The remarks, delivered just days after Trump’s controversial revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of Somali Minnesotans – a move Omar branded “legally problematic” and discriminatory – have sent shockwaves through the political landscape. Coming on the heels of a failed House censure attempt against the Minnesota Democrat, Trump’s words aren’t just rhetoric; they’re a clarion call to his base, painting Omar as the ultimate symbol of “fraudulent” immigration in a nation he vows to “cleanse” of perceived threats.

But beneath the fire and fury lies a narrative as flimsy as it is inflammatory: a six-year-old allegation, repeatedly dismantled by fact-checkers, journalists, and even federal investigations, yet resurrected like a zombie by Trump and his allies at every turn.

The Smear That Won’t Die: From Somali Forums to the Oval Office

The brother-marriage myth first slithered out of an obscure Somali-American online forum in 2016, during Omar’s state House campaign – a whisper campaign amplified by conservative bloggers and weaponized by Trump’s inner circle. It alleges that Omar’s 2009 legal marriage to British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was a sham to secure his U.S. entry, and that Elmi was her sibling. Proponents point to murky timelines, shared addresses, and an old Instagram post labeling Elmi an “uncle” – circumstantial scraps that crumble under scrutiny.

Omar, who fled Somalia’s civil war at age eight, spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp, and became a U.S. citizen in 2000 (years before the alleged marriage), has vehemently denied the claims as “absurd and offensive” – a toxic brew of racism, Islamophobia, and misogyny. “The only thing that is confirmed is your stupidity,” she fired back on X earlier this year at a viral post peddling “DNA proof” – a claim sourced from fringe outlets, not forensic labs.

Fact-checkers from Snopes to PolitiFact have labeled it “unproven” or “unfounded,” citing zero verifiable evidence despite exhaustive digs into public records, university files, and immigration documents. The FBI probed it in 2019 and found nothing. The Minneapolis Star Tribune, her hometown paper, scoured databases and concluded: “We could neither conclusively confirm nor rebut the allegation” – but emphasized the absence of a smoking gun. Even Trump’s 2019 echo of the rumor – “There’s a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother” – came with a shrug: “I know nothing about it.”

Yet here we are in 2025, with Trump – fresh off a razor-thin Minnesota loss in 2024, where Somali voters turned out in droves for Democrats – wielding the lie like a deportation decree. It’s no coincidence: His TPS ax, targeting just 705 Somali nationals nationwide (many already citizens or on firmer footing), zeroed in on Minnesota as a “hub of fraudulent money laundering” and “terrorizing gangs.” Now, with Omar in the crosshairs, it’s personal.

Drazkowski’s “Receipts”: A Laundry List of Old Gripes and Unproven Bombshells

Fanning the flames is Minnesota State Rep. Steve Drazkowski, a Republican firebrand who’s been on Omar’s case since 2017. In a viral 2019 press conference resurfaced this year, Drazkowski waved a sheaf of papers – “just a sampling” of affidavits, eviction notices, marriage certificates, and “other documents” – demanding Omar’s arrest for a litany of crimes: federal tax fraud, immigration fraud, student loan fraud, perjury, bigamy, incest, kickbacks, and campaign finance abuse “from the East Coast to the Mississippi River.”

“Miss Omar appears to be a serial career criminal and should not have access to our nation’s highest secrets and intelligence,” Drazkowski thundered, calling on Rep. Angie Craig to launch an ethics probe. He claims his evidence spans Boston to Florida, tying into Omar’s speaking gigs and college ties while she held budget sway in the state House.

But peel back the rhetoric, and much of it evaporates. The campaign finance violations? Real, but resolved in 2019: The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board fined Omar $500 and ordered her to repay $3,469.23 to her committee for improper 2016-2017 spending – out-of-state travel (e.g., a Boston rally, a D.C. girls’ conference) and $2,250 in legal fees later tied to tax and immigration fixes, not her divorce as alleged. Omar called it a “resolution,” closed her state account, and donated leftovers to candidate training orgs. No “guilty” verdict on fraud or perjury – just sloppy reporting, a misdemeanor slap for a first-term legislator under fire.

The heavier charges? Immigration fraud, bigamy, incest? Drazkowski’s “receipts” remain locked in partisan vaults – affidavits from unnamed sources, unfiled in court, unchallenged by prosecutors. No indictments, no trials, no FBI raids. As one 2025 fact-check summed it: “Unverified and frequently questioned.” Drazkowski’s crusade, like Trump’s, smells more of score-settling than smoking guns.

A Nation Divided: Outrage, Defiance, and the Deportation Drumbeat

Omar’s response was swift and searing, a masterclass in turning venom into valor. “Like I’m not the 8-year-old who escaped war anymore. I’m grown, my kids are grown. Like I could go live wherever I want if I wanted to,” she posted on X, her words a defiant middle finger to the “go back” chorus that’s haunted her since 2019. “It’s a weird thing to wake up every single day to… ‘we’re gonna deport Ilhan.’”

The backlash was biblical. #ProtectIlhan trended globally, with allies from AOC (“This is what white supremacy looks like”) to Somali community leaders decrying it as “Islamophobic rhetoric” designed to “tear families apart.” Minnesota AG Keith Ellison vowed legal challenges to the TPS revocation, while Gov. Tim Walz – Trump’s “Tampon Tim” foil – slammed it as a “bigoted whim” to “change the subject.”

On the right, cheers erupted. Gateway Pundit hailed it as “going off,” while MAGA influencers recirculated Drazkowski’s clip like gospel. Trump’s Truth Social lit up with calls to “send her back,” echoing the 2019 rally chants that nearly toppled her career.

The Reckoning: When Lies Become Law

This isn’t just noise; it’s a blueprint for Trump’s second-term terror. With mass deportations looming and TPS on the chopping block, Omar – a naturalized citizen, three-term congresswoman, and voice for the marginalized – stands as patient zero in a war on “others.” Her story, from refugee to powerhouse, embodies the American dream Trump seeks to torch.

But dreams die hard. As Cedar-Riverside’s markets buzz with fear and fortitude, one Somali nurse told reporters: “We’ve built this home. They can’t evict our souls.” Omar, undaunted, vows court battles and street fights: “This ain’t over.”

Trump may command the spotlight, but Omar owns the stage – a survivor scripting her own encore. In a fractured republic, her refusal to flinch isn’t just defiance. It’s democracy’s last stand.