Ilhan Omar#Remarks on AIPAC and American support for Israel

Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 4, 1982,{{CongBio|O000173|inline=yes}} and spent her early years in Baidoa, Somalia.{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/ilhan-omar-female-somali-american-lawmaker-161114070518000.html |title=Ilhan Omar: First female Somali American lawmaker |last=Reinl |first=James |date=November 15, 2016 |work=Al Jazeera |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308160008/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/ilhan-omar-female-somali-american-lawmaker-161114070518000.html |archive-date=March 8, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ilhanomar.com/news/questions-from-a-5th-grader |title=Questions from a 5th grader |last=Omar |first=Ilhan |date=June 16, 2016 |website=Neighbors for Ilhan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231015518/https://www.ilhanomar.com/news/questions-from-a-5th-grader |archive-date=December 31, 2017 |url-status=dead}} She was the youngest of seven siblings. Her father is Nur Omar Mohamed, an ethnic Somali from the Osman Mohamud sub-clan of Majeerteen,{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Ilhan Omar & Her Journey |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/ilhans-country |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Tablet Magazine |language=en}} a clan in Northeastern Somalia.{{Cite web|url=https://thebulwark.com/we-should-be-paying-more-attention-to-somalia/|title=We Should Be Paying More Attention to Somalia|date=March 22, 2019|website=The Bulwark|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328143408/https://thebulwark.com/we-should-be-paying-more-attention-to-somalia/ |url-status=live |first=Ann |last=Marlowe |archive-date=March 28, 2019}} He was a colonel in the Somali army under Siad Barre, served with distinction in the 1977-78 Ogaden War between Somalia and Ethiopia, and also worked as a teacher trainer.{{cite news |last1=Hirsi |first1=Ibrahim |title='He was loved by everyone': Somali community remembers Nur Omar Mohamed, who died of COVID-19 |url=https://sahanjournal.com/remembering-minnesotans-lost-to-covid-19/he-was-loved-by-everyone-the-somali-community-remembers-nur-omar-mohamed-who-died-of-covid-19/ |work=Sahan Journal |date=June 20, 2020 |access-date=September 22, 2020 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923054547/https://sahanjournal.com/remembering-minnesotans-lost-to-covid-19/he-was-loved-by-everyone-the-somali-community-remembers-nur-omar-mohamed-who-died-of-covid-19/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Zurowski |first=Cory |date=November 7, 2016 |title=Ilhan Omar's improbable journey from refugee camp to Minnesota Legislature |newspaper=City Pages |url=http://www.citypages.com/news/ilhan-omars-improbable-journey-from-refugee-camp-to-minnesota-legislature/398441901 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307192434/http://www.citypages.com/news/ilhan-omars-improbable-journey-from-refugee-camp-to-minnesota-legislature/398441901 |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |publisher=Star Tribune Media Company |location=Minneapolis}} Her mother, Fadhuma Abukar Haji Hussein, a Benadiri, died when Ilhan was two.{{cite news |first=Solomon |last=Yimer |title=Ilhan Omar Just Became the First Muslim Women Elected to US Congress |url=https://ethio.news/2018/11/07/ilhan-omar-just-became-the-first-muslim-women-elected-to-congress/ |website=ethio.news |publisher=news.et |access-date=March 19, 2019 |date=November 7, 2018 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309001520/https://ethio.news/2018/11/07/ilhan-omar-just-became-the-first-muslim-women-elected-to-congress/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Ilhan Omar On Being Unapologetically Muslim |first=Zainab |last=Iqbal |date=February 4, 2019 |url=https://bklyner.com/ilhan-omar-gala/ |access-date=March 17, 2019 |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216180045/https://bklyner.com/ilhan-omar-gala/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/us/politics/ilhan-omar-minnesota-congress.html |title=Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: 'Just Deal' |last=Stolberg |first=Sheryl Gay |date=December 30, 2018 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202122641/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/us/politics/ilhan-omar-minnesota-congress.html |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |url-status=live |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Adam |first=Anita Sylvia |title=Benadiri People of Somalia |url=https://somalilibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/magalone/benadiri-people-of-somalia/pdf/full.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401042736/https://somalilibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/magalone/benadiri-people-of-somalia/pdf/full.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |access-date=March 17, 2019}} She was raised by her father and grandfather, who were moderate Sunni Muslims opposed to the rigid Wahhabi interpretation of Islam.{{cite web |last1=Nichols |first1=John |title=Ilhan Omar: 'There's a Reason That I Got Elected to Be in Congress, and It Has Nothing to Do With the Fact That I'm a Refugee' |url=https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/ilhan-omar-next-left-politics/ |date=May 21, 2019 |website=The Nation |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420234732/https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/ilhan-omar-next-left-politics/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Holpuch |first1=Amanda |date=February 29, 2016 |title='This is my country': Muslim candidate aims to break boundaries in Minnesota |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/29/minnesota-candidate-ilhan-omar-district-seat-super-tuesday |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105042131/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/29/minnesota-candidate-ilhan-omar-district-seat-super-tuesday |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |location=London}} Her grandfather Abukar was the director of Somalia's National Marine Transport, and some of Omar's uncles and aunts also worked as civil servants and educators. She and her family fled Somalia to escape the Somali Civil War and spent four years in a Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa County, Kenya, near the Somali border.{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Schaub |url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-ilhan-omar-book-20190118-story.html |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar, Somali refugee turned congresswoman, to publish memoir in 2020 |newspaper=LA Times |date=January 19, 2019 |quote=...in Somalia, which she left as a child with her family after the outbreak of the Somali civil war. |access-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413124718/https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-ilhan-omar-book-20190118-story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/profiles/2016/11/09/Ilhan-Omar-elected-first-Somali-American-legislator-in-the-US.html |title=Ilhan Omar elected first Somali-American legislator in the US |date=November 9, 2016 |work=Al Arabiya English |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709064727/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/profiles/2016/11/09/Ilhan-Omar-elected-first-Somali-American-legislator-in-the-US.html |archive-date=July 9, 2018}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-refugees-usa-politics/ex-somali-refugees-u-s-congress-win-sparks-debate-in-former-home-kenya-idUSKCN1NC2DN |url-status=live |title=Ex-Somali refugee's U.S. Congress win sparks debate in former home Kenya |first=Nita |last=Bhalla |date=November 7, 2018 |work=Reuters |access-date=March 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107233120/https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL4N1XI4X6 |archive-date=November 7, 2018 }}

Omar's family secured asylum in the U.S. and arrived in New York in 1995,{{cite news |first1=Greg |last1=Jaffe |first2=Souad |last2=Mekhennet |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/06/ilhan-omar-is-unlike-anyone-who-has-served-congress-this-is-her-complicated-american-story/ |title=Ilhan Omar's American story: It's complicated |date=July 6, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002055615/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/06/ilhan-omar-is-unlike-anyone-who-has-served-congress-this-is-her-complicated-american-story/ |url-status=live }} then lived for a time in Arlington, Virginia, before moving to and settling in Minneapolis, where her father worked first as a taxi driver and later for the post office. Her father and grandfather emphasized the importance of democracy during her upbringing, and at age 14 she accompanied her grandfather to caucus meetings, serving as his interpreter.{{cite web |last=Omar |first=Mahamad |date=November 1, 2016 |title=From Refugee to St. House Race, Ilhan Omar Looks to Break New Ground |publisher=Arab American Institute |url=http://www.aaiusa.org/from_refugee_to_st_house_race_ilhan_omar_looks_to_break_new_ground |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114004716/http://www.aaiusa.org/from_refugee_to_st_house_race_ilhan_omar_looks_to_break_new_ground|archive-date=November 14, 2016 |url-status=dead}} She has spoken about school bullying she endured during her time in Virginia, stimulated by her distinctive Somali appearance and wearing of the hijab. She recalls gum being pressed into her hijab, being pushed down stairs, and physical taunts while she was changing for gym class. Omar remembers her father's reaction to these incidents: "They are doing something to you because they feel threatened in some way by your existence." Omar became a U.S. citizen in 2000 when she was 17 years old.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/cc2ccd70de56405098d2f259bf0e46c5 |title=Minnesota House hopeful calls marriage, fraud claims 'lies' |last=Forliti |first=Amy |date=October 17, 2018 |work=Associated Press |access-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311173724/https://www.apnews.com/cc2ccd70de56405098d2f259bf0e46c5 |url-status=live }}

Omar attended Thomas Edison High School, from which she graduated in 2001, and volunteered as a student organizer.{{cite web |first=Lorena |last=Duarte |date=October 21, 2015 |title='Done Wishing': Ilhan Omar on why she's running for House District 60B |website=MinnPost |location=Minneapolis |url=https://www.minnpost.com/new-americans/2015/10/done-wishing-ilhan-omar-why-shes-running-house-district-60b |access-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320221306/https://www.minnpost.com/new-americans/2015/10/done-wishing-ilhan-omar-why-shes-running-house-district-60b/ |url-status=live }} She graduated from North Dakota State University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree, majoring in political science and international studies.{{cite magazine |title=Excerpts |magazine=NDSU Magazine |date=Winter 2017 |publisher=North Dakota State University |url=https://www.ndsu.edu/magazine/vol14_number01/excerpts.html |volume=14 |number=1 |access-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-date=July 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162736/https://www.ndsu.edu/magazine/vol14_number01/excerpts.html |url-status=live }} Omar was a policy fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?id=15470|title=Omar, Ilhan|work=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=December 24, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105042621/https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?id=15470|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://mndaily.com/255543/opinion/opeditorialboard-5bda1824d3ce2/|title=Editorial: The Minnesota Daily's endorsement for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District|date=October 31, 2018|work=The Minnesota Daily|access-date=December 24, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212092212/https://mndaily.com/255543/opinion/opeditorialboard-5bda1824d3ce2/|url-status=live}}

File:Ilhan Omar, Brent Hardt, Mark Ritchie and Jim Core in Paris - 2017 (37746187644).jpg in Paris as part of Minnesota's World's Fair Bid Committee]]

Omar began her professional career as a community nutrition educator at the University of Minnesota, working in that capacity from 2006 to 2009 in the Greater Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. In 2012, she served as campaign manager for Kari Dziedzic's reelection campaign for the Minnesota State Senate. Between 2012 and 2013, she was a child nutrition outreach coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Education.{{cite journal|first=Armin|last=Rosen|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/263826/as-keith-ellison-leaves-congress-one-likely-replacement-faces-criticism-for-anti-israel-views|title=As Keith Ellison Leaves Congress, One Likely Replacement Faces Criticism for Anti-Israel Views|journal=Tablet|date=April 10, 2019|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-date=April 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413125432/https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/263826/as-keith-ellison-leaves-congress-one-likely-replacement-faces-criticism-for-anti-israel-views|url-status=live}}

In 2013, Omar managed Andrew Johnson's campaign for Minneapolis City Council. After Johnson was elected, she served as his senior policy aide from 2013 to 2015.{{cite web |title=Ilhan's Story |url=http://www.ilhanomar.com/bio/ |publisher=Neighbors for Ilhan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106032533/https://www.ilhanomar.com/bio/ |archive-date=November 6, 2016 |url-status=dead}} During a contentious precinct caucus that turned violent in February 2014, she was attacked by five people and was injured. According to MinnPost, the day before the caucus, Minneapolis city council member Abdi Warsame had told Johnson to warn Omar not to attend the meeting.{{cite news |last1=Nord |first1=James |last2=Bierschbach |first2=Briana |title=Allegations of threats, bullying follow Cedar-Riverside caucus brawl |url=https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2014/02/allegations-threats-bullying-follow-cedar-riverside-caucus-brawl |work=MinnPost |date=February 18, 2014 |location=Minneapolis |access-date=July 14, 2017 |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501163147/https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2014/02/allegations-threats-bullying-follow-cedar-riverside-caucus-brawl/ |url-status=live }}

As of September 2015, Omar was the Director of Policy Initiatives of the Women Organizing Women Network, advocating for women from East Africa to take on civic and political leadership roles. In September 2018, Jeff Cirillo of Roll Call called her a "progressive rising star".{{cite web |url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/abuse-allegations-loom-minnesota-race-replace-ellison |title=Abuse Allegations Loom Over Minnesota Race to Replace Ellison |last=Cirillo |first=Jeff |date=August 13, 2018 |website=Roll Call |access-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404015550/https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/abuse-allegations-loom-minnesota-race-replace-ellison |url-status=dead }}

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File:Ilhan Omar for Congress - Twin Cities Pride Parade 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota (28131759337).jpg Parade in 2018]]

In 2016, Omar ran on the Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) ticket for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 60B, which includes part of northeast Minneapolis. On August 9, Omar defeated Mohamud Noor and incumbent Phyllis Kahn in the DFL primary.{{cite news |last1=Coolican |first1=J. Patrick |last2=Klecker |first2=Mara |date=August 10, 2016 |title=Ilhan Omar makes history with victory over long-serving Rep. Phyllis Kahn |url=http://www.startribune.com/low-turnout-expected-despite-key-races-on-primary-election-day/389596131/ |newspaper=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |access-date=July 14, 2017 |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330180429/http://www.startribune.com/low-turnout-expected-despite-key-races-on-primary-election-day/389596131/ |url-status=live }} Her chief opponent in the general election was Republican nominee Abdimalik Askar, another activist in the Somali-American community. In late August, Askar announced his withdrawal from the campaign.{{cite news |last=Sawyer |first=Liz |date=August 27, 2016 |title=GOP state House candidate to suspend campaign against Ilhan Omar |url=http://www.startribune.com/gop-state-house-candidate-to-suspend-race-against-ilhan-omar/391513441/ |newspaper=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |access-date=August 28, 2016 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085739/http://www.startribune.com/gop-state-house-candidate-to-suspend-race-against-ilhan-omar/391513441/ |url-status=live }} In November, Omar won the general election, becoming the first Somali-American legislator in the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ilhan-omar-america-first-somali-american-muslim-woman-legislator-is-elected-a7406391.html|title=Ilhan Omar: Former refugee is elected as America's first Somali American Muslim woman legislator|last=Blair|first=Olivia|date=November 9, 2016|work=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928170950/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ilhan-omar-america-first-somali-american-muslim-woman-legislator-is-elected-a7406391.html|archive-date=September 28, 2018|location=London}} Her term began on January 3, 2017.{{cite news |last=Lopez |first=Ricardo |title=Dayton, legislators kick off session in newly refurbished Capitol |url=http://www.startribune.com/gov-mark-dayton-legislators-kick-off-session-in-newly-refurbished-capitol/409540335/ |access-date=July 14, 2017 |newspaper=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |date=January 4, 2017 |archive-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927120528/http://www.startribune.com/gov-mark-dayton-legislators-kick-off-session-in-newly-refurbished-capitol/409540335/ |url-status=live }}

During her tenure as state representative for District 60B, Omar was an assistant minority leader for the DFL caucus.{{cite web |last1=Achterling |first1=Michael |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar launches re-election bid ahead of second legislative session |url=https://www.mndaily.com/article/2018/01/ctomarcampaign |website=The Minnesota Daily |access-date=June 25, 2019 |date=January 22, 2018 |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702043757/https://www.mndaily.com/article/2018/01/ctomarcampaign |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2016/12/omar-lands-dfl-leadership-post-before-taking-office/ |title=Omar lands DFL leadership post before taking office |work=Capitol View |last=Pugmire |first=Tim |date=December 14, 2016 |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224333/https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2016/12/omar-lands-dfl-leadership-post-before-taking-office/ |url-status=live }} She authored 38 bills during the 2017–2018 legislative session.{{cite web |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/status_result.php?body=House&session=0902017&author[]=&legid=15470 |title=Office of the Revisor of Statutes: Search Results |publisher=Minnesota Legislature |website=revisor.mn.gov |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219214654/https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/status_result.php?body=House&session=0902017&author%5b%5d=&legid=15470 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/ilhan-omar-minneapolis/ |title=Why Ilhan Omar Is the Optimist in the Room |magazine=The Nation |last=Perry |first=David |date=October 15, 2019 |access-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113052258/https://www.thenation.com/article/ilhan-omar-minneapolis/ |url-status=dead }}

• Civil Law & Data Practices Policy
• Higher Education & Career Readiness Policy & Finance
• State Government Finance{{cite web|url=http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=15470|title=Ilhan Omar (DFL) 60B – Minnesota House of Representatives|website=house.leg.state.mn.us|access-date=September 7, 2017|archive-date=November 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110215054/https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=15470|url-status=live}}

In 2018, Republican state representative Steve Drazkowski publicly accused Omar of campaign finance violations,{{cite news |last=Montemayor |first=Stephen |title=On the edge of making history, Ilhan Omar confronts fresh wave of scrutiny |url=http://www.startribune.com/index.php/at-history-s-doorstep-yet-again-ilhan-omar-confronts-fresh-wave-of-scrutiny/498738831/ |work=Star Tribune |date=October 27, 2018 |location=Minneapolis |access-date=March 5, 2019 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001124752/https://www.startribune.com/at-history-s-doorstep-yet-again-ilhan-omar-confronts-fresh-wave-of-scrutiny/498738831/ |url-status=live }} claiming that she used campaign funds to pay a divorce lawyer, and that her acceptance of speaking fees from public colleges violated Minnesota House rules. Omar responded that the attorney's fees were not personal but campaign-related; she offered to return the speaking fees.{{Cite news |url=https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2018/07/drazkowski-omars-speaking-fees-violate-house-policy/ |title=Drazkowski: Omar's speaking fees violate House policy |last=Bierschbach |first=Briana |date=July 30, 2018 |work=Minnesota Public Radio Capitol View |access-date=November 8, 2018 |archive-date=December 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207211220/https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2018/07/drazkowski-omars-speaking-fees-violate-house-policy/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/fellow-legislator-accuses-ilhan-omar-of-using-campaign-funds-for-divorce-lawyer/489067481/ |title=Fellow legislator accuses Ilhan Omar of using campaign funds for divorce lawyer |last=Van Berkel |first=Jessie |date=July 24, 2018 |location=Minneapolis |work=Star Tribune |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406094404/http://www.startribune.com/fellow-legislator-accuses-ilhan-omar-of-using-campaign-funds-for-divorce-lawyer/489067481/ |url-status=live }} Drazkowski later accused Omar of improperly using campaign funds for personal travel to Estonia and locations in the U.S.{{refn|name=Montemayor}}{{cite news |title=Minnesota lawmaker questions Omar's campaign spending |url=https://apnews.com/article/f14c0f097da2462ba35249506073c2fe |work=Associated Press |date=October 10, 2018 |access-date=December 28, 2020 |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516211154/https://apnews.com/article/f14c0f097da2462ba35249506073c2fe |url-status=live }}{{refn|name=Forliti}} Omar's campaign dismissed the accusations as politically motivated and accused Drazkowski of using public funds to harass a Muslim candidate.{{refn|name=Forliti}}{{cite news |last1=Luckhurst |first1=Toby |title=Ilhan Omar: Who is Minnesota's Somalia-born congresswoman? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47238450 |access-date=December 28, 2020 |work=BBC News |date=February 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306052453/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47238450 |url-status=live }} In response to an editorial in the Minneapolis Star Tribune arguing that Omar should be more transparent about her use of campaign funds, she said: "these people are part of systems that have historically been disturbingly motivated to silence, discredit and dehumanize influencers who threaten the establishment."

In June 2019, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled that Omar had to pay back $3,500 that she had spent on out-of-state travel and tax filing in violation of state law, plus a $500 fine.{{cite news |title=Ilhan Omar violated Minnesota campaign finance rules, state officials say |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ilhan-omar-violated-minnesota-campaign-finance-rules-state-officials-say/ |access-date=June 9, 2019 |work=Times of Israel |agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |archive-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609042027/https://www.timesofisrael.com/ilhan-omar-violated-minnesota-campaign-finance-rules-state-officials-say/ |url-status=live }} The Campaign Finance Board's investigation also found that in 2014 and 2015 Omar had jointly filed taxes with a man she was not legally married to. Unlike some states, Minnesota does not recognize common law marriage, and so such a joint filing is not legally permitted. But experts have said that if the taxpayer files a correction within three years, as Omar's attorney and accountants did in 2016, then there are normally no further consequences, and the Internal Revenue Service is unlikely to pursue punitive measures unless there is a large discrepancy or fraudulent intent. In response to the AP's request for comment, her campaign sent a statement saying, "all of Rep. Omar's tax filings are fully compliant with all applicable tax law."{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Esme |title=Ilhan Omar To Repay Thousands Amid Controversy Over Personal Tax Returns |url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/06/10/ilhan-omar-personal-tax-returns-controversy/ |access-date=December 12, 2020 |work=WCCO Minneapolis |publisher=CBS News |date=June 10, 2019 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211153436/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/06/10/ilhan-omar-personal-tax-returns-controversy/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Greenwood |first1=Max |title=Omar's joint tax filings draw scrutiny |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/448052-omars-joint-tax-filings-draw-scrutiny |access-date=December 12, 2020 |work=The Hill |date=June 11, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213004555/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/448052-omars-joint-tax-filings-draw-scrutiny |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Forliti |first1=Amy |title=Rep. Omar filed joint tax returns before she married husband |url=https://apnews.com/article/b49ee5604ec2435a90945820b7c973eb |access-date=December 12, 2020 |work=Associated Press |date=June 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211032902/https://apnews.com/article/b49ee5604ec2435a90945820b7c973eb |url-status=live }}

{{See also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 5}}

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On June 5, 2018, Omar filed to run for the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th congressional district after six-term incumbent Keith Ellison announced he would not seek reelection.{{cite news |last1=Potter |first1=Kyle |title=Nation's 1st Somali-American lawmaker eyes seat in Congress |url=https://www.apnews.com/c18cd0eec60243ed9e776b46ea8921a2/Nation%27s-1st-Somali-American-lawmaker-eyes-seat-in-Congress |access-date=June 8, 2018 |work=Associated Press |date=June 5, 2018 |archive-date=January 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109015641/https://apnews.com/c18cd0eec60243ed9e776b46ea8921a2/Nation%27s-1st-Somali-American-lawmaker-eyes-seat-in-Congress |url-status=live }} On June 17, she was endorsed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party after two rounds of voting.{{cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/dfl-meets-sunday-to-endorse-candidate-for-ellison-s-congressional-seat/485770022/ |title=DFL endorses Omar for Ellison's congressional seat |last=Golden |first=Erin |date=June 18, 2018 |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |access-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920111620/http://www.startribune.com/dfl-meets-sunday-to-endorse-candidate-for-ellison-s-congressional-seat/485770022/ |url-status=live }} Omar won the August 14 primary with 48.2% of the vote.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/14/us/elections/results-minnesota-primary-elections.html |title=Minnesota Primary Election Results |date=August 16, 2018 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429050351/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/14/us/elections/results-minnesota-primary-elections.html |url-status=live }} The 5th district is the most Democratic district in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, (it has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+26) and the DFL has held it without interruption since 1963. She faced health care worker and conservative activist Jennifer Zielinski in the November 6 general election{{cite news |url=http://www.fox9.com/news/ilhan-omar-jennifer-zielinski-to-face-off-in-race-for-mn-5th-district-seat |title=Ilhan Omar, Jennifer Zielinski win primary for Minnesota's 5th District |date=August 14, 2018 |website=FOX 9 |publisher=KMSP-TV |location=Minneapolis, Minn. |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021203425/http://www.fox9.com/news/ilhan-omar-jennifer-zielinski-to-face-off-in-race-for-mn-5th-district-seat |archive-date=October 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }} and won with 78.0% of the vote, becoming the first Somali American elected to the U.S. Congress, the first woman of color to serve as a U.S. representative from Minnesota, and (alongside former Michigan state representative Rashida Tlaib) one of the first Muslim women elected to the Congress.{{cite web |last=Magane |first=Azmia |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ilhan-omar-shares-how-she-deals-with-islamophobia |title=Congresswoman-Elect Ilhan Omar Shares Advice for Young People and How She Deals With Islamophobia |work=Teen Vogue |date=November 9, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218121746/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ilhan-omar-shares-how-she-deals-with-islamophobia |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/15/two-democrats-poised-to-become-the-first-muslim-women-in-congress.html |title=Two Democrats are poised to become the first Muslim women in Congress |last=Newburger |first=Emma |date=August 15, 2018 |work=CNBC |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=May 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509185102/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/15/two-democrats-poised-to-become-the-first-muslim-women-in-congress.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-46131035/ilhan-omar-reaction-to-first-somali-american-elected-to-congress |title=Ilhan Omar: Reaction to first Somali-American elected to Congress |work=BBC News |date=November 7, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105064548/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-46131035/ilhan-omar-reaction-to-first-somali-american-elected-to-congress |url-status=live }}

Omar received the largest percentage of the vote of any female candidate for U.S. House in state history,{{cite news |last=Ostermeier |first=Eric |date=November 13, 2018 |title=Ilhan Omar nearly breaks Minnesota U.S. House electoral record |work=Smart Politics |url=http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2018/11/13/ilhan-omar-nearly-breaks-minnesota-us-house-electoral-record/ |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313181518/http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2018/11/13/ilhan-omar-nearly-breaks-minnesota-us-house-electoral-record/ |url-status=live }} as well as the largest percentage of the vote for a non-incumbent candidate for U.S. House (excluding those running against only minor-party candidates) in state history. She was sworn in on a copy of the Quran owned by her grandfather.{{cite news |last1=Herrera |first1=Jack |title=Using a Quran to Swear in to Congress: A Brief History of Oaths and Texts |url=https://psmag.com/news/using-a-quran-to-swear-in-to-congress-a-brief-history-of-oaths-and-texts |website=Pacific Standard |date=January 4, 2019 |access-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105200949/https://psmag.com/news/using-a-quran-to-swear-in-to-congress-a-brief-history-of-oaths-and-texts |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Karas |first1=Tania |title=Two reps were sworn in on the Quran. It's a symbolic moment for Muslim Americans. |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-03/two-reps-are-being-sworn-quran-it-s-symbolic-moment-muslim-americans |access-date=January 5, 2019 |work=Public Radio International |date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116221210/https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-03/two-reps-are-being-sworn-quran-it-s-symbolic-moment-muslim-americans |url-status=live }}

{{See also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 5}}

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Omar won the Democratic nomination in the August 11 Democratic primary, in which she faced four opponents. The strongest was mediation lawyer Antone Melton-Meaux, who raised $3.2 million in April–June 2020, compared to about $500,000 by Omar; much of Melton-Meaux's funding came from pro-Israel groups.{{Cite web|last=Bowden|first=Ebony|date=July 20, 2020|title='Squad' members Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar facing tough primary challenges|url=https://nypost.com/2020/07/20/squad-members-rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-facing-tough-primary-challenges/|access-date=July 25, 2020|website=New York Post|language=en-US|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725002707/https://nypost.com/2020/07/20/squad-members-rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-facing-tough-primary-challenges/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Herndon |first1=Astead W. |title=Ilhan Omar Wins House Primary in Minnesota |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/ilhan-omar-minnesota-primary-election.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=August 12, 2020 |date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812024006/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/ilhan-omar-minnesota-primary-election.html |url-status=live }} Melton-Meaux was also endorsed by Minnesota's largest newspaper, The Star Tribune.{{Cite web|last=Wulfsohn|first=Joseph|date=July 20, 2020|title=Minneapolis Star Tribune backs Omar's primary challenger, call out 'Squad' member's 'ethical distractions'|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/minneapolis-star-tribune-endorses-ilhan-omar-opponent|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=Foxnews|language=en-US|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811073902/https://www.foxnews.com/media/minneapolis-star-tribune-endorses-ilhan-omar-opponent|url-status=live}} This led some analysts to predict a close race,{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/11/primary-day-omar-minnesota-georgia-wisconsin-vermont-393389|title=Ilhan Omar's career on the line in tough primary|website=Politico|last1=Mutnick|first1=Ally|last2=Montellaro|first2=Zach|date=August 11, 2020|access-date=August 12, 2020|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811190119/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/11/primary-day-omar-minnesota-georgia-wisconsin-vermont-393389|url-status=live}} but Omar received 57.4% of the vote to Melton-Meaux's 39.2%.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/minnesota-ilhan-omar-easily-wins-funded-challenger-200812050524178.html|title=Minnesota's Ilhan Omar easily wins against well-funded challenger|website=Al Jazeera|date=August 12, 2020|access-date=August 12, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812073353/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/minnesota-ilhan-omar-easily-wins-funded-challenger-200812050524178.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/ilhan-omar-primary-win-minnesota-fifth-district-squad-022614614.html|website=Yahoo! News|title=Omar easily wins primary challenge as 'the Squad' continues unbeaten streak|last1=Wilson|first1=Christopher|date=August 12, 2020|access-date=August 12, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812060759/https://news.yahoo.com/ilhan-omar-primary-win-minnesota-fifth-district-squad-022614614.html|url-status=live}} She defeated Republican Lacy Johnson and Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Michael Moore in the November 3 general election, with 64.3% of the vote to Johnson's 25.8% and Moore's 9.5%.{{cite web |title=Results for All Congressional Districts |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=136&scenario=USRepresentative |website=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127203353/https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=136&scenario=USRepresentative |url-status=live }} Omar's margin of victory was 24 points less than Biden's in the district, the highest underperformance of any Democrat in the nation, which Nathaniel Rakich of FiveThirtyEight attributed to increased Republican spending and Moore's progressive pro-marijuana campaign.{{cite web |last1=Rakich |first1=Nathaniel |title=The Strongest House Candidates In 2020 Were (Mostly) Moderate |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-strongest-house-candidates-in-2020-were-mostly-moderate/ |website=FiveThirtyEight |access-date=July 30, 2022 |date=March 23, 2021 |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001152623/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-strongest-house-candidates-in-2020-were-mostly-moderate/ |url-status=live }}

{{See also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 5}}

In the August 9 Democratic primary, Omar faced former Minneapolis councilman Don Samuels and three other opponents.{{cite web |last1=Bradner |first1=Eric |title=Omar survives surprising nail-biter to win Democratic nomination for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, CNN projects |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/politics/ilhan-omar-democratic-nomination-minnesota-5th-congressional-district/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=August 10, 2022 |date=August 9, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810040434/https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/politics/ilhan-omar-democratic-nomination-minnesota-5th-congressional-district/index.html |url-status=live }} The campaign primarily focused on crime and Omar's effectiveness in office. Omar's campaign outspent Samuels's $2.1 million to $800,000; Samuels ran television ads while Omar's campaign did not.{{cite news |last1=Weigel |first1=Dave |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar survives close primary after campaign focused on policing |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/09/ilhan-omar-primary/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=August 10, 2022 |date=August 9, 2022 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307201015/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/09/ilhan-omar-primary/ |url-status=live }} Omar won the primary with 50.3% of the vote to Samuels's 48.2%, a margin of less than 2,500 votes.{{cite web |title=Minnesota House District 5 Democratic Primary Election Results and Maps 2022 |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/results/minnesota/democratic-primaries/us-house-district-5 |website=CNN |access-date=August 10, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810035125/https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/results/minnesota/democratic-primaries/us-house-district-5 |url-status=live }}

{{See also|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota #District 5}}

Omar won the August 13 Democratic primary with 56% of the vote against Don Samuels, whom she defeated in the 2022 primary, Tim Peterson, and Sarah Gad.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/politics/aipac-israel-democrats-ilhan-omar.html | title=Democratic Critics of Israel Draw Challengers Eyeing AIPAC's Help | work=The New York Times | date=December 15, 2023 | last1=Weisman | first1=Jonathan | last2=Kelly | first2=Kate }}{{Cite web |last=Cowan |first=Richard |date=August 14, 2024 |title=Ilhan Omar wins Democratic nomination, boosts US House liberals |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrat-ilhan-omar-faces-latest-test-us-houses-liberal-squad-2024-08-13/ |access-date=February 19, 2025 |website=Reuters}} She was reelected to a fourth term with 75.3% of the vote.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-06 |title=Democrat Ilhan Omar wins reelection to House in Minnesota's 5th |url=https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2024/11/ap-race-call-democrat-ilhan-omar-wins-reelection-to-u-s-house-in-minnesotas-5th-congressional-district/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=MinnPost}}

Following Omar's election, the ban on head coverings in the U.S. House was modified, and Omar became the first woman to wear a hijab on the House floor. She is a member of the informal group known as "The Squad", whose members form a unified front to push for progressive changes such as the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. The other members of "The Squad" are Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/for-ayanna-pressley-the-beauty-of-unexpected-wins-led-to-congress-and-a-historic-office/2019/01/15/61d04b5e-14fc-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html|title=For Ayanna Pressley, the beauty of unexpected wins led to Congress and a historic office|last=Epstein|first=Kayla|date=January 16, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 15, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115015611/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/for-ayanna-pressley-the-beauty-of-unexpected-wins-led-to-congress-and-a-historic-office/2019/01/15/61d04b5e-14fc-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html|url-status=live}}

Brian Stelter of CNN Business found that from January to July 2019 Omar had around twice as many mentions on Fox News as on CNN and MSNBC, and about six times the coverage of James Clyburn, a Democratic leader in the House of Representatives.{{cite web |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |title=How Fox News fuels Trump's fixation with AOC and Ilhan Omar |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/21/media/fox-news-aoc-ilhan-omar/index.html |website=CNN Business |access-date=July 22, 2019 |date=July 22, 2019 |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722043759/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/21/media/fox-news-aoc-ilhan-omar/index.html |url-status=live }} A CBS News and YouGov poll of almost 2,100 American adults conducted from July 17 to 19 found that Republican respondents were more aware of Omar than Democratic respondents. Omar has very unfavorable ratings among Republican respondents and favorable ratings among Democratic respondents. The same is true of the other three members of the Squad.{{cite web |last1=Backus |first1=Fred |last2=Salvanto |first2=Anthony |title=Most Americans disagree with Trump's "go back" tweets — CBS News poll |date=July 21, 2019 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-americans-disagree-with-trumps-go-back-tweets-cbs-news-poll/ |website=CBS News |access-date=July 22, 2019 |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722012230/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-americans-disagree-with-trumps-go-back-tweets-cbs-news-poll/ |url-status=live }}

In July 2019, Omar introduced a resolution co-sponsored by Rashida Tlaib and Georgia representative John Lewis stating that "all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution". The resolution "opposes unconstitutional legislative efforts to limit the use of boycotts to further civil rights at home and abroad", and "urges Congress, States, and civil rights leaders from all communities to endeavor to preserve the freedom of advocacy for all by opposing anti-boycott resolutions and legislation".{{cite web |last1=Sommer |first1=Allison Kaplan |title=Ilhan Omar Introduces Resolution to Defend Americans' Right to Boycott |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-ilhan-omar-introduces-resolution-to-defend-americans-right-to-boycott-1.7538912 |website=Haaretz |access-date=July 21, 2019 |language=en |date=July 18, 2019 |archive-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720123102/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-ilhan-omar-introduces-resolution-to-defend-americans-right-to-boycott-1.7538912 |url-status=live }} In the same month, Omar was one of 17 Congress members to vote against a House resolution condemning the BDS movement.{{cite news |last1=Stolberg |first1=Sheryl Gay |title=House Overwhelmingly Condemns Movement to Boycott Israel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/politics/house-israel-boycott-bds.html |access-date=July 24, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=July 23, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115015551/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/politics/house-israel-boycott-bds.html |url-status=live }}

On January 7, 2021, Omar led a group of 13 House members introducing articles of impeachment against Trump on charges of high crimes and misdemeanors.{{cite web|url=https://kstp.com/news/rep-ilhan-omar-unveils-impeachment-resolution-against-trump-/5971044/|title=Rep. Omar unveils impeachment resolution against Trump|first1=Rebecca|last1=Omastiak|date=January 7, 2021|website=KSTP Eyewitness News|access-date=January 8, 2021|archive-date=October 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016015807/https://kstp.com/news/rep-ilhan-omar-unveils-impeachment-resolution-against-trump-/5971044/|url-status=dead}} The charges are related to Trump's alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia and incitement of the attack at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., by his supporters, which occurred during the certification of electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election that affirmed Joe Biden's victory.{{Cite web|first1=Ted |last1=Barrett |first2=Manu |last2=Raju |first3=Peter |last3=Nickeas|title=Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol as armed standoff takes place outside House chamber|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/us-capitol-lockdown/index.html|access-date=January 6, 2021|website=CNN|archive-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106211203/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/us-capitol-lockdown/index.html |date=January 7, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/954125266/rep-omar-says-she-is-drafting-new-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump|title=Rep. Omar Says She Is Drafting New Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump|website=NPR|last1=Wamsley|first1=Laurel|date=January 6, 2021|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107091607/https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/954125266/rep-omar-says-she-is-drafting-new-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump|url-status=live}}

In 2022, Omar's first sponsored piece of legislation, a bill to designate the central Minneapolis post office the Martin Olav Sabo Post Office, became law.{{cite web |title=H.R.8025 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Martin Olav Sabo Post Office". |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8025/text |website=congress.gov |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=27 December 2022}}

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |title=Ilhan Omar |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/O000173 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-date=September 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918012008/https://clerk.house.gov/members/O000173 |url-status=live }}

• Committee on Education and the Workforce
• Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
• Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
• Committee on the Budget

• Congressional Progressive Caucus deputy chair{{Cite web |title=About The CPC |url=https://progressives.house.gov/about-the-cpc |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Congressional Progressive Caucus |language=en}}
• Congressional Black Caucus{{Cite web|url=https://cbc.house.gov/membership/|title=Congressional Black Caucus|website=cbc.house.gov|language=en|access-date=July 24, 2022|archive-date=May 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508184742/https://cbc.house.gov/membership/|url-status=live}}
• Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment{{cite web|title=Membership|author=|url=https://bush.house.gov/era/about/membership|format=|publisher=Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment|date=|accessdate=19 September 2024}}

Speaking after the 2021 United States Capitol attack, Omar said the experience was very traumatizing and that the trauma would last a long time. She said she began to fear for her life when the evacuation began and as she was being escorted to a secure area she made a phone call to the father of her children to "make sure he would continue to tell my children that I loved them if I didn't make it out." She said, "The face of the Capitol will forever be changed. They didn't succeed in stopping the functions of democracy, but I do believe they succeeded in ending the openness of our democracy."{{cite web |last1=Laughland |first1=Oliver |title='I didn't know if I would make it out that day': Ilhan Omar on the terror of the Capitol attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/22/ilhan-omar-capitol-attack-congress-trump |website=The Guardian |date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206121117/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/22/ilhan-omar-capitol-attack-congress-trump |url-status=live }}

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Omar supports broader access to student loan forgiveness programs, as well as free tuition for college students whose family income is below $125,000.{{cite news |url=http://www.mndaily.com/article/2016/08/debate-spotlights-veteran-newcomers |title=Debate spotlights veteran, newcomers |last=Faircloth |first=Ryan |date=August 24, 2016 |newspaper=Minnesota Daily |access-date=September 6, 2016 |archive-date=April 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425134908/https://www.mndaily.com/article/2016/08/debate-spotlights-veteran-newcomers |url-status=dead }} Omar supports Bernie Sanders's plan to eliminate all $1.6 trillion in outstanding student debt, funded by an 0.5% tax on stock transactions and a 0.1% tax on bond transactions;{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sanders-to-propose-canceling-entire-16-trillion-in-us-student-loan-debt-escalating-democratic-policy-battle/2019/06/23/1eed053a-9561-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html |first=Jeff |last=Stein |title=Sanders proposes canceling entire $1.6 trillion in U.S. student loan debt, escalating Democratic policy battle |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 23, 2019 |access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627060121/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sanders-to-propose-canceling-entire-16-trillion-in-us-student-loan-debt-escalating-democratic-policy-battle/2019/06/23/1eed053a-9561-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html |url-status=live }} she introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives.{{Cite web|first=Gabe|last=Schneider|url=https://www.minnpost.com/national/2019/06/rep-omar-alongside-sen-bernie-sanders-releases-student-debt-cancellation-bill/|title=Rep. Omar, alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, releases student-debt cancellation bill|date=June 24, 2019|website=MinnPost|access-date=November 4, 2019|archive-date=November 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104060148/https://www.minnpost.com/national/2019/06/rep-omar-alongside-sen-bernie-sanders-releases-student-debt-cancellation-bill/|url-status=live}} In June 2019, Omar and Senator Tina Smith introduced the No Shame at School Act, which would end the marking of—and punishment for—students with school meal debt.{{cite web |last1=Bseiso |first1=Faris |title=Ilhan Omar introduces bill to end school lunch debt shaming |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/politics/ilhan-omar-school-lunch-shaming/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=June 25, 2019 |date=June 19, 2019 |archive-date=June 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624081518/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/politics/ilhan-omar-school-lunch-shaming/index.html |url-status=live }}

Omar supports Medicare for All as proposed in the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act.{{cite web |url=https://ilhanomar.com/vision/medicareforall/ |access-date=December 28, 2020 |title=Provide Healthcare Coverage for All |publisher=Ilhan for Congress |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104204649/https://ilhanomar.com/vision/medicareforall/ |url-status=dead }}

On July 19, 2022, after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Omar and 17 other members of Congress were arrested in an act of civil disobedience for refusing to clear a street during a protest for reproductive rights outside the Supreme Court Building.{{cite web | last=Aratani | first=Lauren | title=Democratic members of Congress arrested during pro-choice protest | website=the Guardian | date=July 19, 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/19/aoc-arrested-protest-abortion-rights-democrats | access-date=July 22, 2022 | archive-date=July 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722022603/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/19/aoc-arrested-protest-abortion-rights-democrats | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Omar among Democrats arrested at abortion rights protest | website=NBC News | date=July 19, 2022 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/reps-ocasio-cortez-omar-democrats-arrested-abortion-rights-protest-rcna38956 | access-date=July 22, 2022 | archive-date=July 21, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721230055/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/reps-ocasio-cortez-omar-democrats-arrested-abortion-rights-protest-rcna38956 | url-status=live }}

Omar has criticized Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses and the Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war.{{cite news |last=Salem |first=Ola |title=Saudi Arabia Declares War on America's Muslim Congresswomen |work=The Foreign Policy |date=December 11, 2018 |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/11/saudi-arabia-declares-war-on-americas-muslim-congresswomen/ |access-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043430/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/11/saudi-arabia-declares-war-on-americas-muslim-congresswomen/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Brodey |first=Sam |date=December 18, 2018 |title=Who's afraid of Ilhan Omar? Saudi Arabia, for one |work=MinnPost |url=https://www.minnpost.com/national/2018/12/whos-afraid-of-ilhan-omar-saudi-arabia-for-one/ |access-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313005529/https://www.minnpost.com/national/2018/12/whos-afraid-of-ilhan-omar-saudi-arabia-for-one/ |url-status=live }} In October 2018, she tweeted: "The Saudi government might have been strategic at covering up the daily atrocities carried out against minorities, women, activists and even the #YemenGenocide, but the murder of #JamalKhashoggi should be the last evil act they are allowed to commit." She also called for a boycott of Saudi Arabia's regime, tweeting: "#BDSSaudi." The Saudi Arabian government responded by having dozens of anonymous Twitter troll accounts it controlled post tweets critical of Omar.

Omar condemned China's treatment of its ethnic Uyghur people.{{cite news |title=Ilhan Omar has become the target of a dangerous hate campaign |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/14/ilhan-omar-republicans-silence |first=Moustafa |last=Bayoumi |access-date=December 26, 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=April 14, 2019 |archive-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215005648/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/14/ilhan-omar-republicans-silence |url-status=live }} In a Washington Post op-ed, Omar wrote, "Our criticisms of oppression and regional instability caused by Iran are not legitimate if we do not hold Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to the same standards. And we cannot continue to turn a blind eye to repression in Saudi Arabia{{emdash}}a country that is consistently ranked among the worst of the worst human rights offenders." She also condemned the Assad regime in Syria.{{cite news |title=Ilhan Omar accused of supporting AIPAC after critiquing Assad |url=https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Ilhan-Omar-accused-of-supporting-AIPAC-after-critiquing-Assad-583633 |first=Seth J. |last=Frantzman |access-date=December 26, 2020 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=March 18, 2019 |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202015049/https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Ilhan-Omar-accused-of-supporting-AIPAC-after-critiquing-Assad-583633 |url-status=live }} Omar criticized Trump's decision to impose further sanctions on Iran, saying the sanctions devastated the "country's middle class and increased hostility toward the United States, with tensions between the two countries rising to dangerous levels."

Omar condemned the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings, tweeting, "No person, of any faith, should be fearful in their house of worship."{{cite news |title=Trump, Pelosi and other US lawmakers express condolences, condemn Sri Lanka bombings |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pelosi-and-other-us-lawmakers-express-condolences-condemn-sri-lanka-bombings |first=Andrew |last=O'Reilly |agency=Associated Press |work=Fox News |date=April 21, 2019 |access-date=April 25, 2019 |archive-date=April 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424064937/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pelosi-and-other-us-lawmakers-express-condolences-condemn-sri-lanka-bombings |url-status=live }}

Omar opposed the October 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, writing, "What has happened after Turkey's invasion of northeastern Syria is a disaster—tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to flee, hundreds of Islamic State fighters have escaped, and Turkish-backed rebels have been credibly accused of atrocities against the Kurds."{{cite news |title=Ilhan Omar: Sanctions are part of a failed foreign policy playbook. Stop relying on them. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ilhan-omar-sanctions-are-part-of-a-failed-foreign-policy-playbook-stop-relying-on-them/2019/10/23/b7cbb1ca-f510-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html |first=Ilhan |last=Omar |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 23, 2019 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030225343/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ilhan-omar-sanctions-are-part-of-a-failed-foreign-policy-playbook-stop-relying-on-them/2019/10/23/b7cbb1ca-f510-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html |url-status=live }}

In October 2019, Omar voted "present" on H.Res. 296, to recognize the Armenian genocide,{{cite news |title=Democrat Ilhan Omar refuses to back historic US House resolution on 'Armenian genocide' |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/10/30/democrat-ilhan-omar-refuses-back-us-house-resolution-recognising-armenian-genocide.html |work=The Week |date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030144032/https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/10/30/democrat-ilhan-omar-refuses-back-us-house-resolution-recognising-armenian-genocide.html |url-status=live |archive-date=October 30, 2019}} causing a backlash.{{cite news |last1=Ghazanchyan |first1=Siranush |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed for abstaining on Armenian Genocide Resolution |url=https://en.armradio.am/2019/10/30/rep-ilhan-omar-slammed-for-abstaining-on-armenian-genocide-resolution/ |agency=Public Radio of Armenia |date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030143838/https://en.armradio.am/2019/10/30/rep-ilhan-omar-slammed-for-abstaining-on-armenian-genocide-resolution/ |archive-date=October 30, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Mary Lynn |title=Minnesota Armenians upset U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar didn't support measure recognizing genocide |url=http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-armenians-upset-u-s-rep-ilhan-omar-didn-t-support-measure-recognizing-genocide/564076352/ |work=Star Tribune |date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030132409/http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-armenians-upset-u-s-rep-ilhan-omar-didn-t-support-measure-recognizing-genocide/564076352/ |archive-date=October 30, 2019}} She said in a statement that "accountability and recognition of genocide should not be used as cudgel in a political fight" and argued that such a step should include both the Atlantic slave trade and the Native American genocide.{{cite news|last1=Brennan|first1=David|title=Ilhan Omar Refuses to Back Turkey Armenian Genocide Vote, Demands Slave Trade and Slaughter of Native Americans Also Be Acknowledged|url=https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-refuses-back-turkey-armenian-genocide-vote-demands-slave-trade-slaughter-native-1468632|work=Newsweek|date=October 30, 2019|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030143653/https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-refuses-back-turkey-armenian-genocide-vote-demands-slave-trade-slaughter-native-1468632|url-status=live}} In November, after her controversial vote, Omar publicly condemned the Armenian genocide at a rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fox9.com/news/u-s-rep-ilhan-omar-calls-armenian-genocide-an-injustice-after-not-supporting-resolution|title=U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar calls Armenian genocide 'an injustice' after not supporting resolution|date=November 4, 2019|website=FOX 9|language=en-US|access-date=November 14, 2019|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105113427/https://www.fox9.com/news/u-s-rep-ilhan-omar-calls-armenian-genocide-an-injustice-after-not-supporting-resolution|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/11/04/omar-alluded-to-controversial-armenian-genocide-vote-during-sanders-rally/ |title=Omar alluded to controversial Armenian genocide vote during Sanders rally |first=Sarah |last=Mearhoff |date=November 5, 2019 |website=St. Paul Pioneer Press |language=en-US |access-date=November 14, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115010940/https://www.twincities.com/2019/11/04/omar-alluded-to-controversial-armenian-genocide-vote-during-sanders-rally/ |url-status=live }}

In a March 2019 Politico interview, Omar criticized Barack Obama's "caging of kids" along the Mexican border.{{cite news |last=Le Miere |first=Jason |date=March 8, 2019 |work=Newsweek |title=Ilhan Omar Rebukes Barack Obama for 'Caging of Kids' and 'Droning of Countries Around the World' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-barack-obama-cages-drones-1356997 |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312155605/https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-barack-obama-cages-drones-1356997 |url-status=live }} Omar accused Politico of distorting her comments and said that she had been "saying how [President] Trump is different from Obama, and why we should focus on policy not politics," adding, "One is human, the other is really not."{{cite web |last1=Hutzler |first1=Alexandra |title=Ilhan Omar says Donald Trump is "really not" human, "silly" to compare him to Barack Obama |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-donald-trump-barack-obama-1359941 |website=Newsweek |access-date=June 2, 2019 |date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=June 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602142143/https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-donald-trump-barack-obama-1359941 |url-status=live }}

In June 2019, Omar was one of four Democratic representatives to vote against the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, a $4.5 billion border funding bill that required Customs and Border Protection to enact health standards for individuals in custody such as standards for "medical emergencies; nutrition, hygiene, and facilities; and personnel training." "Throwing more money at the very organizations committing human rights abuses—and the very Administration directing these human rights abuses—is not a solution. This is a humanitarian crisis ... inflicted by our own leadership," she said.{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/450215-house-passes-45b-border-funding-bill |first=Juliegrace |last=Brufke |access-date=December 28, 2020 |title=House passes $4.5B border funding bill |date=June 25, 2019 |newspaper=The Hill |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115015623/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/450215-house-passes-45b-border-funding-bill |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/450363-the-4-house-democrats-who-voted-against-the-border-funding-bill |first=Juliegrace |last=Brufke |title=The four House Democrats who voted against the border funding bill |date=June 25, 2019 |newspaper=The Hill |access-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115015624/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/450363-the-4-house-democrats-who-voted-against-the-border-funding-bill |url-status=live }}

On November 5, 2021, Omar was one of six House Democrats to break with their party and vote against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act because it was decoupled from the social safety net provisions in the Build Back Better Act.{{Cite web|author=Annie Grayer|title=These 6 House Democrats voted against the infrastructure bill. These 13 Republicans voted for it.|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/infrastructure-bill-house-democrats-voted-no-republicans-voted-yes/index.html|access-date=November 6, 2021|website=CNN|date=November 6, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110030630/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/infrastructure-bill-house-democrats-voted-no-republicans-voted-yes/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/us/politics/house-infrastructure-reconciliation.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/us/politics/house-infrastructure-reconciliation.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |title=House Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Putting Social Policy Bill on Hold |work=The New York Times |last1=Weisman |first1=Jonathan |last2=Cochrane |first2=Emily |last3=Edmondson |first3=Catie |date=November 5, 2021 |access-date=December 9, 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}}

While she was in the Minnesota legislature, Omar was critical of the Israeli government and opposed a law prohibiting the state from working with companies that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.{{cite news |title=Woman running for Congress in Minnesota rejects anti-Semitism accusations |work=The Times of Israel |date=July 8, 2018 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-running-for-congress-in-minnesota-rejects-anti-semitism-accusations/ |access-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223233015/https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-running-for-congress-in-minnesota-rejects-anti-semitism-accusations/ |url-status=live }} She compared the movement to people who "engage[d] in boycotts" of apartheid in South Africa. During her House campaign, she said she did not support the BDS movement, describing it as counterproductive to peace.{{cite magazine |last=Benedek |first=Emily |date=December 19, 2018 |title=The Charismatic Female Stars of the New American Left |magazine=Tablet |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/277482/the-stars-of-the-new-american-left-israel-hating-women |access-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203114453/https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/277482/the-stars-of-the-new-american-left-israel-hating-women |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.jta.org/2018/08/15/news-opinion/ilhan-omar-called-israel-apartheid-regime-wins-congressional-primary-minnesota |title=News Brief Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an 'apartheid regime,' wins congressional primary in Minnesota |last1=Kampeas |first1=Ron |date=August 15, 2015 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121164631/https://www.jta.org/2018/08/15/news-opinion/ilhan-omar-called-israel-apartheid-regime-wins-congressional-primary-minnesota |url-status=live }} After the election her position changed, as her campaign office told Muslim Girl that she supports the BDS movement despite "reservations on the effectiveness of the movement in accomplishing a lasting solution."{{cite news |last=Goldsmith |first=Lonny |title=With Election Now Over, Ilhan Omar Voices BDS Support |url=https://tcjewfolk.com/with-election-now-over-ilhan-omar-voices-bds-support/ |work=TC Jewfolk |date=November 12, 2018 |location=Minneapolis, Minn. |access-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-date=February 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208041610/https://tcjewfolk.com/with-election-now-over-ilhan-omar-voices-bds-support/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Pink |first=Aiden |work=The Forward |date=November 13, 2018 |title=Muslim Trailblazer Ilhan Omar Admits She Backs BDS{{snd}}Now That Election Is Over |url=https://forward.com/news/national/414050/muslim-trailblazer-ilhan-omar-admits-she-backs-bds-now-that-election-is/ |access-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312174104/https://forward.com/news/national/414050/muslim-trailblazer-ilhan-omar-admits-she-backs-bds-now-that-election-is/ |url-status=live }} Omar has voiced support for a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.{{cite news |last=Beinart |first=Peter |title=No, BDS Is Not Anti-Semitic, And Neither Is Ilhan Omar |work=The Forward |date=November 19, 2018 |url=https://forward.com/opinion/414449/no-bds-is-not-anti-semitic-and-neither-is-ilhan-omar/ |access-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330174755/https://forward.com/opinion/414449/no-bds-is-not-anti-semitic-and-neither-is-ilhan-omar/ |url-status=live }} She criticized Israel's settlement building in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank.{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Bryant |title=Pro-Palestinian lawmaker shakes up Israel status quo with seat on foreign affairs panel |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/congress-ilhan-omar-foreign-affairs-committee-bds.html |work=Al-Monitor |date=January 17, 2019 |access-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213184916/https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/congress-ilhan-omar-foreign-affairs-committee-bds.html |url-status=live }}

In 2018, Omar came under criticism for statements she made about Israel before she was in the Minnesota legislature. In a 2012 tweet, she wrote, "Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel."{{cite magazine |last=Crowe |first=Jack |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar on Past Anti-Semitic Tweet: 'Those Were the Only Words I Could Think About' |magazine=National Review |date=January 17, 2019 |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rep-ilhan-omar-on-past-anti-semitic-tweet-those-were-the-only-words-i-could-think-about/ |access-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215091323/https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rep-ilhan-omar-on-past-anti-semitic-tweet-those-were-the-only-words-i-could-think-about/ |url-status=live }} The comment, particularly that Israel had "hypnotized the world", was criticized as drawing on antisemitic tropes. Then-The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss wrote that Omar's statement tied into a millennia-old "conspiracy theory of the Jew as the hypnotic conspirator".{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/opinion/ilhan-omar-israel-jews.html |title=Opinion {{!}} Ilhan Omar and the Myth of Jewish Hypnosis |last=Weiss |first=Bari |date=January 21, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 18, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319085131/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/opinion/ilhan-omar-israel-jews.html |url-status=live }} When asked in an interview how she would respond to American Jews who found the remark offensive, Omar replied: "I don't know how my comments would be offensive to Jewish Americans. My comments precisely are addressing what was happening during the Gaza War and I'm clearly speaking about the way the Israeli regime was conducting itself in that war." After reading Weiss's commentary, Omar apologized for not "disavowing the anti-Semitic trope I unknowingly used".{{cite news |first=Meagan |last=Flynn |title=A Jewish Republican called Ilhan Omar anti-Semitic. She suggested he's Islamophobic. Then came a voice mail. |date=February 1, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/01/jewish-republican-called-ilhan-omar-anti-semitic-she-suggested-hes-islamophobic-then-came-voicemail/ |quote=Bari Weiss, a New York Times columnist, explained to Omar why many Jews found it so offensive in a biting commentary last week that prompted Omar to backpedal and apologize for not putting enough energy into "disavowing the anti-Semitic trope I unknowingly used." |access-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311213246/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/01/jewish-republican-called-ilhan-omar-anti-semitic-she-suggested-hes-islamophobic-then-came-voicemail/ |url-status=live }}

In September 2019, Omar condemned Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to annex the eastern portion of the occupied West Bank known as the Jordan Valley.{{cite news |title=Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders Condemn Netanyahu West Bank Annexation Plan: 'The Nail in the Coffin to a Two-state Solution' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-bernie-sanders-condemn-netanyahu-west-bank-annexation-plan-nail-coffin-two-state-1458692 |first=David |last=Brennan |work=Newsweek |date=September 11, 2019 |access-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922190901/https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-bernie-sanders-condemn-netanyahu-west-bank-annexation-plan-nail-coffin-two-state-1458692 |url-status=live }} Omar said Israelis should not vote for Netanyahu in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election.{{cite news |title=Ilhan Omar calls on Israelis to vote Netanyahu out of office |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ilhan-omar-calls-on-israelis-to-vote-against-netanyahu/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=September 17, 2019 |access-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922190901/https://www.timesofisrael.com/ilhan-omar-calls-on-israelis-to-vote-against-netanyahu/ |url-status=live }}

In February 2019, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to "take action" against Omar and Rashida Tlaib for their support of the BDS movement. When journalist Glenn Greenwald responded that it was remarkable "how much time U.S. political leaders spend defending a foreign nation even if it means attacking free speech rights of Americans", and tagged Omar for a comment, she replied with a quote from a hip hop song, "It's All About the Benjamins", alluding to a slang term for U.S. $100 bills. Both Democratic and Republican politicians accused her of using an antisemitic trope regarding Jews and money, although some Democratic politicians defended Omar's comment. Omar later said that she was referring to the influence of pro-Israel lobbyists in the United States, especially AIPAC.{{cite magazine |first=Ben |last=Ehrenreich |authorlink=Ben Ehrenreich |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/153118/beginning-real-israel-debate-looks-like |title=This Is What the Beginning of a Real Israel Debate Looks Like |magazine=New Republic |date=February 15, 2019 |access-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612083827/https://newrepublic.com/article/153118/beginning-real-israel-debate-looks-like |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Matthew |last=Yglesias |authorlink=Matthew Yglesias |url=https://www.vox.com/2019/2/11/18220160/ilhan-omar-aipac-benjamins-kevin-mccarthy |title=The controversy over Ilhan Omar and AIPAC money, explained |work=Vox |date=February 11, 2019 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001124751/https://www.vox.com/2019/2/11/18220160/ilhan-omar-aipac-benjamins-kevin-mccarthy |url-status=live }}

A number of Democratic leaders{{emdash}}including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn{{emdash}}condemned the tweet, which was interpreted as implying that money was fueling American politicians' support of Israel.{{cite news |last1=DeBonis |first1=Mike |last2=Bade |first2=Rachael |author-link2=Rachael Bade |title=Rep. Omar apologizes after House Democratic leadership condemns her comments as 'anti-Semitic tropes' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/11/its-all-about-benjamins-baby-ilhan-omar-again-accused-anti-semitism-over-tweets/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312040526/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/11/its-all-about-benjamins-baby-ilhan-omar-again-accused-anti-semitism-over-tweets/ |url-status=live }} The Democratic House leadership released a statement accusing Omar of "engaging in deeply offensive anti-Semitic tropes". The Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) also denounced her statements.{{cite news |last1=Wilner |first1=Michael |last2=Beeri |first2=Tamar |date=February 11, 2019 |title=Democrats say Ilhan Omar's comments are 'antisemitic' |work=Jerusalem Post |url=https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Democrats-say-that-comments-from-one-of-their-own-are-antisemitic-580345 |access-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311175726/https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Democrats-say-that-comments-from-one-of-their-own-are-antisemitic-580345 |url-status=live }} Omar issued an apology the next day, saying, "I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes", and adding, "I reaffirm the problematic role of lobbyists in our politics, whether it be AIPAC, the NRA or the fossil fuel industry."{{cite news |last=Stolberg |first=Sheryl Gay |date=February 11, 2019 |title=Ilhan Omar Apologizes for Statements Condemned as Anti-Semitic |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/us/politics/ilhan-omar-anti-semitism.html |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312071428/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/us/politics/ilhan-omar-anti-semitism.html |url-status=live }} The Anti-Defamation League accused her of promoting an "ugly conspiracy theory" about Jewish influence in politics.{{cite news |first=Lauren |last=Gambino |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/11/ilhan-omar-antisemitic-tweets-house-democrats-apology |title=Ilhan Omar apologizes after being accused of using 'antisemitic tropes' |work=The Guardian |date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613120243/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/11/ilhan-omar-antisemitic-tweets-house-democrats-apology |url-status=live }} Journalist Peter Beinart, after tweeting that the controversy was about "policing the American debate over Israel",{{cite news |first=Mehdi |last=Hasan |authorlink=Mehdi Hasan |url=https://theintercept.com/2019/02/15/ilhan-omar-aipac-republicans-anti-semitism/ |title=Six GOP House Members Who Need to Resign for Anti-Semitism Before Ilhan Omar |work=The Intercept |date=February 15, 2019 |quote=...the furor over @IlhanMN's tweets isn't about policing bigotry or even anti-Semitism. It's about policing the American debate over Israel. |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613090437/https://theintercept.com/2019/02/15/ilhan-omar-aipac-republicans-anti-semitism/ |url-status=live }} thought Omar's statement inaccurate, wrong and irresponsible, but argued that her congressional critics were more "bigoted" on Israeli-Palestinian issues than Omar.{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Beinart |authorlink=Peter Beinart |url=https://forward.com/opinion/419206/the-sick-double-standard-in-the-ilhan-omar-controversy/ |title=The Sick Double Standard In The Ilhan Omar Controversy |work=The Forward |date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612083827/https://forward.com/opinion/419206/the-sick-double-standard-in-the-ilhan-omar-controversy/ |url-status=live }}

On February 27, 2019, Omar said of her critics: "I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country." The statements were quickly criticized as allegedly drawing on antisemitic tropes. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel said it was "deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens" and asked Omar to retract her statement.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/politics/ilhan-omar-engel-statement/index.html|title=Engel slams Omar for saying pro-Israel groups push foreign allegiance|author=Caroline Kelly|website=CNN|date=March 2, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044412/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/politics/ilhan-omar-engel-statement/index.html|url-status=live}} House Appropriations Committee chairwoman Nita Lowey also called for an apology and criticized the statements in a March 3 tweet, which led to an online exchange between the two. In response, Omar reaffirmed her position, insisting that she "should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee."{{cite news |last=Cummings |first=William |date=March 3, 2019 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/03/ilhan-omar-accused-anti-semitic-remark-israel-criticism/3048379002/ |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to House committee chair's charge of 'vile, anti-Semitic slur' |work=USA Today |access-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312212649/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/03/ilhan-omar-accused-anti-semitic-remark-israel-criticism/3048379002/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Deanna |title=Top Democrat demands another apology from Rep. Ilhan Omar, accusing her of 'a vile anti-Semitic slur' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/02/top-democrat-demands-another-apology-rep-omar-accusing-her-vile-anti-semitic-slur/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 4, 2019 |date=March 4, 2019 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312061514/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/02/top-democrat-demands-another-apology-rep-omar-accusing-her-vile-anti-semitic-slur/ |url-status=live }} Omar said she was simply criticizing Israel, drawing a distinction between criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu and being anti-Semitic.{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/700901834/minnesota-congresswoman-ignites-debate-on-israel-and-anti-semitism |title=Minnesota Congresswoman Ignites Debate On Israel And Anti-Semitism |last=Nelson |first=Cody |date=March 7, 2019 |website=NPR |access-date=April 25, 2019 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428234241/https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/700901834/minnesota-congresswoman-ignites-debate-on-israel-and-anti-semitism |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/03/ilhan-omar-accused-anti-semitic-remark-israel-criticism/3048379002/ |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to House committee chair's charge of 'vile, anti-Semitic slur' |last=Cummings |first=William |date=March 3, 2019 |website=USA Today |access-date=April 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312212649/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/03/ilhan-omar-accused-anti-semitic-remark-israel-criticism/3048379002/ |url-status=live }} Omar's spokesman, Jeremy Slevin, said Omar was speaking out about "the undue influence of lobbying groups for foreign interests."{{cite news |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar Criticized Again for Alleged Anti-Semitism |date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=December 28, 2020 |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/3bb89833fc134a4ea02ecaf8d160a9b9 |first=Steve |last=Karnowski |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111161144/https://apnews.com/article/3bb89833fc134a4ea02ecaf8d160a9b9 |url-status=live }}

Reaction among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates was mixed. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders defended Omar.{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Caroline |last2=Krieg |first2=Gregory |date=March 6, 2019 |title=Sanders, Harris and Warren defend Ilhan Omar amid controversy over Israel comments |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/06/politics/bernie-sanders-defends-ilhan-omar/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310024248/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/06/politics/bernie-sanders-defends-ilhan-omar/index.html |url-status=live }} While Senator Cory Booker found her comments "disturbing", he recognized that some of the attacks against her had "anti-Islamic sentiment". Kirsten Gillibrand said, "those with critical views of Israel should be able to express their views without employing anti-Semitic tropes about money or influence", but also criticized the Republican Party for censuring Omar while saying "little or nothing" when President Trump "defended white supremacists at Charlottesville." New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called Omar's remarks "unacceptable".{{cite web |last1=Golshan |first1=Tara |title=Three 2020 Democrats express concern that attacks against Ilhan Omar will stifle debate on Israel |url=https://www.vox.com/2019/3/7/18254616/2020-democrats-ilhan-omar-israel |website=Vox |access-date=March 11, 2019 |date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308071128/https://www.vox.com/2019/3/7/18254616/2020-democrats-ilhan-omar-israel |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Bandler |first=Aaron |url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/299461/nyc-mayor-denounces-bds-in-radio-interview/ |title=NYC Mayor Denounces BDS in Radio Interview |work=Jewish Journal |date=June 3, 2019 |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603191537/https://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/299461/nyc-mayor-denounces-bds-in-radio-interview/ |url-status=live }} According to The Guardian, election records archived by OpenSecrets "suggest a correlation between pro-Israel lobby campaign contributions and Democratic presidential candidates' position on the controversy."{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/09/democrats-israel-lobbying-ilhan-omar |title=Did pro-Israel lobby funding influence Democrats' responses to Ilhan Omar? |last=Perkins |first=Tom |date=March 9, 2019 |work=The Guardian |access-date=March 25, 2019 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312042203/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/09/democrats-israel-lobbying-ilhan-omar |url-status=live }} Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus believed Omar was unfairly targeted because she is a black Muslim, saying that "the Democratic leadership did not draft a resolution condemning Donald Trump or other white male Republicans over their antisemitic remarks."{{refn|name=Perkins}} The second round of remarks prompted the Democratic leadership to introduce a resolution condemning antisemitism that did not specifically refer to Omar. After objections by a number of congressional progressive Democrats, the resolution was amended to include Islamophobia, racism, and homophobia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/ilhan-omar-minnesota-district.html |title='She Had a Poor Choice of Words': Ilhan Omar's Constituents Grapple with Her Remarks |last1=Smith |first1=Mitch |last2=Furber |first2=Matt |date=March 8, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 9, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313043233/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/ilhan-omar-minnesota-district.html |url-status=live }} On March 7, the House passed the amended resolution. Omar called the resolution "historic on many fronts" and said, "We are tremendously proud to be part of a body that has put forth a condemnation of all forms of bigotry including anti-Semitism, racism, and white supremacy."{{cite news |last1=Shabad |first1=Rebecca |display-authors=etal |title=House passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism and Islamophobia |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-split-response-ilhan-omar-s-latest-israel-comments-n979651 |access-date=March 10, 2019 |work=NBC News |date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311215622/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-split-response-ilhan-omar-s-latest-israel-comments-n979651 |url-status=live }} Some Minnesota Jewish and Muslim community leaders later expressed continuing concern about Omar's statements and indicated that the issue remained divisive in Omar's district.{{Cite news |last1=Sidner |first1=Sara |last2=Simon |first2=Mallory |date=March 17, 2019 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/17/politics/ilhan-omar-minnesota-constituents-anti-semitism/index.html |title=These Muslim and Jewish community leaders are united in frustration at Ilhan Omar's comments |website=CNN |access-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318010009/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/17/politics/ilhan-omar-minnesota-constituents-anti-semitism/index.html |url-status=live }}

On March 7, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 407–23 to condemn "anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism and other forms of bigotry" in response to Omar's remarks concerning Israel.{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Susan |date=March 7, 2019 |title=House Votes To Condemn Anti-Semitism After Rep. Omar's Comment |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/701074291/house-votes-to-condemn-anti-semitism-after-rep-omars-comments |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202165512/https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/701074291/house-votes-to-condemn-anti-semitism-after-rep-omars-comments |url-status=live }} On February 2, 2023, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a resolution, on a party-line vote, to remove Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for what Speaker Kevin McCarthy called "repeated antisemitic and anti-American remarks."{{cite news |last1=Sotomayor |first1=Marianna |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar kicked off committee after party-line vote in House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/02/ilhan-omar-committee-removal/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=5 February 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202194033/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/02/ilhan-omar-committee-removal/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Clare Foran, Kristin |title=House passes resolution to remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/politics/house-vote-ilhan-omar-committees/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=5 February 2023 |language=en |date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516065750/https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/politics/house-vote-ilhan-omar-committees/index.html |url-status=live }} Many prominent House Democrats stood by Omar.{{cite web |last1=Demirjian |first1=Karoun |title=House Ousts Ilhan Omar From Foreign Affairs Panel as G.O.P. Exacts Revenge |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/us/politics/ilhan-omar-house-committee-republicans.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=5 February 2023 |date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203195545/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/us/politics/ilhan-omar-house-committee-republicans.html |url-status=live }} On July 18, 2023, she voted against a congressional non-binding resolution proposed by August Pfluger, which states that "the State of Israel is not a racist or apartheid state", that Congress rejects "all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia", and that "the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel".{{cite web|last1=Wong|first1=Scott|last2=Kaplan|first2=Rebecca|last3=Stewart|first3=Kyle|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-pass-resolution-backing-israel-jayapal-racist-state-rcna94897|title=House overwhelmingly passes resolution backing Israel after Rep. Jayapal calls it a 'racist state'|website=NBC News|date=July 18, 2023|access-date=July 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719000920/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-pass-resolution-backing-israel-jayapal-racist-state-rcna94897|archive-date=July 19, 2023|url-status=live}} On October 16, 2023, Omar signed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war. She criticized the United States' support for Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.{{cite news |title=Blessed Be the Peacemakers, Unless They Raise Their Voices in Washington |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/congress-ceasefire-gaza/ |work=The Nation |date=October 21, 2023}} In May 2024, Omar voiced support for the International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine, saying that the ICC "must be allowed to conduct its work independently and without interference."{{cite news |last=Solender |first=Andrew |date=20 May 2024 |title=Johnson threatens ICC sanctions vote over Netanyahu arrest warrant application |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/05/20/icc-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-congress |access-date=May 21, 2024 |work=Axios}}{{Cite web |last=Cabral |first=Sam |date=May 21, 2024 |title=US hints at support for sanctions over ICC warrants on Israel |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp66e6ppzd0o |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} In August 2024, she criticized the Biden administration's arms shipments to Israel, saying that "if you really want a ceasefire, you just stop sending the weapons."{{cite news |title=Ilhan Omar tears into Blinken's 'humiliation' in Israel after truce failure |url=https://www.trtworld.com/content/article/ilhan-omar-tears-into-blinkens-humiliation-in-israel-after-truce-failure-18198651 |work=TRT World |date=21 August 2024}}

In August 2019, Omar and Representative Rashida Tlaib were banned from entering Israel, a reversal from the July 2019 statement by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer that "any member of Congress" would be allowed in. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attributed the ban to Israeli law preventing the entry of people who call for a boycott of Israel (as Omar and Tlaib had done with their support for BDS). Netanyahu also cited Omar and Tlaib listing their destination as Palestine instead of Israel, claiming he thus viewed their visit as an attempt to "hurt Israel and increase its unrest". Netanyahu also said that Omar and Tlaib did not plan on visiting or meeting with any Israeli officials from the government or the opposition, and additionally accused Miftah, the sponsor of Omar's trip, of having members who support terrorism against Israel (in 2016, Israel approved a visit by five U.S. representatives to Israel that Miftah co-sponsored, but that was before Israel enacted its anti-BDS law).{{cite news|first1=Niraj|last1=Chokshi|access-date=August 27, 2019|title=The Anti-Boycott Law Israel Used to Bar Both Omar and Tlaib|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/world/middleeast/bds-israel-boycott.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 15, 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608235035/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/world/middleeast/bds-israel-boycott.html|url-status=live}} Less than two hours before the ban, President Trump tweeted that Israel allowing the visit would "show great weakness" when Omar and Tlaib "hate Israel & all Jewish people".{{cite web |last1=Ahren |first1=Rafael |title=And then Trump tweeted — Why Israel suddenly decided to bar 2 US congresswomen |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/and-then-trump-tweeted-why-israel-suddenly-decided-to-snub-2-us-congresswomen/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=August 16, 2019 |date=August 15, 2019 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115234902/https://www.timesofisrael.com/and-then-trump-tweeted-why-israel-suddenly-decided-to-snub-2-us-congresswomen/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Rodrigo |first1=Chris |title=Netanyahu defends decision to bar Tlaib, Omar entry to Israel |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/457563-netanyahu-defends-decision-to-bar-tlaib-omar-entry-to-israel |website=The Hill |access-date=August 16, 2019 |date=August 15, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816021802/https://thehill.com/homenews/457563-netanyahu-defends-decision-to-bar-tlaib-omar-entry-to-israel |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar will be barred from Israel, country confirms |first1=Herb |last1=Keinon |url=https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Israel-will-bar-Rashida-Tlaib-and-Ilhan-Omar-says-Hotovely-598736 |website=Jerusalem Post |access-date=August 16, 2019 |date=August 15, 2019 |archive-date=August 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815183202/https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Israel-will-bar-Rashida-Tlaib-and-Ilhan-Omar-says-Hotovely-598736 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Jake |last2=Palmer |first2=Anna |last3=Ross |first3=Garrett |last4=Okun |first4=Eli |title=Miftah wasn't a problem when other congressmen went to 'Palestine' with them |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2019/08/16/scoop-miftah-wasnt-a-problem-when-other-congressmen-went-to-palestine-with-them-470084 |date=August 16, 2019 |website=Politico |access-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817030114/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2019/08/16/scoop-miftah-wasnt-a-problem-when-other-congressmen-went-to-palestine-with-them-470084 |url-status=live }} Omar said that Netanyahu had caved to Trump's demand and that "Trump's Muslim ban is what Israel is implementing". She responded to Netanyahu that she had intended to meet members of Israel's legislative Knesset and Israeli security officials. Both Democratic and Republican legislators criticized the ban and requested that Israel rescind it.{{cite web |last1=Folley |first1=Aris |title=Omar: Netanyahu implementing 'Trump's Muslim ban' by denying entry to Israel |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/457582-omar-netanyahu-implementing-trumps-muslim-ban-by-barring-us-from-israel |website=The Hill |access-date=August 16, 2019 |date=August 15, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816005029/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/457582-omar-netanyahu-implementing-trumps-muslim-ban-by-barring-us-from-israel |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Ragson |first1=Adam |title=Contradicting PM, Omar insists she was planning to meet Israel officials on trip |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/omar-insists-she-and-tlaib-were-planning-to-meet-israeli-officials-on-trip/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=August 17, 2019 |date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816234930/https://www.timesofisrael.com/omar-insists-she-and-tlaib-were-planning-to-meet-israeli-officials-on-trip/ |url-status=live }} AIPAC released a statement saying that it disagreed with Israel's move and that Omar and Tlaib should have been allowed to "experience Israel firsthand", while the head of the American Jewish Committee put out a statement agreeing with AIPAC on the matter.{{cite news|first=Kate|last=Sullivan|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/aipac-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-israel/|title=AIPAC splits with Trump and Netanyahu, backs visit by Omar and Tlaib to Israel|agency=CNN|date=August 15, 2019|access-date=August 26, 2019|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826045727/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/aipac-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-israel/|url-status=live}} U.S. Representative Max Rose also criticized the move to ban Omar, saying that Omar and Tlaib did not speak for the Democratic Party.{{cite news|first=Amir|last=Tibon|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-on-israel-omar-and-tlaib-do-not-speak-for-party-says-jewish-democrat-max-rose-1.7694097|title=On Israel, Omar and Tlaib Do Not Speak for Party, Says Jewish Democrat Max Rose|agency=Haaretz|date=August 18, 2019|access-date=August 26, 2019|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826045732/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-on-israel-omar-and-tlaib-do-not-speak-for-party-says-jewish-democrat-max-rose-1.7694097|url-status=live}}

In March 2019, Omar addressed a rally in support of a Minnesota bill that would ban gay conversion therapy in the state. She co-sponsored a similar bill when she was a member of the Minnesota House.{{cite news |title=Omar rallies support for bill banning gay conversion therapy |url=https://www.apnews.com/12080a4794f046e1a485f4048cd7956f |access-date=May 19, 2019 |work=Associated Press |date=March 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230625/https://apnews.com/12080a4794f046e1a485f4048cd7956f |url-status=dead }} In May 2019, Omar introduced legislation that would sanction Brunei over a recently introduced law that would make homosexual sex and adultery punishable by death.{{cite news |last1=Budryk |first1=Zack |title=Omar introduces bill sanctioning Brunei over anti-homosexuality law |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/444120-omar-introduces-bill-sanctioning-brunei-over-anti-homosexuality-law |access-date=May 19, 2019 |work=The Hill |date=May 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519223406/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/444120-omar-introduces-bill-sanctioning-brunei-over-anti-homosexuality-law |url-status=live }} In June 2019, she participated in Twin Cities Pride in Minnesota.{{cite news |title=Ilhan Omar Accused of Hypocrisy for Marching at Minnesota Pride |url=https://www.albawaba.com/node/ilhan-omar-accused-hypocrisy-marching-minnesota-pride-1293904 |access-date=March 7, 2020 |work=Al Bawaba |date=June 24, 2019 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612075718/https://www.albawaba.com/node/ilhan-omar-accused-hypocrisy-marching-minnesota-pride-1293904 |url-status=live }} In August 2019, Omar wrote on Twitter in support of the Palestinian LGBT rights group Al Qaws after the Palestinian Authority banned Al Qaws's activities in the West Bank.{{cite news |last1=Fitzsimons |first1=Tim |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar throws support behind LGBTQ Palestinian group |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/rep-ilhan-omar-throws-support-behind-lgbtq-palestinian-group-n1044496 |access-date=March 7, 2020 |work=NBC News |date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226021931/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/rep-ilhan-omar-throws-support-behind-lgbtq-palestinian-group-n1044496 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Avery|first=Daniel|url=https://www.newsweek.com/palestinian-lgbt-group-banned-ilhan-omar-1455333|title=After Palestinian Authority Bans Queer Group, Rep. Ilhan Omar Tweets 'LGBTQ Rights are Human Rights'|website=Newsweek|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827144430/https://www.newsweek.com/palestinian-lgbt-group-banned-ilhan-omar-1455333|archive-date=August 27, 2023|url-status=live}}

Omar has been critical of U.S. foreign policy, and has called for reduced funding for "perpetual war and military aggression",{{cite news |last=Witt |first=Emily |date=August 15, 2018 |title=How Ilhan Omar won over hearts in Minnesota's Fifth District |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/how-ilhan-omar-won-over-hearts-in-minnesotas-fifth |access-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311215617/https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/how-ilhan-omar-won-over-hearts-in-minnesotas-fifth |url-status=live }} saying, "knowing my tax dollars pay for bombs killing children in Yemen makes my heart break," with "everyone in Washington saying we don't have enough money in the budget for universal health care, we don't have enough money in the budget to guarantee college education for everyone." Omar has criticized the U.S. government's drone assassination program, citing the Obama administration's policy of "droning of countries around the world".{{cite news |last=Pesce |first=Nicole Lyn |date=March 8, 2019 |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar criticizes Obama and past presidents' 'really bad policies' |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rep-ilhan-omar-criticizes-obama-and-past-presidents-really-bad-policies-2019-03-08 |work=MarketWatch |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401042703/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rep-ilhan-omar-criticizes-obama-and-past-presidents-really-bad-policies-2019-03-08 |url-status=live }} She has said, "we don't need nearly 800 military bases outside the United States to keep our country safe."{{cite news |last=Omar |first=Ilhan |title=Ilhan Omar: We must apply our universal values to all nations. Only then will we achieve peace. |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 17, 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ilhan-omar-we-must-apply-our-universal-values-to-all-nations-only-then-will-we-achieve-peace/2019/03/17/0e2d66fc-4757-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html |access-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318201008/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ilhan-omar-we-must-apply-our-universal-values-to-all-nations-only-then-will-we-achieve-peace/2019/03/17/0e2d66fc-4757-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html |url-status=live }}

In 2019, Omar signed a letter led by Representative Ro Khanna and Senator Rand Paul to President Trump asserting that it is "long past time to rein in the use of force that goes beyond congressional authorization" and that they hoped this would "serve as a model for ending hostilities in the future{{emdash}}in particular, as you and your administration seek a political solution to our involvement in Afghanistan."{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/congress-syria-withdrawal-1252185|title=Rand Paul, Ocasio-Cortez praise Trump for Syria withdrawal|first=Burgess|last=Everett|date=April 3, 2019|publisher=Politico|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403181800/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/congress-syria-withdrawal-1252185|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/437144-rand-paul-teams-up-with-ocasio-cortez-omar-to-press-trump-on-syria-withdrawal|title=Rand Paul teams up with Ocasio-Cortez, Omar to press Trump on Syria withdrawal|first=Alexander|last=Bolton|date=April 3, 2019|newspaper=The Hill|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403181803/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/437144-rand-paul-teams-up-with-ocasio-cortez-omar-to-press-trump-on-syria-withdrawal|url-status=live}}

In May 2020, Omar signed a letter backed by AIPAC calling for the continuation of the UN embargo against Iran,{{Cite news|last=Tibon|first=Amir|date=May 5, 2020|title=In Surprise Move, Ilhan Omar Signs on to AIPAC-backed Policy Letter|language=en|work=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-in-surprise-move-ilhan-omar-signs-on-to-aipac-backed-policy-letter-1.8821458|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=May 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505114229/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-in-surprise-move-ilhan-omar-signs-on-to-aipac-backed-policy-letter-1.8821458|url-status=live}} with her office noting that it was a "narrow ask that we couldn't find anything wrong with." Her office said that she has opposed human rights abuse "for a long time" and that signing onto it should be not be seen as a sign she supports the Trump administration's policy on Iran.{{Cite web|title='Extremely Disappointing': Ilhan Omar Signs AIPAC Letter to Prolong Iran Sanctions|url=https://www.palestinechronicle.com/extremely-disappointing-ilhan-omar-signs-aipac-letter-to-prolong-iran-sanctions/|date=May 5, 2020|website=Palestine Chronicle|language=en-US|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506075315/https://www.palestinechronicle.com/extremely-disappointing-ilhan-omar-signs-aipac-letter-to-prolong-iran-sanctions/|url-status=live}}

On July 6, 2023, President Biden authorized the provision of cluster munitions to Ukraine in support of a Ukrainian counter-offensive against Russian forces in Russian-occupied southeastern Ukraine.{{cite news |title=Controversy surrounds US decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine |url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4085887-ukraine-russia-us-cluster-munitions-controversy/ |work=The Hill |date=July 7, 2023 |access-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712041928/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4085887-ukraine-russia-us-cluster-munitions-controversy/ |url-status=live }} Omar opposed the decision, saying, "We can support the people of Ukraine in their freedom struggle while also opposing violations of international law."{{cite news |last1=Nichols |first1=John |title=Cluster Bombs Are "War-Crime" Weapons |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/cluster-bombs-ukraine-biden-congress/ |work=The Nation |date=July 10, 2023 |access-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712111957/https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/cluster-bombs-ukraine-biden-congress/ |url-status=live }}

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Omar supports a $15 hourly minimum wage.{{Cite magazine |url=https://psmag.com/magazine/countrys-first-somali-american-legislator-and-her-politics-of-inclusivity |title=The Country's First Somali-American Legislator and Her Politics of Inclusivity |last=Berry |first=Erica |date=July 11, 2017 |magazine=Pacific Standard |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=December 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207181252/https://psmag.com/magazine/countrys-first-somali-american-legislator-and-her-politics-of-inclusivity |url-status=live }}

In June 2020, the "defund the police" slogan gained widespread popularity following the murder of George Floyd. Black Lives Matter and other activists used the phrase to call for police budget reductions and a plan to delegate certain police responsibilities to other organizations. Reacting to the murder of Floyd, the majority of the Minneapolis City Council voted to dismantle the city's police department. In a statement, the Minneapolis mayor said they planned to work to address "systemic racism in police culture".{{cite web |title=Majority Of Minneapolis City Council Backs Dismantling Police Department |url=https://www.wlen.com/2020/06/08/majority-of-minneapolis-city-council-backs-dismantling-police-department/ |date=June 8, 2020 |website=WLEN Radio |access-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516211759/https://www.wlen.com/2020/06/08/majority-of-minneapolis-city-council-backs-dismantling-police-department/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Kesslen |first1=Ben |title=Calls to reform, defund, dismantle and abolish the police, explained. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/calls-reform-defund-dismantle-abolish-police-explained-n1227676 |date=June 8, 2020 |website=NBC |access-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710110219/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/calls-reform-defund-dismantle-abolish-police-explained-n1227676/ |url-status=live }} Following the murder of Floyd, Omar supported the police abolition movement in Minneapolis that sought to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department, saying that the department had "proven themselves beyond reform." Omar hoped to see a new police department that would be modeled after the Camden County Police Department in New Jersey.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Omar has opposed a TikTok ban.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-08 |title=These 9 Members of Congress Are Defending TikTok on TikTok |url=https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-aoc-ilhan-omar-congress-members-defend-tiktok-1850313474/slides/3 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}} In March 2024, she raised First Amendment concerns in opposing a bill that would ban the app if its Chinese owner did not sell, saying: "We should create actual standards & regulations around privacy violations across social media companies—not target platforms we don't like."{{Cite web |last=Ryan Faircloth |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Minn. Republicans in Congress vote for bill that could ban TikTok if its Chinese owner doesn't sell |url=https://www.startribune.com/minn-republicans-in-congress-vote-for-bill-that-could-ban-tiktok-if-its-chinese-owner-doesnt-sell/600350763/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240620060643/https://www.startribune.com/minn-republicans-in-congress-vote-for-bill-that-could-ban-tiktok-if-its-chinese-owner-doesnt-sell/600350763/ |archive-date=June 20, 2024 |website=Star Tribune |access-date=June 20, 2024 }}

On March 12, Omar was asked about TikTok-related national security concerns, such as China using the app to ramp up divisions in the U.S., and replied, "We had an intel briefing, and none of the information that was provided to us really was persuasive in the fact that there is anything to be really concerned", adding, "for the first time in our nation's history, Americans have access to real images [through TikTok] of the horrors that are experienced by Palestinians daily."{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2024 |title=CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnap/date/2024-03-12/segment/01 |website=CNN}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Ilhan Omar Dismisses TikTok Concerns on CNN, Says It's Exposing the 'Slaughter' in Gaza to Users |url=https://www.mediaite.com/politics/ilhan-omar-dismisses-tiktok-concerns-on-cnn-says-its-exposing-the-slaughter-in-gaza-to-users/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Mediaite |language=en}}

In January 2019, amid the Venezuelan presidential crisis, Omar joined Democrats Ro Khanna and Tulsi Gabbard in denouncing the Trump administration's decision to recognize Juan Guaidó, the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, as Venezuela's interim president.{{Cite news |first=Alex |last=Daugherty |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article225071465.html |title=New liberals in Congress call Trump's Venezuela action 'a U.S. backed coup' |newspaper=The Miami Herald |date=January 25, 2019 |access-date=April 5, 2019 |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301154650/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article225071465.html |url-status=live }} She described Trump's action as a "U.S. backed coup" and said that the U.S. should not "hand pick" foreign leaders{{cite news|last=Bowden|first=John|title=New Dem Rep. Omar: US shouldn't 'hand pick' leaders in Venezuela or support 'coup' attempt|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/426988-dem-rep-us-shouldnt-hand-pick-leaders-in-venezuela-or-support-coup|work=The Hill|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=January 26, 2019|archive-date=February 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203180930/https://thehill.com/policy/international/426988-dem-rep-us-shouldnt-hand-pick-leaders-in-venezuela-or-support-coup|url-status=live}} and should support "Mexico, Uruguay & the Vatican's efforts to facilitate a peaceful dialogue." In response to criticisms of her comments, Omar wrote that "No one is defending Maduro" and that opposing US intervention is not the equivalent of supporting the existing leadership of a country.{{cite web | title=Posts Distort Democrats' Positions on Venezuela, China, Iran | website=FactCheck.org | date=January 21, 2020 |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/posts-distort-democrats-positions-on-venezuela-china-iran/ | first=Angelo | last=Fichera | access-date=July 18, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801213524/https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/posts-distort-democrats-positions-on-venezuela-china-iran/ | url-status=live }}

In February 2019, Omar questioned whether Elliott Abrams, whom Trump appointed as Special Representative for Venezuela in January 2019, was the correct choice given his past support of right-wing authoritarian regimes in El Salvador and Guatemala, his initial doubts about the number of reported deaths in the El Mozote massacre in 1982, and his two 1991 misdemeanor convictions for withholding information from Congress about the Iran–Contra affair, for which he was later pardoned by George H. W. Bush.{{cite news |last=Bonner |first=Raymond |date=February 15, 2019 |title=What Did Elliott Abrams Have to Do With the El Mozote Massacre? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/ilhan-omar-elliott-abrams-and-el-mozote-massacre/582889/ |work=The Atlantic |access-date=February 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312175240/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/ilhan-omar-elliott-abrams-and-el-mozote-massacre/582889/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Hansler |first=Jennifer |date=February 13, 2019 |title=Venezuela special envoy, Rep. Omar have contentious exchange over human rights |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/politics/abrams-omar-venezuela-hearing/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=February 17, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090017/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/politics/abrams-omar-venezuela-hearing/index.html |url-status=live }}

In May 2019, Omar said in an interview on Democracy Now! that she believed U.S. foreign policy and economic sanctions are aimed at regime change and have contributed to the "devastation in Venezuela".{{cite news |last=Mindock |first=Clark |date=May 2, 2019 |title=Ilhan Omar says US 'helped lead devastation in Venezuela' through regime change sanctions |url=https://news.yahoo.com/ilhan-omar-says-us-helped-170322174.html |work=Yahoo! News |access-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506152939/https://news.yahoo.com/ilhan-omar-says-us-helped-170322174.html |url-status=live }}

On February 4, 2014, Omar was attacked and wounded by multiple attendees during a DFL caucus for Minnesota's House of Representatives District 60B.{{cite web|url=https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2014/02/allegations-threats-bullying-follow-cedar-riverside-caucus-brawl/|title=Allegations of threats, bullying follow Cedar-Riverside caucus brawl|date=February 18, 2014|author=James Nord and Briana Bierschbach|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501163147/https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2014/02/allegations-threats-bullying-follow-cedar-riverside-caucus-brawl/|url-status=live}} She was organizing the event and was a policy aide to Minneapolis City Councilman Andrew Johnson at the time. She sustained a concussion and was sent to the hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/02/19/caucus-battle-delayed-by-scuffle-resumes-tonight|title=Caucus battle delayed by scuffle resumes tonight|date=February 19, 2014|author=Laura Yuen|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017090107/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/02/19/caucus-battle-delayed-by-scuffle-resumes-tonight|url-status=live}}

In February 2019, the FBI arrested United States Coast Guard Lieutenant Christopher Paul Hasson, who was allegedly plotting to assassinate various journalists and political figures in the United States, including Omar. According to prosecutors, Hasson is a self-described "long time White Nationalist" and former skinhead who wanted to use violence to "establish a white homeland." Prosecutors also alleged that Hasson was in contact with an American neo-Nazi leader, stockpiled weapons, and compiled a hit list.{{Cite news |url=http://www.fox9.com/news/rep-ilhan-omar-on-hit-list-of-coast-guard-lieutenant-arrested-last-week |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar on hit list of Coast Guard lieutenant arrested last week |date=February 20, 2019 |publisher=KMSP-TV |location=Minneapolis |access-date=March 6, 2019 |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307054228/http://www.fox9.com/news/rep-ilhan-omar-on-hit-list-of-coast-guard-lieutenant-arrested-last-week |url-status=live }}

On April 7, 2019, Patrick Carlineo Jr., was arrested for threatening to assault and murder Omar in a phone call to her office. He reportedly told investigators that he did not want Muslims in the government.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/7/18299172/trump-ilhan-omar-anti-semitism-jewish-republicans|title=Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar hours after a supporter was charged with threatening to kill her|last=Sakuma|first=Amanda|date=April 7, 2019|website=Vox|access-date=April 7, 2019|archive-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407175919/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/7/18299172/trump-ilhan-omar-anti-semitism-jewish-republicans|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/07/trump-islamophobia-ilhan-omar-alexandria-ocasio-cortez|title=Trump under fire over Islamophobia after man threatens to kill Ilhan Omar|last=Pilkington|first=Ed|date=April 7, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 7, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407180635/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/07/trump-islamophobia-ilhan-omar-alexandria-ocasio-cortez|url-status=live}} In May 2019, Carlineo was released from custody and placed on house arrest.{{cite web |title=Steuben Co. man accused of threatening Rep. Omar placed on home detention |url=https://13wham.com/news/local/steuben-co-man-accused-of-threatening-congresswoman-placed-on-home-confinement |publisher=WHAM-TV |access-date=May 7, 2019 |date=May 3, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507203053/https://13wham.com/news/local/steuben-co-man-accused-of-threatening-congresswoman-placed-on-home-confinement |url-status=live }} He pleaded guilty to the offense on November 19.{{cite news |last1=Bekiempis |first1=Victoria |title=Ilhan Omar's Republican opponent banned from Twitter over 'hanging' post |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/28/ilhan-omar-republican-opponent-banned-twitter-hanging-danielle-stella |access-date=November 28, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=November 28, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128212049/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/28/ilhan-omar-republican-opponent-banned-twitter-hanging-danielle-stella |url-status=live }} Omar asked the court to be lenient with him.{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Shanahan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/nyregion/ilhan-omar-patrick-carlineo-threat.html |title=Man Who Threatened to 'Put a Bullet' in Rep. Omar Pleads Guilty |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 19, 2019 |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206124434/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/nyregion/ilhan-omar-patrick-carlineo-threat.html |url-status=live }}

In April 2019, Omar said that she had received more death threats after Trump made comments about her and 9/11, "many directly referencing or replying to the president's video".{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Tom |title=Ilhan Omar has had spike in death threats since Trump attack over 9/11 comment |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/14/ilhan-omar-trump-9-11-september |website=The Guardian |access-date=August 30, 2019 |date=April 15, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829140206/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/14/ilhan-omar-trump-9-11-september |url-status=live }} In August 2019, she published an anonymous threat she had received of being shot at the Minnesota State Fair, saying that such threats were why she now had security protection.{{cite web |title=Ilhan Omar reveals racist threat to shoot her at state fair |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49513194 |website=BBC News |access-date=August 30, 2019 |date=August 29, 2019 |archive-date=August 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830012555/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49513194 |url-status=live }} In September 2019, she asserted Trump was putting her life in danger by retweeting a tweet falsely claiming she had "partied on the anniversary of 9/11".{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediaite.com/trump/ilhan-omar-accuses-trump-of-putting-her-life-in-danger-after-he-retweets-false-claim-she-partied-on-9-11/ |work=Mediaite |first=Ken |last=Meyer |title=Ilhan Omar Accuses Trump of Putting Her Life in Danger After He Retweets False Claim She Partied on 9/11 |date=September 18, 2019 |access-date=September 18, 2019 |archive-date=September 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921153135/https://www.mediaite.com/trump/ilhan-omar-accuses-trump-of-putting-her-life-in-danger-after-he-retweets-false-claim-she-partied-on-9-11/ |url-status=live }}

Two Republican candidates for congressional office have called for Omar's execution.{{cite news |first=Moustafa |last=Bayoumi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/06/republicans-lhan-omar-threat |title=Are the Republicans trying to get Ilhan Omar killed? |work=The Guardian |date=December 6, 2019 |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206124422/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/06/republicans-lhan-omar-threat |url-status=live }} In November 2019, Danielle Stella, Omar's Republican opponent for Congress, was banned from Twitter for suggesting that Omar be hanged for treason if found guilty of passing information to Iran. In December 2019, George Buck, another Republican running for Congress, also suggested that Omar be hanged for treason. In response, Buck was removed from the National Republican Congressional Committee's Young Guns program.{{cite news |last1=Milman |first1=Oliver |title=Florida Republican condemned for suggesting Ilhan Omar be executed for treason |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/04/ilhan-omar-republican-treason-attack-condemnation |access-date=December 4, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=December 4, 2019 |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204200236/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/04/ilhan-omar-republican-treason-attack-condemnation |url-status=live }} Neither candidate won their primary election.{{cite web|title=Official Canvassing Report|url=https://officialdocuments.sos.state.mn.us/Files/GetDocument/124103|website=Minnesota Secretary of State|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509023537/https://officialdocuments.sos.state.mn.us/Files/GetDocument/124103|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Florida Primary Election Results: 13th Congressional District |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/18/us/elections/results-florida-house-district-13-primary-election.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=July 30, 2022 |date=September 2, 2020 |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730152528/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/18/us/elections/results-florida-house-district-13-primary-election.html |url-status=live }}

On July 14, 2019, Trump tweeted that The Squad—a group that consists of Omar and three other young congresswomen of color, most of whom were born and raised in the U.S.—should "go back" to the "places from which they came".{{cite news |last1=LeMire |first1=Jonathan |last2=Woodward |first2=Calvin |title=Leave the US, Trump tells liberal congresswomen of color |url=https://www.apnews.com/728ada1e918a482c9e9b1f3e24937caa |website=Associated Press |date=July 14, 2019 |access-date=July 19, 2019 |archive-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714232039/https://www.apnews.com/728ada1e918a482c9e9b1f3e24937caa |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/us/politics/trump-twitter-squad-congress.html |title=Trump Tells Congresswomen to 'Go Back' to the Countries They Came From |first1=Katie |last1=Rogers |first2=Nicholas |last2=Fandos |authorlink2=Nicholas Fandos |newspaper=the New York Times |date=July 14, 2019 |access-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110074019/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/us/politics/trump-twitter-squad-congress.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Trump under fire for racially-charged tweets against congresswomen |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48982172 |website=BBC News |date=July 15, 2019 |access-date=July 19, 2019 |archive-date=October 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003224200/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48982172 |url-status=live }} In response, Omar said Trump was "stoking white nationalism" because he was "angry that people like us are serving in Congress and fighting against your hate-filled agenda." Two days later, the House of Representatives voted 240–187 to condemn Trump's "racist comments".{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/16/742236610/condemnation-of-president-delayed-by-debate-can-lawmakers-call-trump-tweets-raci|title=House Votes To Condemn Trump's 'Racist Comments'|last=Mak|first=Tim|date=July 16, 2019|work=NPR|access-date=July 17, 2019|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809040824/https://www.npr.org/2019/07/16/742236610/condemnation-of-president-delayed-by-debate-can-lawmakers-call-trump-tweets-raci|url-status=live}} On July 17, it was reported that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lists the phrase "Go back to where you came from" as an example of "harassment based on national origin".{{cite web |last1=Silverstein |first1=Jason |title=Federal agency: "Go back to where you came from" is discrimination |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eeoc-go-back-where-you-came-from-discrimination-federal-law-trump-tweets/ |website=CBS News |access-date=July 18, 2019 |date=July 17, 2019 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717235246/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eeoc-go-back-where-you-came-from-discrimination-federal-law-trump-tweets/ |url-status=live }}

At a July 17 campaign rally in North Carolina, Trump made additional comments about The Squad: "They never have anything good to say. That's why I say, 'Hey if you don't like it, let 'em leave, let 'em leave{{' "}}, and "I think in some cases they hate our country".{{cite web |last1=Reichmann |first1=Deb |title=Trump slams congresswomen; crowd roars, 'Send her back!' |url=https://www.apnews.com/eb7f2bf6a7bd41e282a95dcf3904a877 |website=Associated Press |access-date=July 18, 2019 |date=July 17, 2019 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718002755/https://apnews.com/eb7f2bf6a7bd41e282a95dcf3904a877 |url-status=live }} He made a series of false and misleading claims about Omar, including allegations that she had praised al-Qaeda and "smeared" American soldiers who had fought in the Battle of Mogadishu by bringing up the numerous Somali civilian casualties.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/us/politics/trump-ilhan-omar-fact-check.html |first=Linda |last=Qiu |date=July 18, 2019 |title=Examining Trump's Claims About Representative Ilhan Omar |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017040054/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/us/politics/trump-ilhan-omar-fact-check.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Greenberg |first1=Jon |last2=Sherman |first2=Amy |title=Fact-checking Trump's misleading attacks on Omar, Ocasio-Cortez in North Carolina |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/18/fact-checking-trumps-misleading-attacks-omar-ocasi/ |date=July 18, 2019 |access-date=December 28, 2020 |archive-date=December 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226091743/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/18/fact-checking-trumps-misleading-attacks-omar-ocasi/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Aratani |first1=Lauren |title=How Trump distorts facts to make Ilhan Omar seem like an enemy to the US |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/18/trump-ilhan-omar-attacks-factcheck |website=The Guardian |access-date=July 22, 2019 |date=July 18, 2019 |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721115908/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/18/trump-ilhan-omar-attacks-factcheck |url-status=live }} The crowd reacted by chanting, "Send her back, Send her back."{{cite web |last1=Yen |first1=Hope |last2=Seitz |first2=Amanda |title=Trump goes after Omar at rally |url=https://www.apnews.com/e6690d5b6e8c496580e2dc0cc78c2f17 |website=Associated Press |access-date=July 18, 2019 |date=July 18, 2019 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718030722/https://www.apnews.com/e6690d5b6e8c496580e2dc0cc78c2f17 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=McDonald |first1=Scott |title=Trump Slams Progressive Democrat Women, Talks 'Bulls**t' at North Carolina Rally |url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-progressive-democrat-women-talks-bullst-north-carolina-rally-1449883 |website=Newsweek |access-date=July 18, 2019 |date=July 17, 2019 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718034057/https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-progressive-democrat-women-talks-bullst-north-carolina-rally-1449883 |url-status=live }} Trump later called the crowd "incredible people, incredible patriots" and accused Omar of racism and antisemitism.{{Citation|last=Guardian News|title=Trump praises 'incredible' crowds after racist chanting at Ilhan Omar|date=July 19, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=hlEyY8eFy14|access-date=July 19, 2019|archive-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314055213/https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=hlEyY8eFy14|url-status=live}} On July 19, he falsely claimed that Omar and the rest of The Squad had used the term "evil Jews".{{cite web |title=Trump falsely claims Democratic congresswomen spoke of 'evil Jews' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-falsely-claims-democratic-congresswomen-spoke-of-evil-jews/ |date=July 20, 2019 |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720091335/https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-falsely-claims-democratic-congresswomen-spoke-of-evil-jews/ |url-status=live }}

Foreign media has widely covered Trump's remarks about Omar and The Squad. The social media hashtag #IStandWithIlhanOmar was soon trending in the United States and other countries. Many foreign politicians condemned Trump's comments. On July 19, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "I reject [Trump's comments] and stand in solidarity with the congresswomen he targeted."{{cite news |title=Angela Merkel says she rejects Trump's racist remarks, stands 'in solidarity' with Ilhan Omar |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/18/trump-supporters-chanted-send-her-back-around-world-others-said-istandwithilhan/ |first1=Jennifer |last1=Hassan |first2=Kayla |last2=Epstein |first3=Adam |last3=Taylor |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 20, 2019 |date=July 18, 2019 |archive-date=July 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719153440/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/18/trump-supporters-chanted-send-her-back-around-world-others-said-istandwithilhan/ |url-status=live }}

Omar has frequently been the target of online hate speech.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/14/ilhan-omar-republicans-silence|title=Ilhan Omar has become the target of a dangerous hate campaign|last=Bayoumi|first=Moustafa|date=April 14, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 2, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214229/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/14/ilhan-omar-republicans-silence|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/20/ilhan-omar-facebook-hamas-aipac/|title=Facebook won't take down an ad that Rep. Ilhan Omar's office says could lead to harassment and death threats|last1=Zakrzewski|first1=Cat|last2=Romm|first2=Tony|date=May 20, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 2, 2021|archive-date=May 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524030856/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/20/ilhan-omar-facebook-hamas-aipac/|url-status=live}} According to a study by the Social Science Research Council of more than 113,000 tweets about Muslim candidates in the weeks leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, Omar "was the prime target. Roughly half of the 90,000 tweets mentioning her included hate speech or Islamophobic or anti-immigrant language."{{cite news|access-date=June 11, 2021|title=Twitter fueled attacks on Muslim candidates in 2018, study finds|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/twitter-fueled-attacks-on-muslim-candidates-in-2018-study-finds/2019/11/04/be0bf432-ff51-11e9-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post|issn=0190-8286|via=www.washingtonpost.com|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624225948/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/twitter-fueled-attacks-on-muslim-candidates-in-2018-study-finds/2019/11/04/be0bf432-ff51-11e9-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first1=Lawrence|last1=Pintak|first2=Jonathan|last2=Albright|first3=Brian J.|last3=Bowe|title=The Online Cacophony of Hate Against Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib|journal=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/opinion/ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127215513/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/opinion/ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage|url-status=live}} According to the study, "Key themes included Muslims as subhumans or 'Trojan horses' seeking to impose Shariah law on America.... A large proportion of these trolls were likely bots or automated accounts run by people, organizations or state actors seeking to spread political propaganda and hate speech. That's based on telltale iconography, naming patterns, webs of linkages and the breadth of the postelection scrubbing."

On April 11, 2019, the front page of the New York Post carried an image of the World Trade Center burning following the September 11 terrorist attacks and a quotation from a speech Omar gave the previous month. The headline read, "REP. ILHAN OMAR: 9/11 WAS 'SOME PEOPLE DID SOMETHING{{'"}}, and a caption underneath added, "Here's your something ... 2,977 people dead by terrorism."{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/cover/covers-for-thursday-april-11-2019/ |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar: 9/11 was 'Some people did something ... Here's your something ... 2,977 people dead by terrorism. |date=April 16, 2019 |work=The New York Post |access-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430005841/https://nypost.com/cover/covers-for-thursday-april-11-2019/ |url-status=live }} The Post was quoting a speech Omar had given at a recent Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) meeting. In the speech Omar said, "CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us [Muslims in the U.S.] were starting to lose access to our civil liberties." (CAIR was founded in 1994, but many new members joined after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.){{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/14/ilhan-omar-trump-9-11-september|title=Ilhan Omar: White House escalates Trump attack over 9/11 comment|last=McCarthy|first=Tom|date=April 14, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 14, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414181358/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/14/ilhan-omar-trump-9-11-september|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Ingber |first1=Sasha |title='New York Post' Denounced For Publishing Sept. 11 Photo With Rep. Ilhan Omar's Words |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/04/12/712643034/new-york-post-denounced-for-publishing-sept-11-photo-with-rep-ilhan-omar-words |website=NPR |access-date=April 14, 2019 |date=April 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413153950/https://www.npr.org/2019/04/12/712643034/new-york-post-denounced-for-publishing-sept-11-photo-with-rep-ilhan-omar-words |url-status=live }}

On April 12, President Trump retweeted a video that edited Omar's remarks to remove context, showing her saying, "Some people did something."{{cite web |title=The 9/11 row embroiling a US congresswoman |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47923753 |website=BBC.com |access-date=April 16, 2019 |date=April 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416101656/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47923753 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Gigi |last=Sukin |url=https://www.axios.com/trump-tweets-video-edited-to-suggest-omar-dismissive-of-91-1555111675-b1673681-6863-49b5-8af8-51733f9b9e77.html |title=Trump tweets altered video of Ilhan Omar belittling 9/11 |work=Axios |date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416223355/https://www.axios.com/trump-tweets-video-edited-to-suggest-omar-dismissive-of-91-1555111675-b1673681-6863-49b5-8af8-51733f9b9e77.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/inciting-violence-trump-retweets-edited-video-of-ilhan-omar-s-9-11-remarks-1.7111720 |agency=Associated Press |title='Inciting Violence': Trump Retweets Edited Video of Ilhan Omar's 9/11 'Something' Remarks |work=Haaretz |date=April 13, 2019 |access-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416153045/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/inciting-violence-trump-retweets-edited-video-of-ilhan-omar-s-9-11-remarks-1.7111720 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Gabriela |last=Resto-Montero |url=https://www.vox.com/2019/4/13/18309127/democrats-trump-ilhan-omar-tweet-9-11 |title=Democrats unite to condemn Trump tweet linking Ilhan Omar and 9/11 |work=Vox.com |date=April 13, 2019 |access-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416092254/https://www.vox.com/2019/4/13/18309127/democrats-trump-ilhan-omar-tweet-9-11 |url-status=live }} Some Democratic representatives condemned Trump's retweet, predicting that it would incite violence and hatred. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Trump to "take down his disrespectful and dangerous video" and asked the U.S. Capitol Police to increase its protection of Omar.{{cite news |last1=Sonmez |first1=Felicia |title=Pelosi asks Capitol Police to step up security for Omar after Trump's 9/11 tweet |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-asks-capitol-police-to-step-up-security-for-omar-after-trumps-911-tweet/2019/04/14/8edba93a-5ee5-11e9-bfad-36a7eb36cb60_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 15, 2019 |date=April 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414222143/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-asks-capitol-police-to-step-up-security-for-omar-after-trumps-911-tweet/2019/04/14/8edba93a-5ee5-11e9-bfad-36a7eb36cb60_story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title='Disgusting, dangerous': Trump slammed over 9/11 Ilhan Omar tweet |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/dangerous-trump-slammed-911-ilhan-omar-tweet-190414173455328.html |work=Al Jazeera |access-date=April 15, 2019 |date=April 15, 2019 |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415002757/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/dangerous-trump-slammed-911-ilhan-omar-tweet-190414173455328.html |url-status=live }}

Speaking at an April 30 protest by black women calling for formal censure of Trump,{{cite news |last=Christian |first=Tayana A. |title=Black Women Leaders Come Together In Defense Of Rep. Ilhan Omar |url=https://www.essence.com/news/black-women-leaders-come-together-in-defense-of-rep-ilhan-omar/ |work=Essence |date=May 1, 2019 |access-date=June 15, 2019 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502235242/https://www.essence.com/news/black-women-leaders-come-together-in-defense-of-rep-ilhan-omar/ |url-status=live }} Omar blamed Trump and his allies for inciting Americans against both Jews and Muslims.{{cite news |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar calls out Trump at 'Black Women in Defense of Ilhan Omar' event in Washington DC |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/rep-ilhan-omar-calls-out-trump-at-black-women-in-defense-of-ilhan-omar-event-in-washington-dc-1515142211524 |work=NBC News |date=April 30, 2019 |language=en |access-date=June 15, 2019 |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508200345/https://www.nbcnews.com/video/rep-ilhan-omar-calls-out-trump-at-black-women-in-defense-of-ilhan-omar-event-in-washington-dc-1515142211524 |url-status=live }}

In November 2021, Republican Representative Lauren Boebert said she had shared an elevator with Omar, and that she and a Capitol Police officer both mistook Omar for a terrorist. Boebert referred to Omar as the "Jihad Squad".{{cite web |last1=Pengelly |first1=Martin |title=Ilhan Omar: Lauren Boebert's 'Jihad Squad' bigotry is 'no laughing matter' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/27/ilhan-omar-lauren-boebert-bigotry-republicans-trump-pelosi-mccarthy |website=The Guardian |access-date=November 27, 2021 |date=November 27, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127131713/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/27/ilhan-omar-lauren-boebert-bigotry-republicans-trump-pelosi-mccarthy |url-status=live }} Omar said that she had not shared an elevator with Boebert, that the story was made up, and that Boebert's comments were "anti-Muslim bigotry".{{cite web |title=Rep. Boebert apologizes after suggesting Rep. Omar mistaken for a terrorist in Capitol |last1=Gomez |first1=Henry J. |last2=Haake |first2=Garrett |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-boebert-appears-video-suggest-rep-omar-mistaken-terrorist-capitol-n1284677 |website=NBC News |date=November 26, 2021 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127043146/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-boebert-appears-video-suggest-rep-omar-mistaken-terrorist-capitol-n1284677 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Kaczynski |first1=Andrew |title=Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar was terrorist in anti-Muslim remarks at event |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/26/politics/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-anti-muslim-comments/index.html |website=CNN |date=November 27, 2021 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127220843/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/26/politics/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-anti-muslim-comments/index.html |url-status=live }}

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

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| title = Minnesota's 5th congressional district Democratic primary, 2020{{cite web |title=Ilhan Omar |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Ilhan_Omar |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025220229/https://ballotpedia.org/Ilhan_Omar |url-status=live }}

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 92,443

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| candidate = Antone Melton-Meaux

| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 63,059

| percentage = 39.2

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 2,497

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 1,792

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 1,147

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

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| candidate = Lacy Johnson

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 102,878

| percentage = 25.8

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| party = Legal Marijuana Now Party

| votes = 37,979

| percentage = 9.5

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| party = Green Party of Minnesota

| votes = 34

| percentage = 0.0

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| title = Minnesota's 5th congressional district Democratic primary, 2022{{cite web |title=Results for U.S. Representative District 5 |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=148&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=560 |website=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810044711/https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=148&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=560 |url-status=live }}

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 57,683

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| candidate = Don Samuels

| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 55,217

| percentage = 48.2

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 671

| percentage = 0.6

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 519

| percentage = 0.5

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| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 477

| percentage = 0.4

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| percentage =100.0

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| title = Minnesota's 5th congressional district, 2022{{cite web |title=Results for U.S. Representative District 5 |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=149&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=560 |website=Minnesota Secretary of State |date=December 16, 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331164824/https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=149&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=560 |url-status=live }}

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

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| percentage = 24.5

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Omar received the 2015 Community Leadership Award from Mshale, an African immigrant media outlet based in Minneapolis. The prize is awarded annually on a readership basis.{{cite news |url=http://mshale.com/2015/10/23/african-diaspora-shines-african-awards-gala/ |title=African diaspora shines at the African Awards Gala |first=Kari |last=Mugo |date=October 23, 2015 |newspaper=Mshale |access-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210125042/https://mshale.com/2015/10/23/african-diaspora-shines-african-awards-gala/ |url-status=live }}

In 2017, Time magazine named Omar among its "Firsts: Women who are changing the world," a special report on 46 women who broke barriers in their respective disciplines, and featured her on the cover of its September 18 issue.{{cite news |last=Delage |first=Jaime |title=Minneapolis Rep. Ilhan Omar featured on Time Magazine cover |url=http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/07/minneapolis-rep-ilhan-omar-featured-on-time-magazine-cover/ |access-date=September 8, 2017 |work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press |location=St. Paul, Minn. |date=September 7, 2017 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306234747/https://www.twincities.com/2017/09/07/minneapolis-rep-ilhan-omar-featured-on-time-magazine-cover/ |url-status=live }} Her family was named one of the "five families who are changing the world as we know it" by Vogue in their February 2018 issue featuring photographs by Annie Leibovitz.{{cite magazine |title=5 Families Who Are Changing The World as We Know It |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/families-changing-the-world-vogue-february-2018-issue |magazine=Vogue |date=January 11, 2018 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401134215/https://www.vogue.com/article/families-changing-the-world-vogue-february-2018-issue |url-status=live }}

In 2018, Omar was featured in the music video for Maroon 5's "Girls Like You" featuring Cardi B.{{Cite web |url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/05/31/ilhan-omar-maroon-5-video/ |title=Rep. Omar Appears In New Maroon 5 Music Video |date=May 31, 2018 |access-date=February 6, 2019 |website=CBS Minnesota |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020225/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/05/31/ilhan-omar-maroon-5-video/ |url-status=live }}

The 2018 documentary film Time for Ilhan (directed by Norah Shapiro, produced by Jennifer Steinman Sternin and Chris Newberry) chronicles Omar's political campaign.{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/time-ilhan-1106571 |title='Time for Ilhan': Film Review {{!}} Tribeca 2018 |last=Scheck |first=Frank |date=April 27, 2018 |work=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926121802/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/time-ilhan-1106571 |url-status=live }} It was selected to show at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Mill Valley Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/time-for-ilhan-2018|title=Time for Ilhan | Tribeca Film Festival|website=Tribeca|access-date=December 24, 2019|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224193153/https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/time-for-ilhan-2018|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mvff.com/guests/|title=guests – Mill Valley Film Festival|website=www.mvff.com|access-date=December 24, 2019|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612035717/https://www.mvff.com/guests/|url-status=live}}

Following a July 2019 tweet by Trump that The Squad—a group that consists of Omar and three other congresswomen of color who were born in the United States—should "go back" to the "places from which they came", Omar and the other members of the Squad held a press conference that was taped by CNN and posted to social media.

{{cite web |work=U.S. Capitol, House Radio and Television Gallery |date=July 15, 2019 |title=Representatives Omar, Pressley, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib News Conference |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?462678-1/representatives-omar-pressley-ocasio-cortez-tlaib-respond-president-trump |via=C-SPAN |access-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717075917/https://www.c-span.org/video/?462678-1/representatives-omar-pressley-ocasio-cortez-tlaib-respond-president-trump |url-status=live }}

On October 19, 2020, Omar joined Ocasio-Cortez, Disguised Toast, Jacksepticeye, and Pokimane in a Twitch stream playing the popular game Among Us, encouraging streamers to vote in the 2020 election. This collaboration garnered almost half a million views.{{Cite web|title=The gaming PC that Rep. Ilhan Omar used to stream video games with AOC is almost certainly more powerful than yours|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ilhan-omar-gaming-pc-specs-aoc-among-us-twitch-2020-10|access-date=October 22, 2020|website=Business Insider|last=Gilbert|first=Ben|date=October 21, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022085549/https://www.businessinsider.com/ilhan-omar-gaming-pc-specs-aoc-among-us-twitch-2020-10|url-status=live}}

In 2002, Omar became engaged to Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi (né Aden). She has said they had an unofficial, faith-based Islamic marriage. The couple had two children together, including Isra Hirsi, one of the three principal organizers of the school strike for climate in the US.{{cite news |last1=Borunda |first1=Alexandra |date=March 13, 2019 |title=These young activists are striking to save their planet from climate change |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/03/youth-climate-strike-kids-save-the-world/ |work=National Geographic |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214005005/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/03/youth-climate-strike-kids-save-the-world/ |url-status=dead }} Omar has said that she and Hirsi divorced within their faith tradition in 2008.

In 2009, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British Somali. According to Omar, in 2011 she and Elmi had a faith-based divorce and she reconciled with Hirsi, with whom she had a third child in 2012.{{cite news |title=DFL candidate Ilhan Omar explains marital history in statement |website=FOX 9 |publisher=KMSP-TV |location=Minneapolis |url=http://www.fox9.com/news/dlf-candidate-ilhan-omar-clarifies-marital-history-in-response-to-questions |access-date=August 9, 2018 |archive-date=April 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405105840/https://www.fox9.com/news/dlf-candidate-ilhan-omar-clarifies-marital-history-in-response-to-questions |url-status=live }} In 2017, Elmi and Omar legally divorced, and Omar and Hirsi legally married in 2018. On October 7, 2019, Omar filed for divorce from Hirsi, citing an "irretrievable breakdown" of the marriage.{{cite news |title=Minnesota Rep. Omar files for divorce from husband |url=https://apnews.com/30367c6488784d84a2c29ea22a40a993 |first=Amy |last=Forliti |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Associated Press |date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007181147/https://www.apnews.com/30367c6488784d84a2c29ea22a40a993 |url-status=live }} The divorce was finalized on November 5, 2019.

In March 2020, Omar married Tim Mynett, a political consultant whose political consulting firm, the E Street Group, received $2.78 million in contracts from Omar's campaign during the 2020 cycle.{{cite web |title=Rep. Ilhan Omar – Minnesota District 05 |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/ilhan-omar/expenditures?cid=N00043581&cycle=2020 |website=OpenSecrets |access-date=December 13, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101022117/https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/ilhan-omar/expenditures?cid=N00043581&cycle=2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite news | last = Helsel | first = Phil | title = 'Got married!' Rep. Ilhan Omar says in announcing wedding to political consultant | date = March 11, 2020 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/got-married-u-s-rep-ilhan-omar-says-announcing-wedding-n1156221 | work = NBC News | access-date = March 12, 2020 | archive-date = March 13, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313021023/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/got-married-u-s-rep-ilhan-omar-says-announcing-wedding-n1156221 | url-status = live }}{{Cite news|last=Forliti|first=Amy|date=March 12, 2020|title=Omar marries political consultant, months after affair claim|url=https://apnews.com/article/c1a31dbcc7adcf48667f799403873406|work=Associated Press|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=December 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219162311/https://apnews.com/article/c1a31dbcc7adcf48667f799403873406|url-status=live}} The campaign's contract with Mynett's firm became a focus of criticism by her Democratic primary opponent and conservative critics that received significant local and national media attention.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Michelle Ye Hee |title=Omar's marriage to political consultant draws renewed scrutiny of campaign spending |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/omars-marriage-to-political-consultant-draws-renewed-criticism-of-campaign-spending/2020/03/13/a4311ea4-6543-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html |date=March 14, 2020 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215063400/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/omars-marriage-to-political-consultant-draws-renewed-criticism-of-campaign-spending/2020/03/13/a4311ea4-6543-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Ilhan Omar Attack Ad Goes After $1.1M In Campaign Funds Paid To Her Husband's Firm |url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/07/22/new-ilhan-omar-attack-ad-goes-after-1-1m-in-campaign-funds-paid-to-her-husbands-firm/ |access-date=December 13, 2020 |work=WCCO CBS Minnesota |agency=CBS News |date=July 22, 2020 |archive-date=December 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220231937/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/07/22/new-ilhan-omar-attack-ad-goes-after-1-1m-in-campaign-funds-paid-to-her-husbands-firm/ |url-status=live }} On November 17, 2020, Omar's campaign terminated its contract with Mynett's firm, saying the termination was to "make sure that anybody who is supporting our campaign with their time or financial support feels there is no perceived issue with that support."{{cite news |last1=Montemayor |first1=Stephen |title=U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar severs financial ties with husband's political firm |url=https://www.startribune.com/u-s-rep-ilhan-omar-severs-financial-ties-with-husband-s-political-firm/573094641/ |date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |work=Star Tribune |archive-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212230623/https://www.startribune.com/u-s-rep-ilhan-omar-severs-financial-ties-with-husband-s-political-firm/573094641/ |url-status=live }}

In 2020, HarperCollins published Omar's memoir, This Is What America Looks Like, written with Rebecca Paley.{{Cite news |last1=Jha |first1=Aditya Mani |title=Aditya Mani Jha reviews This Is What America Looks Like, by Ilhan Omar with Rebecca Paley |work=The Hindu |date=2020-08-01 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/this-is-what-america-looks-like-review-a-rare-political-memoir-that-does-not-read-like-public-relations/article32237452.ece |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |df=mdy-all |access-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205171624/https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/this-is-what-america-looks-like-review-a-rare-political-memoir-that-does-not-read-like-public-relations/article32237452.ece |url-status=live }}

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