Questions that the establishment media will never ask are now being asked in an important new book: American Ingrate: Ilhan Omar and the Progressive-Islamist Takeover of the Democratic Party by Benjamin Weingarten. And here is Weingarten detailing some of Ilhan Omar’s highly questionable dealings with rapidly re-Islamizing Turkey.
“Ilhan Omar’s appalling ‘collusion’ with Turkey’s tyrant,” by Benjamin Weingarten, New York Post, February 25, 2020:
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s mandate defined “collusion” as “links and/or coordination” with foreign powers. Democrats and their media allies tried and failed to hang the charge around President Trump’s neck. But one of their own darlings, Rep. Ilhan Omar, has inarguably colluded with an unsavory Islamist regime: Turkey’s.
In fall 2017, Omar, then a state representative, attended a closed meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. According to a report since deleted from a Somali-language periodical, Omar and the Islamist strongman discussed “issues involving Omar’s native Somalia and issues for Somalis in Minnesota. … The meeting ended with Erdogan asking Omar to voice her support for Turkey.”
A month later, Omar would take to Twitter to praise Turkey for providing airlifts for Somalis injured in a Mogadishu truck bombing.
Given recent concerns over foreign influence, one might ask: Why was this state representative meeting with the leader of an increasingly anti-American regime? With what authority was she negotiating Turkish-Somali relations or any foreign-relations matters?
Several months prior to the Erdogan sit-down, Omar and her then-husband, Ahmed Hirsi, met with Umat Acar, then the Turkish consul general in Chicago. Hirsi memorialized the meeting on Facebook, writing: “Turkey has been a friend to Somalis everywhere, and I look forward helping [sic] expanding our friendship for decades to come.” Acar would host Omar again in September 2018, according to social media, after she won the Democratic nomination to run for the House in her district….
In January 2019, the US-based, Turkish-state-funded Islamic Diyanet Center of America reported that several of its senior members had met with Reps. Omar and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, congratulating the two new Muslim members of Congress and adding that it looked forward to “fostering a relationship between our institutions.”…
Hugh Fitzgerald says
For Ilhan Omar, it’s all about the benjamins.
mortimer says
Yes, cui bono? Forensic audit needed.
Koit Pärn says
Muslim Brotherhood…
underbed cat says
Curious did they meet in the Turkish mosque in Maryland?
Mural says
The Imam of Peace, in his recent book, mentioned that Islamists are highly organised and know how to attack the weak points of infidels and take the aid of Useful idiots. In this case, Ilhan is that useful idiot.
Ilhan would have been stoned to death for her infidelity in a Islamic country. Here, She is a triple threat : Black, Muslim and a woman. . Hence the face of the spear campaign against Israel and Trump.
Infidel says
An useful idiot would be an unwitting infidel who buys into that islamic crap about the Palis being persecuted, and so on. Ilhan Omar is not an unwitting anything: she’s a very aggressive agent of islamic supremacy, and it shows. She’s exploited her position as a Black Muslim congresswoman to further woke islamic causes every step of the way. In the Foreign Relations committee, she’s consistently stood up for islam, be it vis a vis Israel, or India regarding their citizenship registry. And she’s active w/ CAIR and ISNA.
However, what gets me is Muslims seemingly looking the other way while she rents out her womb to Tim Mynette, who, the last time I checked, hadn’t converted to islam. As you point out, any Muslimah would be stoned to death in a Muslim country for such a crime
Jayell says
It looks like Omar is heavily into ‘having her cake and eating it’ as she throws her weight around using the race/religious minority card. The trouble is that you have to keep your nose fairly clean by not breaking the ground rules too much if you want to push your luck and play this game for as long as possible; otherwise you’re handing ammunition to your enemies to shoot you down. It takes a bit of intelligence to understand the art of pushing the limits and avoiding underestimating the opposition in order to avoid any dire consequences. I’m getting the impression that Omar is falling a bit short here and I’m surprised that the consequences haven’t arrived already.
Infidel says
Reason for that is that unlike other members of the squad, she’s genuinely dumb! Even Rashida Tlaib is a tad smarter than her
gravenimage says
Agreed, Infidel.
Giscard says
I do suppose that U S tax dollars paid for this!
Infidel says
Actually, Omar befriending Erdogan makes perfect sense. The Saudis wouldn’t touch her w/ a bargepole, since she’s an Abid (Arabic for the N-word), besides being woke. She can’t do much w/ the Iranians, since she’s a sunni and lower on the totem pole of their support. That just leaves Turkey, which has been trying to expand its credibility in islamic leadership, and which is therefore happy to entertain her. Hence their alliance.
Maybe like Alexander Vindman was offered the Defense Minister position in Ukraine, maybe Ilhan Omar can be offered the Foreign Minister of Somalia? If she does, she can negotiate in making Somalia a Turkish protectorate (since they obviously can’t self-govern) and complicating things for the Saudis in Yemen
Also, one piece of news up today – Trump administration to strip citizenship from foreign born criminals and terrorists. Maybe they could start w/ her, and send her packing back to Somalia.
Or Turkey, where she can then join Sultan Erdogan’s harem ?
Westman says
Abid means slave or worshipper. Muslims proudly refer to themselves as abid, the slaves of Allah. To us that would be pejorative, to them it is, sadly, a point of pride although it is actually a chain that retards both personal and community progress.
gravenimage says
Yes and no Westman–you are right about the “slave of Allah” thing but Muslims also use the term “abd” as a pejorative to refer to black people.
James Lincoln says
Infidel says,
“one piece of news up today – Trump administration to strip citizenship from foreign born criminals and terrorists. Maybe they could start w/ her, and send her packing back to Somalia.”
I will gladly fund a one-way plane ticket for her to Somalia…
Kilauea says
Why would Erdogan want to meet with her? It’s only a matter of time before she’s done.
Infidel says
He’s trying to gain the support of influential Muslims everywhere, that’s why. And Omar does have her influence amongst the American Muslim/Left alliance
gravenimage says
+1
tvfmontana says
Only Democrats? I think there’s also few Republicans. Like a former MT Congressman who has ties with Mongolia and heads Mercury LLC.
Rehberg attacks lobbyists, while son represents Mongolian government in D.C. | Local News | missoulian.com
By MATT GOURAS Associated Press
Oct 19, 2011
https://missoulian.com/news/local/rehberg-attacks-lobbyists-while-son-represents-mongolian-government-in-d/article_ba01d8bc-f9cd-11e0-b6d4-001cc4c002e0.html
Infidel says
Except that Mongolia is neither anti US nor is it even Muslim. Nor is it even communist: it followed Russia’s lead after 1991, and became an independent non-communist country. In fact, it’s one of the least Muslim countries on earth, regardless of what may have happened to the Ilkhanate, Chagatai and Golden Hordes
I do agree that lobbying is a problem and should be minimized, if not completely outlawed. However, being a lobbyist for countries that are either friends or neutral doesn’t come close to lobbying for countries downright hostile to the US, such as Turkey
gravenimage says
Mongolia is not an enemy of the United States, nor do Mongolians want to conquer and murder Americans as Muslims do.
elee says
Ive tried to get DOJ interested in her obvious Logan Act violations but no luck so far. Anybody else want to try, well keep me informed.
Infidel says
DoJ has its hands full, w/ the Durham investigation, the death of Jeffrey Epstein, the FISA courts and Roger Stone, Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort, and battling all major US sanctuary cities, and courts over immigration laws. Ilhan Omar is small potatoes, if they can’t even go after Andy McCabe
b.a. freeman says
“everybody” knows that epstein killed himself; DoJ probably isn’t doing anything about that. perhaps the national prison system is, but even then, it’s doubtful anything will change. there are Important People who cannot have anything known about epstein, so nothing will known, at least for a century or so.
as for the other investigations U mention – actual or potential – keep in mind that attorneys and investigators who want money do not usually work for the national government, or at least, not for long. those on the left are far more willing to take a lower salary in return for the power they gain by becoming part of the bureaucracy. statistically, even down in the ranks, a larger proportion of officers of the court in the DoJ are at least nominally leftist than in the population at large, so the ultimate goals, expressed or not, of DoJ are likely to be more leftist than in the general population. thus, those investigations, if they take place at all, will likely fizzle out.
it is profoundly painful to watch a republic die. as long as i have life, however, i have no intention of doing anything that will assist those killing our republic, and i encourage all citizens of the u.s. to resist the leftist use of the pious ummah to destroy us. pray, hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.
commonsense says
Yes, I was going to post a comment about Omar’s possibly violating the Ligan Act, but you beat me to it.
Walter Sieruk says
Some people might ask “Exactly why did Ilan Omar feel the need to meet with Erdogan ?”
There man be many ,Islamic agenda ,reasons why they both felt it was so important to get together.
Nevertheless, one thing is very clear and obvious . Which is that those two political characters together do make a good good match. They, truly ,do deserve each other.
Ade Fegan says
Birds of a feather
abad says
Omar and Tlaib should be deported, they do not belong in America at all.
Infidel says
Omar definitely! Tlaib’s would be more legally complicated, given that she was born here
gravenimage says
Why did Ilhan Omar meet with the increasingly anti-American Erdogan of Turkey?
…………………….
Both hate America…
Luckily, she has gotten pushback since this meeting came to light.
ntesdorf says
Just a cosy little meeting of the leaders of the Umma, Halal and Sharia included to plot the downfall of the Kuffar.
somehistory says
Two of the devil’s children plotting ways to carry out his will…through lies, murders, theft, destruction…any and all of the ways they can scheme.
Evil was in that room.
Gyomza says
But why is it that people like Omar, who openly hate the US, are elected to leadership?
somehistory says
For me personally, I believe it is because so many are blinded by satan…”The god of this system of things, blinds the minds of the unbelievers that they may not see the glorious good news about Christ.”
Since satan can do this, blind people to the truth about Jesus Christ, how easy it is for him to pull the wool over the eyes of people who go to the polls to vote someone in who promises to solve all their problems, to ‘fight for them,’ and to set things right, etc.
Since omar and people like her are ‘children of the devil,’ “the father of the lie,” and they “wish to do the desires of their father,” he sees that they get elected so they can do the most damage.
Brian Hoff says
Her ex-husband didnot press sexual misconduct against her. He might have convert in secret. Islamist law follow due process like any law.
gravenimage says
I think what old “Brian Hoff”–really, “DefenderofIslam”–means is that Islam does not follow due process.
If we were in Dar-al-Islam, would he want to drag Ilhan Omar to a hole in the ground and stone her to death? Of course he would. He has said before that he and his coreligionists plan to destroy the Constitution and impose brutal Shari’ah law on us as soon as he can.
OLD GUY says
Omar is not working for the American tax payor’s, she is for sale to the highest bidder. Her ideology is to destroy America in accordance with her islamic leaders orders. We in our open arms American way have allowed the enemy within our ranks of government and now need to weed them out. We gave her a chance, and she has shown us her true colors and lack of gratitude for the opportunity to live in a free country.
DazzleMe says
Absolutely OLD GUY!!
UNCLE VLADDI says
Umm … “LOGAN ACT”?
DazzleMe says
Hacks me off—-America is paying for this. I’m sure if she knows anything from being in Congress, she is spilling her guts!! Treasonous!!
Robert says
Why has Ilhan Omar, that’s not her real name, been arrested for immigration, marriage, and tax fraud? She is not an American; no, she is an enemy of America and should have her citizenship stripped and be deported back to Somalia.