A former Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker publicly rebuked Representative Ilhan Omar over claims she married her brother, warning Democrats against blindly defending the congresswoman amid an ongoing federal immigration criminal probe.
Joe Radinovich, a former Democratic-Farmer-Labor state representative with close ties to Minnesota’s political establishment, made the extraordinary remarks in a series of posts on X on Thursday.
‘Democrats should understand that the allegation is almost certainly true – whatever conclusion they draw from that point could vary – and her denials calling it a right-wing, Islamophobic or racist conspiracy are almost certainly not,’ Radinovich wrote.
Radinovich also cautioned Democrats against rushing to defend Omar
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