Ilhan Omar Wins With 76% and Calls Trump a Bigot Amid 2 Federal Probes
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 4
Ilhan Omar Wins With 76% and Calls Trump a Bigot Amid 2 Federal Probes
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 4
Summary
More than 76% of Minnesota’s 5th District voters returned Ilhan Omar to office, and she used her victory speech to call President Donald Trump “the bigot in the White House.”
Omar cast the two federal criminal investigations into her finances and immigration history as White House intimidation, saying the probes failed to scare her supporters away from the polls.
Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis and St. Paul also framed her remarks: she said voters answered the administration’s immigration crackdown at the ballot box after protests that left two demonstrators dead.
House Democrats have largely stood by Omar despite the investigations, and she tied her win to broader Democratic gains while warning that a new House majority would pursue “accountability and transparency” in January.