This is my first post on this forum. No, I’m not a previously banned member. No, I’m not a troll. I have been lurking this forum for a few months now after finding this place through some google searches. “The Pit” seems to be the most appropriate place to post this in, but if its not, my apologies.
Now that that’s out of the way:
This is not getting much play in the mainstream media, but it really does seem like Omar married her brother to get him American citizenship, among other things.
In my opinion, this needs to be investigated and if true, she needs to be prosecuted.
As far as I can tell, there’s still no actual evidence (aside from a maybe-exists, maybe-it-doesn’t supposed social media post about nieces/nephews that may or may not have been made by the person in question) that she married her brother. And if I understand immigration law at the time correctly, there would have been no immigration motive – her brother would have had the same ability to immigrate as her husband.
Sounds a lot like birtherism to me – bullshit evidence, tons of innuendo from internet nutbars, and (unfortunately) significant numbers of Americans who latch on because they’re eager for any reason, even bullshit ones, to cast aspersions on dark-skinned people who reach high office.
There’s a lot of evidence, including her own admission and apology, that there were some paperwork problems with her marriage, that resulted in her having to pay a fine to the IRS. Nobody disputes this.
There’s no evidence at all that she married her brother.
Repeating the evidence for the former over and over again does not constitute evidence of the latter.
After registering a year and a half ago this is your first post in any forum, and you use it to post already debunked right-wing glurge that is still being discussed in another thread.
Had the sense enough to put it in the Pit, that’s gotta count for something. I for one am on the edge of my seat waiting to see what else Annoyed has to say on the subject.
I guess 2 years could still be considered “a few months”. That’s some dedicated lurking.
Some quickie questions you might want to ask yourself:
Considering Omar has been the focus of so much news, and the focus of so many attacks of late, why do you think this story hasn’t gained more traction in the mainstream media?
Not juicy enough? Conspiratorial coverup? Disinterest in the private lives of public figures?
Does Omar actually have a brother named Elmi?
Does Elmi now have US citizenship?
If Elmi were her brother, wouldn’t he already be eligible for US citizenship?
What, if anything, do you mean by “among other things”? And If you don’t actually have anything else to suggest, why did you feel the need to vaguely imply other nefarious deeds?