Justice Democrats call Mullin’s claim about Omar “a disgusting and racist lie”
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Quote-posting Benny Johnson’s post of DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother, Justice Democrats wrote “What a disgusting and racist lie.” The group said Omar “came to America as a 12-year old refugee,” and that “people like Markwayne Mullin & Benny Johnson are responsible” for “violent threats on her life.” The group’s characterizations of Mullin and Johnson and its statement about threats against Omar are its own.
“What a disgusting and racist lie.” … “@IlhanMN came to America as a 12-year old refugee and this is the idiot who is now oversees our immigration system.” … “Ilhan Omar keeps facing violent threats on her life and people like Markwayne Mullin & Benny Johnson are responsible for it.”
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Should Trump administration officials publicly accuse Rep. Ilhan Omar of immigration fraud?
Since at least 2016 there have been unproven claims that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s 2009 husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother. Senior Trump administration officials have repeated the claim publicly. This record begins with Vice President JD Vance’s March 27, 2026 statement that “we actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud,” and includes President Donald Trump’s May 1 statement, “I believe she married her brother.” On September 10, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a podcast interview, “we know that she married her brother to try to bring him in the United States,” and that an investigation was ongoing. On September 13, border czar Tom Homan declined to give specifics of an “ongoing criminal investigation” but said “no one’s above the law.” Omar has denied the claim: on September 16 she told a reporter “Absolutely not” and that she is not under investigation, and on September 18 Fox News Digital reported her saying DHS had not contacted her. Fox reported that there has been no public evidence available to confirm an open investigation into her.
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Justice Democrats’ own post, published at 5:55 p.m. EDT on September 11, 2026, quote-posting Benny Johnson’s post of Mullin’s remarks.
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The post quotes Benny Johnson’s post headlined “DHS Secretary Just Confirmed That Rep. Illhan [sic] Omar Did Marry Her Brother,” which reproduces Mullin’s statement that “we know that she married her brother.”
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The post is a single quote-post and continues with the lines quoted here.
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Justice Democrats expressly reject the accusation as “a disgusting and racist lie” and blame Mullin and Johnson for threats against Omar. That is denunciation of the accusation, not only a dispute over facts. The closest competing label is “Challenged the characterization”, because the group calls the claim false; it loses because it also condemns the claim’s motive and consequences.
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