Ilhan Omar has a relationship with the truth that can best be described as “long distance.”
On Wednesday, a reporter from LindellTV caught up with the Minnesota congresswoman fresh off her State of the Union performance — where she shouted at the President and couldn’t be bothered to stand for American citizens. Just another Tuesday for Omar. But what happened next was something special, even by her standards.
Caught in 4K
The reporter brought up Omar’s past comments about white men. Specifically, her 2018 on-camera statement that America “should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country.” She didn’t whisper it at a private fundraiser. She didn’t scribble it in a diary. She said it into a lens, on the record, with the confidence of someone who meant every syllable.
So when the reporter referenced those remarks, Omar did what any honest public servant would do.
She denied it.
“I never said that.”
Four words. Exposed in four seconds.
The Instant Replay
The reporter, to his credit, didn’t blink. “Yeah, you’re on video saying it.” He apparently pulled up the clip right there. Showed it to her face. The full quote, in her own voice, undeniable.
And Omar’s response? She didn’t apologize. Didn’t clarify. Didn’t even flinch. She scolded the reporter for not being “more prepared” and claimed she was referencing an FBI study.
One small problem: in the original 2018 clip, she made zero mention of the FBI. No study. No citation. No footnote. Just a raw, unqualified statement that America should be “profiling, monitoring, and creating policies to fight the radicalization of white men.”
Imagine a Republican saying that sentence about any other demographic. Picture the mushroom cloud over cable news. There wouldn’t be enough hours in the broadcast day to cover the outrage. But Omar says it, denies it on camera while the evidence plays on a phone six inches from her face, and the mainstream press treats it like a parking ticket.
The Playbook
This is the move, and it’s getting old. Say something outrageous. Wait for it to surface. Deny it happened. When the tape rolls, claim it was taken out of context. When context proves you wrong, attack the reporter. It’s a five-step dance and Omar knows every beat.
She called the reporter’s questions “silly.” That’s the tell. When a politician calls a legitimate question silly, it means they don’t have an answer and they’re hoping contempt will work as a substitute. It won’t. Not when the video exists. Not when the internet is forever.
The Bigger Picture
This is the same woman who shouted during the State of the Union. The same one who refused to stand when the President honored American citizens. The same congresswoman whose financial records and alleged connections to a winery have “question marks lingering around them,” as The Blaze put it — questions she also dismissed as “silly.”
There’s a pattern here thicker than a Minnesota winter. When the spotlight finds something uncomfortable, Omar doesn’t engage. She deflects, denies, and demonizes whoever asked.
And here’s where it matters beyond one congresswoman’s credibility problem: this is a sitting member of the United States Congress who openly called for profiling an entire race of people, got caught lying about it to a reporter’s face, and will face exactly zero consequences from her party. No censure. No apology tour. Not even a sternly worded statement from leadership.
Because in today’s Democratic Party, accountability is something that only applies to the other side.
Where This Goes
Omar’s district will probably reelect her. The media will memory-hole the clip by Friday. And the next time she lectures America about tolerance and justice, she’ll do it with the same straight face she used to say “I never said that” while staring at proof she absolutely did.
But the tape doesn’t care about her denials. The tape just plays.
And every time it does, a few more people realize that the loudest voices screaming about bigotry are sometimes the ones who got caught on camera practicing it.