{"id":686151,"date":"2026-10-14T13:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=686151"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:03:08","slug":"ilhan-omar-turns-rhouse-raid-into-campaign-fundraiser-and-wastes-no-time-asking-for-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=686151","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar turns rhouse raid into campaign fundraiser \u2014 and wastes no time asking for cash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s house is already being turned into a fundraiser for her campaign.<\/p>\n

According to the Daily Mail, the Minnesota lawmaker is using the moment to grab some quick cash after Homeland Security descended upon her home on Columbus Day. The pre-dawn raid comes as the Department of Justice carries out an investigation into Omar, though it appears that she is not going down without a fight.<\/p>\n

Look:<\/p>\n

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Omar never loses an opportunity to scam the public . . . here\u2019s her \u201craid fundraising\u201d!! pic.twitter.com\/Nrk3Bge1et<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 J.M. Smith (@jmsmith3001) October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe have been warning that Trump has been targeting Ilhan since he first got back into office, calling her \u2018garbage\u2019, targeting her district with ICE, and constantly making racist attacks on her and all Somali-Americans,\u201d it reads. \u201cTrump\u2019s administration then claimed to be conducting an investigation into Ilhan\u2019s immigration status, a claim they\u2019ve made for months now, but this is a serious escalation by this fascist government.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know that Ilhan Omar is a proud American citizen who came to this country legally as a young refugee. But today\u2019s raid did not happen because of Ilhan\u2019s immigration paperwork,\u201d it continues. \u201cMake no mistake \u2013 this raid happened just weeks before the midterm elections in an attempt to intimidate, silence, and punish Ilhan Omar and our entire progressive movement that seeks to take power back from Trump and MAGA on November 3rd.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an obligation to fight back against this ludicrous, partisan investigation, and show that we will not let Trump\u2019s abuse of power go unchecked. We have to organize for a massive progressive victory at the ballot box so we can take back Congress from the MAGA far-right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beneath this is a plea for donations, noting that the \u201caverage donation\u201d is around $25, with most people \u201cgiving less\u201d and \u201csome\u201d giving more.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump rejected the claim that he has been using the DOJ to target Omar, telling reporters that he has long considered her to be \u201ctotally crooked personally.\u201d He has also accused the lawmaker of marrying her own brother in an attempt to obtain United States citizenship, which she has denied in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cOmar\u2019s campaign has raised $5.83 million for the 2026 election<\/span> cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records from January 1, 2025, through July 22,\u201d the Daily Mail<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

In an X post, Omar responded to the raid by vowing that she wouldn\u2019t be silenced.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.<\/p>\n

I will not be silenced.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s house is already being turned into a fundraiser for her campaign. According to the Daily Mail, the Minnesota lawmaker is using the moment to grab some quick cash after Homeland Security descended upon her home on Columbus Day. The pre-dawn raid comes as the Department of Justice carries out… Continue reading Ilhan Omar turns rhouse raid into campaign fundraiser \u2014 and wastes no time asking for cash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-686151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=686151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=686151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=686151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=686151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}