Ilhan Omar Misleads Supporters, Funnels Coronavirus Relief Donations Into Democrat Campaign Portal

Omar appears to be capitalizing on the generosity of Americans.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) appears to have been running a charity scam of sorts to raise political funds from individuals thinking they were helping the poor and needy.

Omar made a since-deleted post on her Twitter account in which she asked for donations for Minnesota Food Share, a charitable organization in the state. However, the link Omar gave in her post was to Act Blue, a Democrat Party fundraising portal.

Katherine Trotter@TrotterKatAlexa

Replying to @adorn416 and 2 others

@IlhanMN deleted tweet.

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David Steinberg@realDSteinberg

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Yet another @IlhanMN campaign finance problem:@IlhanMN posted this tweet on Tuesday, then deleted it at some point after it received this reply.

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The donate button was to actblue - a democratic fundraising platform - https://secure.actblue.com 

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Omar’s message received a response from Adrienne Dorn, who works as the executive director of Greater Minneapolis Community Connections (GMCC), calling out the Somali refugee lawmaker for her misleading tweet. GMCC is tasked with administrating the Minnesota Foodshare program.

“Ilhan Omar had nothing to do with this project. I do not know where this money is going to,” the tweet posted by Dorn read.

David Steinberg@realDSteinberg

Yet another @IlhanMN campaign finance problem:@IlhanMN posted this tweet on Tuesday, then deleted it at some point after it received this reply.

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“The Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign brings together organizations, businesses, faith communities, and individuals to help keep 300 food shelves statewide stocked...

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