A British tabloid is reporting that Minnesota Rep.Ilhan Omar‘s ex-husband remarried only a few weeks aftertheir divorcebecame official.According toThe Daily Mail, Ahmed Hirsi, who split from Omar in October, married a nurse named Ladan Ahmed in December. Ahmed had previously worked on Omar’s campaign, theDaily Mailreported.Omar, 38, reportedly congratulated Hirsi, 40, and Ahmed on their marriage in a message posted on an Instagram Story last month. (Stories disappear from public view after 24 hours.)The former couple has three kids together. Omarfiled for divorcefrom Hirsi in early October and it was finalized in early November,according to the Associated Press.PEOPLE’s efforts to reach Hirsi were unsuccessful.STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP/GettyOmar, one of the few Muslims in Congress, is a leading progressive voice in U.S. politics and has been a frequent target of conservative attacks as well as racist vitriol online.PresidentDonald Trumphaspreviously accusedher of supporting terrorist groups without any evidence and also sent outracist tweetsdirected at the representative last summer, telling her and other progressive congresswomen of color “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”“I am where I belong, at the people’s house and you’re just gonna have to deal!” Omartweetedin response.She was born in Somalia but became a U.S. citizen in 2000. She is one of the first two Muslim women in Congress alongside Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib after they both won their 2018 elections.She is also the first Somali-American to serve in Congress.In 2016, Omar shot down unproven claims spread in some right-wing circles that her previous husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, was actually her brother and the two had really wed to advance his immigration case.She called the claims“absurd and offensive.”
A British tabloid is reporting that Minnesota Rep.Ilhan Omar‘s ex-husband remarried only a few weeks aftertheir divorcebecame official.
According toThe Daily Mail, Ahmed Hirsi, who split from Omar in October, married a nurse named Ladan Ahmed in December. Ahmed had previously worked on Omar’s campaign, theDaily Mailreported.
Omar, 38, reportedly congratulated Hirsi, 40, and Ahmed on their marriage in a message posted on an Instagram Story last month. (Stories disappear from public view after 24 hours.)
The former couple has three kids together. Omarfiled for divorcefrom Hirsi in early October and it was finalized in early November,according to the Associated Press.
PEOPLE’s efforts to reach Hirsi were unsuccessful.
STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP/Getty
Omar, one of the few Muslims in Congress, is a leading progressive voice in U.S. politics and has been a frequent target of conservative attacks as well as racist vitriol online.
PresidentDonald Trumphaspreviously accusedher of supporting terrorist groups without any evidence and also sent outracist tweetsdirected at the representative last summer, telling her and other progressive congresswomen of color “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
“I am where I belong, at the people’s house and you’re just gonna have to deal!” Omartweetedin response.
She was born in Somalia but became a U.S. citizen in 2000. She is one of the first two Muslim women in Congress alongside Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib after they both won their 2018 elections.
She is also the first Somali-American to serve in Congress.
In 2016, Omar shot down unproven claims spread in some right-wing circles that her previous husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, was actually her brother and the two had really wed to advance his immigration case.
She called the claims“absurd and offensive.”
source: people.com
