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Omar Snaps at Disclosure Questions
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The Disclosure NumbersCongressional financial forms are meant to show what… |
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The Disclosure NumbersCongressional financial forms are meant to show what lawmakers own, owe, and earn. That is the theory, anyway, which is often where government paperwork and reality part ways. In this case, disclosures reviewed by the Wall Street Journal reportedly showed Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota with a net worth between $18,000 and $95,000, while earlier filings had placed her wealth somewhere between $6 million and $30 million. Her office has said the older figures were the result of accounting errors, but it has not offered a detailed public explanation. When the numbers move that far, people tend to ask questions. That is not outrage. That is just basic arithmetic with a pulse.A Reporter Gets Shut DownA Lindell TV reporter tried to press Omar on the change, according to a video posted to X, and the exchange went downhill fast. Omar first said she still believed the reporter was stupid for asking questions, then doubled down when asked again. She said she had already explained the matter to the public, though the exchange did not exactly sound like a master class in clarification. When the reporter kept going, Omar ended the conversation with a profane line and walked away…
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