You might want to sit down for this, but we have reason to believe that Ilhan Omar is not an honest person.
Last night, in response to these remarks from GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn:
“Nobody (in America) goes to sleep at night wondering if they’ll be able to feed their families,” Hagedorn commented while speaking about the availability of food in grocery stores, and America having a food supply that is abundant and nutritious in stark comparison to other counties. He added that agriculture is what makes this possible.
Omar tweeted this:
?? @RepHagedorn in your home state of Minnesota:
2.2 million households are
“food insecure” in 2017Nationally, 15 million households are “food insecure” in 2017
No excuse for ignorance, food insecurity is real in MN & the nation, hope you will work with us in addressing it! https://t.co/sflbn7ztup
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 30, 2019
Aside from apparently taking Hagedorn’s remarks out of context:
Not to mention: pic.twitter.com/xECItCEVqj
— Ed K. Pyros (@EdKPyros) April 30, 2019
Omar also overstates the number of “food insecure” households in Minnesota. And not by just a little bit:
Every single household in MN (and then some) is food insecure?
15% of all food insecure households in the country are in MN?
Wtf is goin’ on in MN? https://t.co/lqIHcjJS1r— Jonathan Greenberg (@JGreenbergSez) April 30, 2019
Seems like a fair question, no? Let’s take a closer look and see if we can find out what’s going on:
Ridiculous. The entire state of Minnesota did not even have 2.2 million households in 2017.
No excuse for ignorance, says, @IlhanMN. https://t.co/rXRgvvBgnD
— David Steinberg ?? (@realDSteinberg) April 30, 2019
Fact Check: TRUE https://t.co/QoidhKrrJF pic.twitter.com/ltiZrF7Hyt
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) April 30, 2019
So, where did Ilhan Omar get her facts from? From the article, of course:
*In MN between 2015 and 2017, nearly 2.2 million households were “food insecure,”
Article is linked!
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 30, 2019
The article was indeed linked. The facts contained within the article, however, were not accurate, as the correction posted today acknowledges:
No excuse for ignorance, Ilhan Omar? Then what’s your excuse for blindly pushing a false narrative to smear your political opponent?
(Hat tip: @EdKPyros)
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