(IPT) For many members of Congress, weekends are spent returning to their home districts to keep in touch with constituents.
For U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, the weekend of Nov. 8 was devoted to embracing some of the country’s most prominent and problematic Islamists.
She helped the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) raise money by speaking at its annual fundraising banquet Nov. 9. The next day, she attended a brunch in the home of Esam Omeish, one of the country’s most influential Islamist activists.
Campaign finance data posted by Opensecrets.org shows that nearly 87 percent of Omar’s 2020 campaign contributions have come from donors outside of her district. American Islamists were well represented in her 2018 campaign war chest.
