'Get the hell out': Trump calls Omar a despicable 'phony,' says 'she married her brother'
Trump criticized Omar during a speech, making claims about her and calling for her to leave the country.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates KOMO, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
KOMO is an established local news outlet, and the page identifies a byline, but the article provides limited original sourcing and relies heavily on a speech and attributed reporting about Omar’s financial filings.
- Source type — Established local news outlet; a positive institutional signal.
- Editorial standards — The article attributes the principal statements and the financial-filing report, but offers little additional verification.
- Author attribution — A named National News Desk byline is provided.
The article reports Trump’s remarks with direct quotations and attributes the filing information to The Wall Street Journal, while including Omar’s explanation of the filing. It does not independently assess the brother-marriage allegation or provide a response from Omar to that allegation.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes Trump’s statements and some context about Omar’s financial filing, but it does not verify the most serious allegation or include Omar’s response to it.
- Source diversity — The article relies mainly on Trump’s speech and a report attributed to The Wall Street Journal.
- Counterarguments presented — Omar’s explanation of the filing is included, but she is not shown responding to Trump’s central allegation.
- Loaded language — The article uses “ranted” and “verbal attacks,” while also quoting Trump’s inflammatory language.
The article’s description of Trump’s remarks as a “rant” and a series of “verbal attacks” gives the story a critical framing of Trump, though it primarily reports his words.
- Language tone — Terms such as “ranted” frame Trump’s remarks negatively.
- Framing — The article presents the speech chiefly as a series of attacks on Omar and Somali immigrants.
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This is WJAR's own score, and this article is credited to WJAR. The host score in the Source Check is KOMO's.
At a Florida event, President Donald Trump attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar, criticized Somalia and Somali immigrants, and repeated a claim about Omar marrying her brother. The article also notes a dispute over Omar’s financial disclosures and her response to a reporter.
Trump criticized Omar and Somalia during a Friday evening speech at the Villages Charter School in Florida, saying Omar should “get the hell out” of the United States. He also claimed she married her brother and said he imagined she might be under federal investigation, while adding that he had “nothing to do with it.”
The article says The Wall Street Journal recently reported an amended filing placing Omar and her husband’s wealth between $18,004 and $95,000. Omar said the initial filing contained accounting errors. When a reporter later asked her to explain, she called the reporter “stupid” and declined to comment further.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Omar in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Omar’s record.
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9 OUTLETSOutlets on more than one side report that Trump criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Florida rally. Center outlets focus on his personal attacks and the disputed marriage allegation, with some also including Omar's response or scrutiny of her finances. Right-leaning outlets center Trump's criticism of Omar and Somalia and his remarks about fraud.
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- Attack of the Fanboy · 'Good night, brother. Let's go to bed': Trump went to Florida to talk about Social Security, then spent part of the speech mocking Ilhan Omar
- Hindustan Times · 'Good night, brother. Let's go to bed': Trump mocks Ilhan Omar over her marriage. She hits back
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