Ilhan Omar MOCKED after bizarre interview answer

[0:04] I was saddened to hear that Ilhan Omar is not her name, but because Ilhan used a fake [0:12] name to be sworn in, I assumed that she must immediately resign from Congress. [0:17] Well, who was this man that was your husband? [0:20] When did they start saying that he was your brother? [0:22] Why? [0:23] You were not related to him at all. [0:25] Not that— [0:25] There's not some weird kernel of truth that's through some game of telephone. [0:28] Not to my knowledge. [0:30] Well, President Trump on the investigation into Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's [0:35] past and her headline-making answer about rumors that she married her brother. [0:40] That's where my conversation with the Ruthless podcast guys kicked off this week. [0:46] So that interview is getting a ton of attention. [0:49] I don't think that the Congresswoman's seat is in any danger. [0:52] So why do we care so much about this during an election season? [0:55] Will it have any impact? [0:56] Oh, where do we start? [0:58] I mean, she's been a problem for so long, not the least of which is her entire congressional [1:02] career basically advocating against Western values, the United States, everything else. [1:07] I mean, she'll tell you. [1:07] You just have to ask her. [1:09] But it seems to me like the not-to-my-knowledge answer, it's appropriate in a lot of contexts [1:19] of American politics. [1:21] When you're married to your brother or not married to your brother, the not-to-my-knowledge [1:25] component, feels like that stretches the edges of what we're come to expect. [1:32] Look, I think she's been a corrosive figure in American politics. [1:35] I think she has defined what is the modern left in many ways. [1:39] And to be honest with you, a lot of accolades of hers and the squad and AOC are not the candidates [1:46] that you're voting for in November. [1:48] So I think it's this larger picture that people are most concerned with. [1:51] Yeah, so Smug, do you think even though it's not going to affect her race, it gives the [1:55] right something to talk about that could impact other races? [1:57] I do. [1:58] And I think like Holmes mentioned, is that she has been part of this vanguard of the DSA, [2:03] the farther left elements that have essentially captured the Democrat Party. [2:07] They were the squad and they were new on the scene like six years ago. [2:10] But now this is the mainstream of the Democrat Party. [2:13] I think voters are seeing that across this country, whether it's in Senate races. [2:17] But I will say I'm very happy with the way this investigation has been conducted. [2:21] It seems very buttoned up. [2:23] I think we're going to get a very positive outcome from this. [2:26] And hopefully justice is finally served. [2:28] We like our leaks, though, in D.C. [2:30] And like you're saying, we're not really getting a lot on this one. [2:32] We're going to have to wait our turn. [2:33] If you're not getting it, nobody's getting it. [2:34] Well, listen, I'm still trying to solve the leaker at the SCOTUS. [2:37] So there are there are mysteries still to be solved around D.C. [2:40] But does this give the left now a point like she's fundraising off of this and saying this [2:45] is completely political in nature and the timing is suspect? [2:49] So that's going to be their their line of response. [2:51] I agree. [2:53] It will be. [2:54] But if it wasn't, this would be something else. [2:55] I mean, it doesn't take much to motivate Democrats as far as fundraising goes in the [3:00] Trump era. [3:01] You know, I mean, they're going to raise a lot of small dollar money. [3:04] What I cannot understand about this interview that she did is she went to Chris Hayes for [3:10] a safe interview and you would expect a definitive answer to Holmes's point earlier. [3:16] Not to my knowledge is not a thing you do to button it up, you know, not to my knowledge [3:22] is an answer on have you ever jaywalked? [3:24] Maybe you have an overdue library book, not on this. [3:28] It's akin to the fifth. [3:30] Well, and that's the thing. [3:32] It sounds very much like a lawyerly answer because she has answered some of these questions [3:35] before. [3:36] We have seen her really lash back at reporters that have asked, this is disgusting. [3:39] Have you married your brother? [3:40] That kind of thing. [3:41] This to me sounds like we're now looking at this through the lens of a potential possible [3:45] indictment or prosecution. [3:47] Yeah, no, it's a huge departure from where she is on her day to day rhetoric, which is [3:50] usually attacking America left, right and center. [3:53] And you were asking a question a few minutes ago that I think is the operative question here. [3:57] Republicans are in such a bad environment. [3:59] But the one thing that they have to look forward to this election is running against a Democrat [4:05] party that is defined by lunatics, just like Ilhan Omar. [4:09] All right. [4:09] Now that we're talking specifics and races, I want to walk through with each of you, pick [4:13] a state where you're really watching a key race. [4:15] And what do you think is going to happen or might turn the tide at this point? [4:18] Yeah, I mean, look, I got to start with my home state of Minnesota. [4:20] I think this is one that has been off the radar. [4:23] It's one that Republicans have not had success in federal races since 2002. [4:28] It's been an awful long time. [4:29] They also haven't had a candidate like Michelle Tafoya, who's incredibly dynamic, really good [4:35] fit ideologically. [4:36] And she's running against Peggy Flanagan, the lieutenant governor who has ushered in all [4:40] of the Tim Walz fraud, the Somali fraud, now the crime epidemic that they're feeling. [4:47] I just feel like that environment is isolated. [4:49] A touch from a national environment that has slid sideways on Republicans. [4:53] In Minnesota, the incumbents, they're the Democrats. [4:56] She offers a fresh alternative. [4:58] I think it's one to watch. [4:59] Okay. [4:59] A potential reach for the GOP if they have a great night. [5:02] All right, Smug? [5:03] I would say in a similar situation is right in that area of Michigan, where it is defying [5:09] the atmospherics for the rest of the country, where there's not been a Republican elected [5:13] to the Senate in decades from Michigan. [5:15] But now you're in a situation where just this morning, Bernie Sanders announces he's transferring [5:20] a million dollars to Abdul El-Sayed to try to get him to win that race. [5:24] It's gotten that close. [5:25] In the previous or in two years ago, you had Mike Rogers come 0.37% away from winning that [5:32] race. [5:33] We've got a great candidate and other Democrats and the center of the voting base for Democrats [5:39] in Michigan, in Detroit, that black community is not supporting Abdul El-Sayed. [5:44] So there's a huge problem for Democrats there that is bucking the national trend. [5:48] Yeah. [5:48] An interesting ad out connected to Rogers. [5:50] I'm not sure if it was him from him specifically or just supporters, but a number of black voters [5:55] on camera saying, we worry that El-Sayed is more worried about Palestinians than he is [5:59] with us. [5:59] So that conversation is happening there too. [6:01] All right. [6:02] Next up. [6:02] I think we got to move to Texas here. [6:04] This has been sort of the baton death march for the Republican Party spending $200 million [6:09] because Ken Paxton, you know, he has his vulnerabilities as a candidate. [6:14] He was down in the polls all of August into September. [6:18] Now you get into October and he's closed that gap in significant ways. [6:21] I know the Fox poll has it now neck and neck, but I also look at the results now from early [6:26] voting. [6:27] Democrats had a big ballot lead there early on in early voting, but day after day, Republicans [6:32] have closed the gap over and over and over again. [6:35] So I look for them to take a ballot lead there. [6:37] It's going to be critical that they build that ballot lead ahead of election day. [6:42] And I'm going to go to Ohio where the conversation in the recent days has centered around a new [6:47] ad in the governor's race. [6:49] But there was a very old man who's running for Senate. [6:52] His name is Sherrod Brown. [6:53] He first started running in 1974 and he's trying to come back. [6:57] He lost just two years ago to Bernie Moreno. [6:59] He's trying to win a race against John Husted right now. [7:03] A guy who caught famously caught an interception to win a national championship for the University [7:09] of Dayton. [7:09] John Husted has done an awful lot of good things for that state since he's been the senator. [7:13] And I really think he's got a shot to win now. [7:15] Well, all of these will be critical to figuring out who has the balance of power when the dust [7:19] settles. [7:19] I'm not sure we're going to know on November 3rd. [7:21] I think some of this is going to take a little bit more time, but we'll check in with you guys [7:25] again. [7:25] See what you think as the dust settles. [7:27] Thank you all. [7:27] Thank you. [7:28] Our thanks to the Ruthless crew. [7:30] And we will see how their midterm predictions land in a little bit more than a week. [7:33] Until then, be sure to like and subscribe for all the Fox News latest on YouTube and catch [7:39] full shows streaming now on Fox one.