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𝐈𝐋𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐏𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 $𝟏 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 “𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐂” 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐔𝐍 𝐁𝐘 𝟑 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒 Congresswoman Ilhan Omar tried to earmark $𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 for what she called a “substance abuse clinic.” One problem: 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭. “𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 $1 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘐𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘐𝘙𝘚 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.” “𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.” The House has since 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 from the spending bill. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘢.” First the daycare fraud. Now a fake substance abuse clinic that’s actually a restaurant. Same state. Same congresswoman. Same pattern. 𝐈𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 $𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬: 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭?