Minnesota

TexasTowelie

(116,773 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:29 AM Oct 2019

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar files for divorce during 'intensely personal' and 'difficult' time

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has filed for divorce from her husband.

Omar, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, filed her paperwork Friday in Minneapolis family court, records confirm.

The freshman Democrat, 37, and husband Ahmed Hirsi, 39, share three children.

“As with all marriages, this is intensely personal and a difficult time for their family,” her lawyer Jaime Driggs said in a statement to the Daily News.

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-ilhan-omar-files-divorce-minnesota-20191007-5b3vkmbtfvcq5nhknnuxaww6ju-story.html

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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar files for divorce during 'intensely personal' and 'difficult' time (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP

I thought she denied this a few months ago? still_one Oct 2019 #1

Isn't This The Second Time Me. Oct 2019 #2

That is what I understand the article is saying still_one Oct 2019 #3

It isn't anybodies business but theirs. redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #4

While that is true, she is a member of Congress, and when you are a public figure, things like still_one Oct 2019 #5

I get it, I just don't like playing with people's lives for political purposes. redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #6

I know still_one Oct 2019 #8

Donnie Jr. on twitter is eating this up, like he and his family have no history of divorce. George II Oct 2019 #7

still_one

(96,535 posts)

1. I thought she denied this a few months ago?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:32 AM

Oct 2019

Me.

(35,454 posts)

2. Isn't This The Second Time

Reply to still_one (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:54 AM

Oct 2019

she married and split from him? Asking for a friend.

still_one

(96,535 posts)

3. That is what I understand the article is saying

Reply to Me. (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:56 AM

Oct 2019

redstatebluegirl

(12,477 posts)

4. It isn't anybodies business but theirs.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:37 AM

Oct 2019

Divorce is so damn hard I cannot imagine going through it in public. I hope they come out of it able to parent together and move on.

still_one

(96,535 posts)

5. While that is true, she is a member of Congress, and when you are a public figure, things like

Reply to redstatebluegirl (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:23 AM

Oct 2019

this come out

redstatebluegirl

(12,477 posts)

6. I get it, I just don't like playing with people's lives for political purposes.

Reply to still_one (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:36 AM

Oct 2019

I see young children of politicians to be off limits. A divorce impacts kids so much, the last thing they need to do is hear about their parent's divorce on the news or from their friends.

We don't have to stoop that low.

still_one

(96,535 posts)

8. I know

Reply to redstatebluegirl (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 11:07 AM

Oct 2019

George II

(67,782 posts)

7. Donnie Jr. on twitter is eating this up, like he and his family have no history of divorce.