Ilhan Omar Finally Emerges After DC Raid With Video Pleading for Cash to Fight Trump

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., re-emerged Tuesday night for the first time following a raid on her Washington, D.C., residence by posting a campaign video to her official social media channels asking supporters for more money.

“Hi everyone, Ilhan here,” Omar said in a selfie video showing her riding in the back seat of a vehicle and wearing a blue campaign shirt. “I just wanted to say thank you so much for the support, to everyone who sent a note of support, for everyone who sent $5, $10, $20.”

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She closed her video by pleading for more cash. “Please continue to support us. It’s going to be a very expensive and challenging time. So we appreciate whether you’re able to send $5, $10, $20. Thank you.”

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Omar did not directly address the investigation or the raid, but attacked President Donald Trump. She said that the money she received in the fallout from the search “goes a long way as we fight Trump and his administration for trying to intimidate me and so many people right before the midterm elections.”

“We know that they’re running scared,” she said of Trump and Republicans heading into a consequential midterm election. “We’re not going to be intimidated. We’re not going to be silenced. We’re not going to be scared.”

Omar has not been seen publicly since before the raid on her home, which was first reported by Fox News Digital last week. {snip}

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