Ilhan Omar Celebrates Muslim Democrats Winning Senate Seats
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What happened
In Tuesday’s U.S. elections, Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) defeated Republican Don Tracy to win the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Dick Durbin. In Michigan, Democrat Abdulrahman El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers for the seat held by retiring Sen. Gary Peters. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) won re-election in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. Omar posted on social media celebrating Stratton’s win, writing that “Inshallah there will be more Black members of the Senate come January,” and congratulated El-Sayed, saying he “turned that inshallah into alhamdulillah” and that eight Muslims would serve in the next Congress. El-Sayed used similar phrasing in his victory remarks.
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ONE-SIDED THIS WEEK.
Only right-leaning outlets have covered this story in the last two days;
Mother Jones reported it on 2026-11-04.
Omitted — what each side leaves out
Unpacked
Right-leaning coverage reports that Ilhan Omar celebrated Democratic Senate wins with Islamic phrases, while left-leaning coverage has not reported the story at all. Breitbart quotes her using inshallah after Juliana Stratton took Illinois, then praising God after Abdul El-Sayed took Michigan. A reader on the silent side therefore never sees the religious framing of those victories or the claim that a record group of Muslims will sit in the next Congress.
Right-leaning outlets do not agree with each other on that tally. Breitbart puts the incoming Muslim members at eight. Daily Wire puts them at seven and instead opens on Omar speaking Somali at her own election-night party.
Which of those members besides El-Sayed actually won a Senate seat as a Muslim?
Bottom line
Left-leaning outlets have not covered Omar’s Senate-night posts at all, even as Breitbart counted eight Muslims headed to Congress and Daily Wire counted seven.
The receipts — 4 facts one side's coverage lacks
- Omar posted that inshallah there will be more Black members of the Senate after Stratton’s win
- Omar said eight Muslims would serve in the next Congress
- Omar congratulated El-Sayed for turning inshallah into alhamdulillah
- El-Sayed said in victory remarks that tonight we can turn that inshallah into alhamdulillah
The Right View
Breitbart and The Daily Wire reported Omar’s posts on Stratton’s and El-Sayed’s Senate wins and her use of the Arabic phrases inshallah (God willing) and alhamdulillah (praise be to God), along with her claim that eight Muslims will serve in the next Congress and El-Sayed becoming the first Muslim U.S. senator. They also described Omar giving a Somali-language victory speech after a large win in MN-5. The same coverage framed those celebrations next to Stratton’s past call to abolish ICE, El-Sayed’s description of Israel’s Gaza campaign as genocide and his primary support from Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, plus unresolved claims that Omar married her brother for immigration purposes, faces a federal immigration probe and a DHS search of her D.C. home, and that El-Sayed has Muslim Brotherhood ties.
Our Take (balanced)
The election outcomes and Omar’s public posts are substantive: named candidates, reported vote margins, and checkable social-media statements. Allegations that Omar committed immigration fraud, married her brother, faces denaturalization or deportation, and that El-Sayed is tied to the Muslim Brotherhood remain alleged in this coverage and are not established by the material provided. No left-leaning outlet has reported this. Watch for certified results, whether the posts remain public, court filings or official statements on any Omar immigration case, and independent corroboration of the Brotherhood-related claims.
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