Ilhan Omar received 80% of the vote from unregistered illegal immigrants.

Posted by The Gerry Callahan Show, Aug 17, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

Polygraph verdictFalse

Sources: 3 contradict2 support3 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 70%

The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 17, 2026

The 80% figure matches Omar's August 2026 Democratic primary result, which CBS and MinneapoliMedia report as ordinary votes. The claim that illegal, unregistered immigrants cast those votes is an allegation of voter fraud that fact-checkers have examined and rejected in the closely related Somali-voter form, so it is false.

What was said

… And who do you think they're voting for? You think out in the suburbs or out in the rural Minnesota a lot of people are doing this? Of course not. This is happening in these Muslim enclaves, in the Somali community. Elon Omar, perhaps the most corrupt member of Congress, just got 80% of the vote for their friends who are all illegals, and they're not registered. Yeah, I know. Did you hear say that the law is, "Oh, if you know them"? How is that in the law? How do you prove, "Yeah, I know them. Yeah, they live nearby. They're cool. They're cool"? It's like trying to get in a, in a nightclub. …

The Gerry Callahan Show · Aug 17, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Contradicts. PolitiFact and FactCheck.org examined the claim that Somali voters, not the broader electorate, won Omar her seat and found it unsupported; the Census and state data show far too few Somalis in the district to account for her vote totals.[1][2]

Contradicts. A fact-check notes that claims Omar was elected by 80,000 Somali voters rather than by Americans are false, since election results are determined by all eligible voters.[4]

Supports. CBS News and MinneapoliMedia report that Omar captured over 80% of the vote in the August 11, 2026 Democratic primary in Minnesota's 5th District, so the figure itself is accurate.[5][6]

Context. The Reuters report on the immigration raid at Omar's home makes no mention of voter registration or illegal voting, and Newsweek and WSWS describe the 80% as a primary result, not evidence of fraudulent votes.[3][7][8]