ALL THIS AND WORLD WAR ELEVEN: Oh, Brother: ‘Not to My Knowledge?’

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday called allegations that she married her brother “insane” – but didn’t entirely close the door to the possibility of being related to her ex-husband.

“Not to my knowledge,” Omar responded, when asked by MS NOW’s Chris Hayes if there was any “weird kernel of truth” to the claim that she wed her brother.

The decade-old allegations that Omar and her ex, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, got hitched in a failed effort to get him a green card originated on a “Somali blog,” and spread when “right-wing conspiracy theorists” latched onto it, Omar explained in her first interview since federal agents raided her Washington, DC, home last week.

As Ed Morrissey concludes, “Get ready for bumpy days ahead, Ms. Omar-ish. And maybe M-SNOW ‘news’ anchors might try to catch up at some point rather than chuckle through a scandal that has unfolded for years.”