- A pollster included Rep. Ilhan Omar in a hypothetical match-up against President Joe Biden.
- The poll showed Biden beating her by 53 points.
Ilhan Omar for President?
That's the question that one pollster recently posed to a group of 2,500 registered voters, envisioning a hypothetical scenario in which the Minnesota Democrat launches a primary campaign against President Joe Biden.
The poll, conducted by The Center Square and Noble Predictive Insights, found that Biden would trounce Omar by 53 points, drawing 63% support against Omar's 10%.
Omar would narrowly outperform Marianne Williamson, which the poll found currently garners 9% of Democratic voters' support, but would fall short of the 16% held by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
But there's just one problem, aside from the fact that Omar is backing Biden's re-election: She's not eligible to serve as president anyway.
Article 2, Section 1 of the United States Constitution requires that the president be a "natural born citizen" — generally speaking, someone born in the United States.
Omar, who came to the US as a refugee in the 1990s, was born in Somalia.
"You all know I am not eligible to run for President," Omar wrote on Twitter on Monday, accusing the pollster of "wasting people's time."
—Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 21, 2023