Ilhan Omar's Challenger Is Literally on the Run From the Law

[JonLP24]

It’s not unheard-of for members of Congress to resign their seats because of serious legal trouble. Now Republican House candidate Danielle Stella is trying to achieve the inverse: getting elected to Congress while being wanted by the law.

Stella, one of the five Republicans competing for the right to take on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in November, has been wanted for months on an arrest warrant for felony shoplifting. Even while facing arrest, though, she’s managed to achieve a respectable fundraising haul—nearly $84,000 as of the end of 2019—and built up a following on social media, where, well, she’s made some waves.

Stella first stirred the pot in July over tweets suggesting she supports the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims that Trump is engaged in a ceaseless secret war against high-ranking pedophile-cannibals in the halls of power. At the same time, The Guardian reported that she had been arrested twice in the Minneapolis area’s Hennepin County on shoplifting charges, including an allegation that she stole $2,300 from Target.

Stella insisted she didn’t break the law. According to records, though, Stella failed to show up for multiple October court hearings about her alleged felony. After Stella missed another hearing, a judge issued a still-outstanding warrant for her arrest.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ilhan-omars-challenger-danielle-stella-is-literally-on-the-run-from-the-law?ref=home

[TwilightZone]

1. "Challenger" isn't really an accurate description.

There are five people in the race and she almost certainly isn't going to win. She won't be challenging Omar. We wouldn't say, for example, that Tulsi Gabbard is challenging Trump.

Nitpicking, I know, but they're misleading anyone who doesn't make it past the headline.

[packman]

2. Given the state of things -

With a bit of Russian money she could win and take her place in Congress along side of the other outlaws.