Fact Check: Sean Hannity Takes a Tweet by Rep. Ilhan Omar Out of Context

Minnesota has same-day voter registration.

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In a viral tweet, Sean Hannity said that Rep. Ilhan Omar told people “you don’t have to be registered to vote” in Minnesota.

Hannity’s framing of the quote removes it from its proper context. The quote comes from this tweet:

Minnesota has same-day voter registration, meaning that citizens can show up to a polling place on Election Day and as long as they have the necessary documents they can register and then cast their vote. 

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    Old guy named Bill (OGNB)

    Thank you for this fact check!

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    The Stray Goose

    She used a clap emoji thereby making Hannity's tweet true. Sorry. I don't write the rules.

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    Jason Gibson

    I remember when Hannity was merely dishonest. That's been amped up to such a higher level

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    DougAz

    In my day 60s, Hannity would have his mouth washed out with soap for lying. And he would have been banned from the public airwaves

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  5. Ty

    So f-ing cynical. How many Hannity followers will walk out of this truly believing that Omar is telling people not registered to vote? Further playing into their xenophobia and otherness of Omar?
    Hannity absolutely boils my bones.

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