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‘Pay attention to math, kids’: Ilhan Omar’s drop in net worth from $30M to $95k is one hell of an error

April 20, 2026 | | Print Article

A TMZ report cleared the way for further mocking of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) with encouragement to “Pay attention in math” before a social media scrub.

Known for a focus on entertainment and the happenings of celebrities, the tabloid organization recently setup camp in Washington, D.C. to report on performers traditionally considered too ugly for Hollywood. Settling in at their new swamp digs, TMZ took to X with a post that challenged Omar’s claim about how she isn’t a millionaire and that “an accounting error” was at fault.

The account had posted, “Representative Ilhan Omar says she and her husband aren’t multimillionaires as indicated in their last tax return … an accounting error just made it look that way.”

That post was deleted while a link to the story remained under the headline, “Rep. Ilhan Omar Claims Accounting Error Made It Appear Net Worth Exploded.”

Within the story, TMZ called out the details of the Somalia-born lawmaker’s amended tax filing, which, as previously reported, her office claimed had been submitted “voluntarily.”

Though her original filing for 2024 had put the net worth of her and husband Tim Mynett at up to $30 million, the amendment put their assets between $18,004 and $95,000, with their income between $10,2,503 and $1,005,200.

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“Here’s the deal,” wrote TMZ, “Omar’s 2024 financial disclosure — not a tax return — listed her and husband Tim Mynett’s assets somewhere between $6 million and $30 million, a huge jump from the previous year that raised plenty of eyebrows online.”

With business interests listed as assets, “Omar’s team says she didn’t catch the error because she’s not directly involved in those businesses and relied on the filing being done correctly.”

“According to the Wall Street Journal, the disclosure has since been amended, and Omar now reports a net worth between roughly $18K and $95K … a huge drop from the original filing,” the report went on. After making note of the Office of Congressional Conduct’s letter to Omar about the disclosure, TMZ concluded, “Pay attention in math, kids … put a comma in the wrong place and pay the price!”

Coverage of Omar’s finances comes only days after TMZDC had reportedly planted a flag “on the hunt for good stories” around Capitol Hill, a move TMZ founder Harvey Levin said was in part a response to the congressional recess without passing funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

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Recounting one TSA agent’s plight, worrying about feeding her kids and paying her rent, Levin said, “And to listen to her and then know that these members of Congress were just gonna bail and leave town and not fund a bill that would give them something that’s lifesaving was just enraging.”

While TMZ deleted its one post about Omar, reactions remained on social media as users reveled in the fact that “Uh oh … Ilhan Omar … @TMZ is on your a** NOW” and mocked her past take on 9/11 where “some people did something.”

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