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Rep. Ilhan Omar faces calls to ‘resign in disgrace’ over speech in support of Somalia
NY Post ^ | 1/29/24 | Victor Nava

Posted on 01/30/2024 1:20:34 AM PST by Libloather

A top House Republican called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to resign Monday for delivering a speech in which her critics say she placed Somali interests ahead of American ones.

“Ilhan Omar’s appalling, Somalia-first comments are a slap in the face to the Minnesotans she was elected to serve and a direct violation of her oath of office,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) wrote on X. “She should resign in disgrace.”

Omar, the first Somali-American in Congress, appeared to assure her Somali-American constituents that she would do everything in her power to prevent the disputed, breakaway Republic of Somaliland from entering into a sea-access deal with landlocked Ethiopia.

A clip of the Minnesota lawmaker went viral with over 2.6 million views after it was posted on X, with a translation saying Omar had said: “As Somalis, one day we will go after our missing territories.”

The congresswoman claims her remarks were lost in translation.

“It’s not only slanted but completely off,” Omar said of the subtitles in a video of her speech shared by Republic of Somaliland Foreign Minister Rhoda Elmi. “But I wouldn’t expect more from these propagandists.”

“While I am in Congress, no one will take Somalia’s sea,” Omar said during the Jan. 27 speech, according to a translation she deemed to be more accurate. “The United States will not back others to rob us. So, do not lose sleep over that.”

Elmi urged House leadership and Democrats to “take note of [Omar’s] public conduct,” arguing that the speech was “unbecoming [of] a United States Congresswoman.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed Omar for vowing to protect Somalia’s borders while opposing efforts to shore up the US-Mexico border.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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She's the one who married her brother.
1 posted on 01/30/2024 1:20:34 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Another turd worlder without any knowledge of being American, still patronizing her roots of the Islamic shithole she came from as a congresswoman promoting the advancement of Somalia?

We had a president promoting his turd world agenda with the might of America.

What’s needed is an America first agenda, by Americans.

Fubo


2 posted on 01/30/2024 1:41:06 AM PST by himno hero (had'nff 8)
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To: Libloather

Watch the House Democrat phalanx line up shoulder-to-shoulder to defend her - unlike the useless back-stabbing Republicans who got rid of George Santos over stuff that the ranking House Democrats do every day.


3 posted on 01/30/2024 1:46:13 AM PST by kiryandil (Free Jon Preston!)
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To: Libloather

Is there any Democrat that doesn’t put America’s interests last, or prays to their false god for its destruction?


4 posted on 01/30/2024 1:52:42 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Libloather
"Ilhan Omar’s appalling, Somalia-first comments are a slap in the face to the Minnesotans she was elected to serve and a direct violation of her oath of office,”

Omar is is the real life embodiment of some of the most severe xenophobic profiles for foreign nationals immigrating to America
5 posted on 01/30/2024 1:54:49 AM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: Libloather

Glad to see more exposing to public of her Somalia first agenda. It’s been obvious for many years. Why American’s keep thinking/supporting immigrants who didn’t come here to assimilate for any job that is of power is beyond me. It’s not “fair” and they don’t “deserve a chance” till they show they understand core American values and reject their old ways. I’m not sure that’s possible for many immigrants pride of original heritage is a big stumbling block. God allows such challenges to see if people want to be teachable by Him or remain selfish.


6 posted on 01/30/2024 2:01:19 AM PST by b4me
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To: clearcarbon

Open border RINO civnatcuck idiots should be forced to publicly explain why they think the border should be left wide open to allow scum like her to emmegrate into the country.


7 posted on 01/30/2024 2:31:40 AM PST by MachIV
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To: Libloather
And let's have Rashisa Tlaib booted as well, the pig who puts the Palestian flag ahead of the US flag outside her office. And someone please show me where it says in the Constitution foreign terror groups must now have a rep in Congress. When did this happen?


8 posted on 01/30/2024 2:33:55 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Libloather

Translate this Omar... Fuc* You!


9 posted on 01/30/2024 2:41:49 AM PST by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: himno hero

Also the first to insert an “f-bomb” into a rally.

(Which first-generation English-speakers are wont to do).


10 posted on 01/30/2024 2:45:17 AM PST by Does so ( 🇺🇦..."Christian-Nationalists" won WWII...Biden NOT NEXT DNC nominee!)
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To: Libloather

She is a beyotch.


11 posted on 01/30/2024 3:12:05 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Libloather

Careful. She might blow up on you.


12 posted on 01/30/2024 3:38:21 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Libloather

If she dies while she’s a member of Congress, there will be demands that her body should lie in state underneath the Capitol rotunda!


13 posted on 01/30/2024 3:40:30 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: himno hero

They should be working on expelling her from the Congresss, ASAP.
The only thing holding them up is the degree to which many of them agree with her sentiments...sadly.


14 posted on 01/30/2024 3:56:07 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

There are Democrats who flap their yapper about “America first”. Smoke and mirrors. How else could they get support?


15 posted on 01/30/2024 3:56:44 AM PST by albie
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To: Libloather

“Rep. Ilhan Omar faces calls to ‘resign in disgrace’ over speech in support of Somalia”

Cries of racism in 3, 2, 1...


16 posted on 01/30/2024 4:05:04 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: All

She wrote a book-——”This Is What America Looks Like:
My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman”


17 posted on 01/30/2024 4:16:23 AM PST by Liz (Matthew 11.28-30: Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give strength.)
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The fairy tail of her life.

Rep. Ilhan Omar represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs.

An experienced Twin Cities policy analyst, organizer, public speaker and advocate, Rep. Omar was sworn into office in January 2019, making her the first African refugee to become a Member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent Minnesota, and one of the first two Muslim-American women elected to Congress.

As a legislator, Rep. Omar is committed to fighting for the shared values of the 5th District, values that put people at the center of our democracy. She plans to focus on tackling many of the issues that she hears about most from her constituents, like investing in education and freeing students from the shackles of debt; ensuring a fair wage for a hard day’s work; creating a just immigration system and tackling the existential threat of climate change.

Rep. Omar also plans to resist attempts to divide us and push destructive policies that chip away at our rights and freedoms—and to build a more inclusive and compassionate culture, one that will allow our economy to flourish and encourage more Americans to participate in our democracy.

Born in Somalia, Rep. Omar and her family fled the country’s civil war when she was eight. The family spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya before coming to the United States in 1990s. In 1997, she moved to Minneapolis with her family. As a teenager, Rep. Omar’s grandfather inspired her to get involved in politics. Before running for office, she worked as a community educator at the University of Minnesota, was a Policy Fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and served as a Senior Policy Aide for the Minneapolis City Council.

Rep. Omar is the Vice-Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee. She also serves on the House Education and Workforce Committee, where she is a member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, Pensions (HELP).

She is the Deputy Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Vice Chair of Medicare For All Caucus. You can find her full list of Caucus memberships here.

Washington DC Office
1730 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4755

Minneapolis District Office
310 E 38th St
Suite 222
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Phone: (612) 333-1272


18 posted on 01/30/2024 4:18:42 AM PST by Liz (Matthew 11.28-30: Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give strength.)
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To: Liz

She should go BACK TO HER NATIVE LAND AND HELP IT BECOME A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ...ILHAN, OMAR, OR WHATEVER YOUR REAL NAME IS.

We do NOT need her here.


19 posted on 01/30/2024 4:32:08 AM PST by Maris Crane
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To: Maris Crane

Everything about her is fake.

We need to find out deals she’s made w/ Somalia and other Third world hellholes to advance their expansionist agenda (using US tax dollars).

Could also involve payments to her husband.


20 posted on 01/30/2024 4:38:38 AM PST by Liz (Matthew 11.28-30: Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give strength.)
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