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Ilhan Omar Forced to Delete Post on Juneteenth
Townhall ^ | June 19, 2025 2:15 PM | Rebecca Downs

Posted on 06/19/2025 1:36:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has had a rough time on X lately, as she's been called out for her anti-American sentiments in various posts and social media hits. On Thursday, she was actually forced to delete a post in honor of Juneteenth, after she was called out for the slavery still going on in her home country of Somalia. 

"160 years ago on June 19, 1865, slavery ended in this country. Today, we celebrate Black freedom, resilience, and achievement, and continue the work to root out systematic racism from our policies and institutions," read Omar's since deleted post from her official account. 

In a quoted repost, Gunther Eagleman called for Omar to go back to her home country. "Somalia still has slaves. Ilhan should go fight to free her own people," he posted. Omar's original post is now showing up as no longer existing, indicating she deleted it. 

According to a 2023 report for Walk Free, using 2021 numbers, there were 98,000 people living in modern slavery in Somalia, 6.2 per every 1,000 people. There is a 98/100 score for "vulnerability to modern slavery," but the government only has a 18/100 response score. 

Omar has since put up a new post, one which mentions Juneteenth by name, but not the end of slavery. 

"On Juneteenth, we remember that freedom is not always swift but it is always worth the fight. It’s a powerful reminder of how long justice can take to reach those who deserve it most," her new post now begins with. 

"Today, we celebrate Black freedom, resilience, and achievement, and continue the work to root out systematic racism from our policies and institutions," her post continues, just as the...

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1 posted on 06/19/2025 1:36:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LOL! Love Gunther.


2 posted on 06/19/2025 1:42:13 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Uncle Sugar" is being audited and having an enema.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

My great grandfather fought for that freedom. I wish someone would recognize the sacrifices he and his fellow soldiers made to free the slaves.


3 posted on 06/19/2025 1:42:27 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: Mercat

Yes.


4 posted on 06/19/2025 1:43:13 PM PDT by madison10
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It always amazes me how stupid or ill-informed that people still put hair-brained idiots in positions of power. Geeze, what is with all the biased racist black mayors?


5 posted on 06/19/2025 1:43:30 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1789. Death Certificate - 2021? )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Notice how race baiters always assert institutional racism without naming an example?


6 posted on 06/19/2025 1:45:31 PM PDT by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

She should go back to doing what she does best, banging her brother


7 posted on 06/19/2025 1:51:46 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Mercat

My ancestors fought for the Union also. I think more people should visit the national civil war memorial in Vicksburg, MS. Each state has a unique memorial listing and honoring all the war dead. These all date from the turn of the 20th C, and reflect the immense respect and gratitude that people felt for their fathers and grandfathers who fought. It is overwhelming.


8 posted on 06/19/2025 1:56:39 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Omar is a typical Muslim ... they don’t migrate to assimilate but to Conquer and make that country part of their long sought after worldwide Caliphate under Sharia Law. Their first effort is to destroy confidence in the government of the country they now reside in, much like she is trying to do to the US.


9 posted on 06/19/2025 2:00:27 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (In a way ge is right as)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Omar pushing for a shariateenth holiday of beatings and beheadings.


10 posted on 06/19/2025 2:02:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Her new post could also get roasted and taken down.

“And the current slaves in Somalia are STILL waiting for their freedom, Omar.”


11 posted on 06/19/2025 2:05:49 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Thats her 2nd best thing she can do.

Her first is lying.


12 posted on 06/19/2025 2:06:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The only reason blacks are free is 365,000 Union soldiers died for their freedom (and many more were wounded).


13 posted on 06/19/2025 2:23:10 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Illhands is such a unmitigated mess.

Incest.

Revoke her citizenship and get her ass back to Somalia.


14 posted on 06/19/2025 2:25:01 PM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rulsh!!!!!)
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To: married21

The people in the south maintained and decorated the graves of the Union soldiers who were killed in the war. That’s better than what the northerners did.

Harvard, to this day, refuses to honor their their Confederate alumni who died in the war. Their names do not appear on the walls at Mem Hall. Harvard even refused to have a small memorial at Memorial Church. That’s because the war was about money and it was Harvard alumni who were the New York bankers who built many of the buildings at Harvard.

Maybe Elise Stefanik and the president can get them to change their minds.


15 posted on 06/19/2025 2:25:16 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Should DEPORT her ,LOL


16 posted on 06/19/2025 2:25:46 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Heh... Got ‘er!!!


17 posted on 06/19/2025 2:26:28 PM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: Mercat

Sounds like her home country needs an Abraham Lincoln and a Civil War.


18 posted on 06/19/2025 2:27:47 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I know almost nothing about the totally fake U.S. national holiday called "Juneteenth." I ignored it when I first heard about it last year. But this year, since the Dumb Democrats have been very heavily and very loudly promoting it everywhere across the Dumb Democrat-controlled MSM, I looked it up on Wikipedia.

Did you know that the actual full official title as enacted by our U.S. government is, get this: "Juneteenth National Independence Day." WTF? To me, that sounds remarkably similar to "Independence Day" (which is on July 4 if my memory serves me). ;)

So we now have two "independence Days" just two weeks apart: First, "Juneteenth National Independence Day" and just plain "Independence Day." Sure seems like it will get easier and easier over time to get the two mixed up. Street interviews show many teenagers have almost no clue what July 4 represents. I predict Dumb Democrats will increasingly push the former "Independence Day" with the idea of deemphasizing the latter one which was inspired by all those evil "racist, xenophobic" Founding Fathers.

As I always say, the anti-America Dumb Democrats are all about identity politics, identity politics, identity politics. Identity politics totally 100% consumes them 24/7. I think that's what's going on with this "Juneteenth" nonsense.

19 posted on 06/19/2025 2:32:28 PM PDT by gw-ington (Riding the Trump Tariff Train ...)
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To: Mercat

I’ll do it with some numbers.

Approximately 2.1 million union soldiers fought in the civil war. Of that 2.1 million, 309,860 union soldiers were killed and an additional 275,000 were wounded but survived.

At the time of the Civil War, there were approximately 3,500,000 slaves.

So, for every 2 slave (actually 1.6) slaves, a white man fought for their freedom.

For every 11 slaves, a white man died for their freedom.

For every 6 slaves (actually 5.8), a white man was killed or injured for their freedom.

No other nation has every sacrificed its men in such a fashion in the history of the world.


20 posted on 06/19/2025 2:42:39 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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