Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday referred to as for “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to be expelled from Congress, have her citizenship revoked, and deported from the nation over a speech she gave which critics alleged Omar put the pursuits of Somalis over Americans.
The clip of Omar’s Jan. 27 speech, which went viral this week, appeared to indicate the Somali-born congresswoman assuring her constituents that she would use her affect to make sure the breakaway Republic of Somaliland wouldn’t enter a sea-access cope with Ethiopia.
L-R: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. (Getty Images)
A translation of the clip DeSantis re-shared reveals Omar telling the group: “The U.S. is a country where one of your daughters is in Congress to represent your interest.”
“For as long as I am in the U.S. Congress, Somalia will never be in danger, its waters will not be stolen by Ethiopia or others … Sleep in comfort, knowing I am here to protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system.”
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The clip ignited a firestorm of offended responses from critics who accused the Democratic lawmaker of prioritizing her loyalty to her nation of beginning moderately than the U.S.
“Expel from Congress, denaturalize and deport!” DeSantis tweeted on Tuesday.
Omar left her homeland along with her household close to the beginning of the Somali Civil War in 1991 and spent 4 years at a Kenyan refugee camp earlier than immigrating to the U.S. in 1995.
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Omar has criticized the interpretation of her remarks from Saturday, calling them “not only slanted but completely off.”
“[B]ut I wouldn’t expect more from these propagandists. I pray for them and for their sanity,” she tweeted.
“No nation state can survive if its states start to get involved in land lease negotiations with other countries without the consent of the federal government. Somalis in Somalia and in the diaspora are united in that effort and I stand in solidarity with them. No amount of harassment and lies will ever change that.”
FILE: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks throughout a information convention by the Congressional Progressive Caucus on the specter of default, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Later Tuesday, Omar appeared to throw shade at DeSantis. While in a roundabout way addressing his tweet attacking her, she ridiculed his unsuccessful 2024 presidential marketing campaign.
“Moving from 2024 failure and preparing for 2028 failure,” she tweeted in response to an article suggesting the Republican governor had his eyes set on the following election.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Omar’s marketing campaign for additional remark.
