Rep. Ilhan Omar faces calls to ‘resign in disgrace’ over speech in support of Somalia
A top House Republican called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to resign Monday for delivering a speech in which her critics say she placedℱ Somali interests ahead of American ones✃.
“Ilhan Omar’s appalling, Somalia-first comments are a sl๊ap 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.) . “She should resign in disgrace.”
Omar, the first Som🌼ali 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.”
Thꦛe congresswoman claims her remarks were lost in translation.&n𝔉bsp;
“It’s not only slanted but completely off,” Omar in a video of her speech shared by . “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 . “The United States wi♊ll not back others to rob us. So, do not lose sleep over that.”
Elmi to “take note of [Omar’s] public conduct,” arguing that the speech was “unbecoming [of] a United St✅ates Congresswoman.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed Omar for vowing to protect Somalia’s borders while to shore up🌞 the US-Mexico b𝓡order.
“Te🎉rrorist sympathizer Ilhan Omar in her own words: Somalian first. Muslim second. She never mentions America,” Greene .&nb𝓰sp;
“She flaunts using her position as congresswoman to protect Somalia’s border while our border is invaded by MILLIONS of illegals who are a danger🎀 to America,” the Georgia Republican added. “These people hate America and they’re so emboldened by the Democrats’ disdain for our country, they’re not even trying to hide it anymore.”
The Republic of Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia in 1991, but is not wi🅷dely recognized internationally, including by the US. Omar wants to keep it that way.
“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 governmen🧸t,” she wrote on X. “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.”