A video of Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar declaring her allegiance to the country from which she came resurfaced this week right after another that showed the same thing.
This one, from December 2022, exposes the anti-American Somali refugee as a possible agent of foreign influence. She called the president of Somalia “our president” and said she has a “special relationship” with him.
After the first video appeared, which Omar says was mistranslated, GOP Representative Tom Emmer, also of Minnesota, called for an investigation. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Omar should be deported.
Her “Uncle” the President
The gist of Omar’s remarks from late 2022 was that she works for Somali President President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and frankly doesn’t consider herself an American citizen, despite being naturalized.
“I am very honored to have the chance that our president, president of Somalia, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, let us give him a warm welcome, Minnesota!” she said.
And, she told a cheering crowd, she and “our president” are thick as thieves and Somalia is her real home:
The president and I have a special relationship. I call him uncle and he calls me his girl. Welcome to your home. Our home is your home. Welcome to Minneapolis. We are very happy that Hassan is our president. Somalia is our home. It is home to all the people gathered here. We do not feel that it is far from us. Somalia is our heart. It is in our hearts. We always think about Somalia.
A few days after her remarks about “our president” Mohamud, she spoke about Somalia as “our country.” The Voice of America reported her remarks at a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre in Mogadishu:
Our country and our religion have been associated with terrorism [because] of the dishonor they brought on us. We have to get rid of them as Somalis and as Muslims and pray and support each other in that work.
Mistranslated Remarks?
As The New American reported early this week, Omar came under heavy fire for remarks that, again, showed her to be a Somali agent of influence in Congress.
“We are an organized society,” she told a gathering. “Brothers and sisters. People of the same blood. People who know they are Somalians first, Muslims second, who protect one another, who come to each other’s aid to the aid of other Muslims, too.”
But that wasn’t all. She elaborated. In her mind, Somalia comes first:
The U.S. Government will only do what Somalians in the U.S. tell them to do. They will do what we want and nothing else….
We Somalians must have the confidence in ourselves that we call for the shots in the U.S. We live in the U.S., pay taxes in the U.S., and have a real voice. The U.S. is a country where one of your daughters (myself) 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. The U.S. would not dare to support anyone against Somalia to steal our land or oceans.
Sleep in comfort, knowing I am here to protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system. The woman you sent to Congress is working day and night to protect your interest. She knows your plight and that of Somalia.
“No sitting member of Congress should be able to blatantly spew anti-American rhetoric and get away with it,” Emmer fumed when the video surfaced.
He demanded a probe by the House Ethics Committee.
“I hold the First Amendment’s protections for speech in the highest regard,” Emmer wrote to the committee:
However, her remarks suggest a disregard for her oath of office in a manner that is unbecoming of an American elected official, reflect poorly on the United States House of Representatives and is a slap in the face to the Minnesotans she represents.
Emmer wants the committee to determine whether the remarks violated Rule XXIII Clause 1, which requires that a “member behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.”
Omar disputed the translation, which appeared at the X feed of the deputy foreign minister of Somaliland, an unrecognized self-governing nation that declared independence from Somalia.
Omar called the remarks a “manufactured controversy based on an inaccurate translation taken entirely out of context.”
“I am embarrassed for Tom,” the beturbanned Muslim said:
This is clearly a desperate attempt to garner attention after his failed four hour Speaker bid last year and a gross misuse and waste of taxpayer funds for something that is clearly false. I categorically reject these disingenuous attempts to malign my character and question my loyalty to my home, America.
Early last year, the House Foreign Affairs Committee booted her because her “antisemitic” comments made her a national security threat.
No Somalis, No Omar in Congress
Emmer didn’t explain why Omar is even a problem.
U.S. asylum policy allowed her into the country for no good reason, and Minneapolis, like Lewiston, Maine, has been a colony of Somalia for some time.
Non-Muslim city residents are subjected to the disturbing cacophony of the Muslim call to prayer over loudspeakers five times a day.
It is also a recruiting center for Somali terrorists. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently arrested a Somali al-Shabaab member in the city.
H/T: Gateway Pundit
