Ron DeSantis calls for Ilhan Omar’s deportation, expulsion from Congress for ‘Somalia First’ comments

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday threatened to expel “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from Congress, revoke her citizenship, and revoke her citizenship over what critics said Omar had said. demanded deportation. The interests of Somalis over Americans.

A video of Omar’s Jan. 27 speech that went viral this week shows the Somali-born lawmaker using his influence to prevent the independent Republic of Somaliland from signing a maritime access agreement with Ethiopia. He seemed to be promising voters that he would exercise his powers.

A translation of the clip reshared by DeSantis shows Omar telling the crowd, “America is a country where one of your daughters is in Congress representing your interests.”

“As long as I am in the U.S. Congress, Somalia will never be in danger and its water will never be stolen by Ethiopia or any other country…I am here to protect Somalia’s interests from within the U.S. system. Sleep peacefully knowing that you are in safe hands.”

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The video sparked a storm of anger from critics who accused the Democratic congressman of putting loyalty to his homeland above the United States.

“Kick him out of Congress, degenerate and deport him!” DeSantis tweeted on Tuesday.

Omar fled her homeland with her family near the outbreak of Somalia’s civil war in 1991 and spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp before immigrating to the United States in 1995.

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Omar criticized the translation of Saturday’s remarks, calling it “not only slanted, but completely off.”

”[B]I wouldn’t expect anything less from these propagandists. I pray for them and their sanity,” she tweeted.

“No nation-state can survive if states begin to engage in land lease negotiations with other countries without the consent of the federal government.Somalia and the Somali people in the diaspora are united in that effort, and I want them to We stand in solidarity with that. No amount of harassment and lies will change that.”

File: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks during a press conference by the Congressional Progressive Caucus about the threat of default, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin, File)

Late Tuesday, Omar appeared to be throwing shade at DeSantis. She did not directly address his tweets attacking her, but mocked his failed 2024 presidential campaign.

“We’re moving on from the mistakes of 2024 and preparing for the mistakes of 2028,” he tweeted in response to an article suggesting the Republican governor was looking ahead to the next election.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to Omar’s campaign for further comment.