Ilhan Omar, the congresswoman representing Minnesota’s 5th
District, has criticised President Donald Trump and some Republican lawmakers,
saying their recent remarks show that the United States is “being led by
idiots”.
Omar’s comments came after Trump attacked her in a social
media post, accusing her, a Somali descent, of “telling us how to run our
country”.
Trump also called for Omar’s impeachment following a
narrowly defeated attempt in congress to censure her over remarks related to
the death of conservative activist, Charlie Kirk.
On September 10, Kirk, a close Trump ally, was assassinated.
Omar later retweeted a post that some critics interpreted as
suggesting she blamed Kirk for his own death. The move drew backlash from
Republicans and Kirk’s supporters.
In response, Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced a
resolution to censure Omar for allegedly “smearing Charlie Kirk”, but the
measure was voted down 214–213 on Wednesday.
“Somalia is consistently ranked among the world’s most
corrupt countries, including bribery, embezzlement, and a dysfunctional
government. All of this, and Ilhan Omar tells us how to run America! … What
SCUM we have in our country, telling us what to do, and how to do it,” Trump
wrote on social media.
Speaking on The Weekend Prime, Omar dismissed Trump’s
remarks, describing him as someone “always unhinged, always derailed, always
creating chaos”.
She accused the president of harbouring an obsession with
immigrants and mocked his call for her impeachment.
“He’s supposed to be the president of the United States,
heading off to Europe to represent us. When he does, he’s educated enough to
understand that members of congress can’t be impeached,” she said.
She added that comments from Trump and his Republican allies
“expose themselves for how stupid they are”, which she said is “embarrassing
for us as a country”.
“When they’re saying they’re going to deport me knowing
fully well that you cannot deport an American citizen, what that displays for
not just Americans but folks on an international platform is that our country
is being led by idiots, and that is not something that we would be comfortable
with,” she said.
“I feel great sadness that these are the kinds of people
representing us.”
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