Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) accused Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) of having “a base that feeds off” of xenophobia and racism.
The two lawmakers have stark differences in politics in a House with a slim Republican majority, and Gill brought attention to Omar’s workshops for Somali immigrants on navigating Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“We should have never let Ilhan Omar into our country,” Gill wrote on X last month under a video of one such workshop.
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Omar appeared on CNN’s The Situation Room Monday to respond to Gill’s further comments that she should be arrested and deported. The Michigan representative stood by her actions, asserting that everyone has constitutional rights and that “it is really important for people to know those rights.”
“These are people who have really
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