Emmer Says Omar Should Lose Her Citizenship and Seat: ‘She Is No Longer Allowed on the House Floor’
Rep. Tom Emmer, the incoming No. 2 House Republican, said Thursday that Rep. Ilhan Omar will no longer be a citizen or a member of Congress once it is proven that she misstated her age.
“I think it’s gonna be proven that her birthdate — she has lied about it repeatedly,” Emmer told conservative host Benny Johnson when asked whether Omar is an American citizen, Mediaite reported.
Emmer, a fellow Minnesotan, laid out his theory. “Once it is confirmed that she was not under the age of 18 when her father was naturalized … she was over the age of 18. Guess what, Benny? That is an administrative process. She is immediately no longer a citizen and she has to reapply for citizenship,” he said.
“And by the way, I’ll just remind you that at that point, she’s no longer a member of Congress anymore either,” Emmer added.
Asked whether the military or law enforcement should remove Omar from Congress in that case, Emmer replied, “Yes! Yes! She is no longer allowed on the House floor,” The New Republic reported, citing a clip of the exchange.
When Johnson said people who “aren’t Americans” can’t serve in Congress, Emmer answered, “Well, apparently we do, but they’re citizens.”
He also told Omar to leave if she does not want to be an American. “She’s said in the past that she’s here to represent Somalia. Well, why don’t you go back to Somalia?” Emmer said. “If you don’t want to be an American, then you should just get the hell out.”
What the Investigation Has Shown
The Justice Department is investigating allegations that Omar’s father’s citizenship application was fraudulent, and federal agents searched Omar’s home in mid-October, according to Mediaite. Omar has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged.
Prosecutors also charged Omar’s former bodyguard while pressing him to turn on her, his lawyer has said, as CDN reported.
Emmer’s claim that citizenship ends “immediately” is his own reading of the law. Stripping citizenship from a naturalized American generally requires the government to prove its case in federal court, and no denaturalization case against Omar has been made public.
The remarks came as Omar seeks to win back her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which Republicans took from her in 2023, and as border czar Tom Homan called the federal case against her “strong,” Townhall reported, citing Larry O’Connor’s show.
The clip spread fast among conservatives, with Twitchy featuring it on its front page, while critics on the left condemned Emmer’s language as bigoted.
Mediaite’s report did not include a response from Omar to Emmer’s remarks.
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