President Donald Trump fumed in a late-night social media post Sunday that Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, should either be hauled off to jail or sent to Somalia.
“There is 19 Billion Dollars in Minnesota Somalia Fraud. Fake ‘Congresswoman’ Illhan Omar, a constant complainer who hates the USA, knows everything there is to know,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post. “She should be in jail, or even a worse punishment, sent back to Somalia, considered one of the absolutely worst countries in the World. She could help to MAKE SOMALIA GREAT AGAIN!”
Omar, the first Somali American to serve in Congress, was born in Somalia and became a U.S. citizen in 2000. She has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019.
HuffPost reached out to the White House and Omar’s office for comment.
Trump and Omar have been embroiled in an intensifying feud after the right-wing leader has repeatedly called for her to be sent back to Somalia. Their rift ramped up after the Trump administration launched investigations into social services fraud in Minnesota, with Trump targeting the Somali population in the state.
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