Kick Her Out! Ron DeSantis Calls for Ilhan Omar to Be Expelled From Congress, Denaturalized, Deported

On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took to X/Twitter to call for Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Somalia) to be expelled from Congress, have her U.S. citizenship revoked, and have her sent back to Somalia. Bravo!

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called Tuesday for Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to be expelled from Congress, denaturalized as a U.S. citizen and deported back to Somalia in response to a speech where she said her primary job in Congress is to protect Somali interests.

Omar has faced criticism from Republicans in Congress as well after a Jan. 27 speech has gone viral of her remarks to Somalian leaders in Minnesota.
Omar was speaking in Somali in her speech and did not mention her support for the U.S. and instead said she was “Somalian first, Muslim second” and that she was “here to protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system,” according to a translation of her speech shared on Twitter by Ambassador Rhoda J. Elmi, the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland.
Omar also reportedly said: “While I am in Congress, no one will take Somalia’s sea. The United States will not back others to rob us. So, do not lose sleep over that,” Newsweek reported.

Expel from Congress, denaturalize and deport! https://t.co/UyjEmSSIoQ
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) January 30, 2024

Ilhan Omar's speech here - she was speaking in Somali, which makes one wonder if she presumed nobody would bother with a translation - betrays her real allegiance, which is not to the people of Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, as per the oath of office she took (but has clearly abandoned) when she was elected to the United States House of Representatives. She does not consider herself to be an American, instead claiming to be a "Somalian first, Muslim second."

Where does American come in her calculus? Nowhere, it seems; as a member of the notorious Squad, she has been involved in anti-American activity since she entered Congress.

Ilhan Omar Puts Somalia First Instead of America First

8 U.S. Code § 1451 - Revocation of naturalization allows for the revocation of U.S. citizenship. This statute states in part:

(a) Concealment of material evidence; refusal to testify
It shall be the duty of the United States attorneys for the respective districts, upon affidavit showing good cause therefor, to institute proceedings in any district court of the United States in the judicial district in which the naturalized citizen may reside at the time of bringing suit, for the purpose of revoking and setting aside the order admitting such person to citizenship and canceling the certificate of naturalization on the ground that such order and certificate of naturalization were illegally procured or were procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation, and such revocation and setting aside of the order admitting such person to citizenship and such canceling of certificate of naturalization shall be effective as of the original date of the order and certificate, respectively: Provided, That refusal on the part of a naturalized citizen within a period of ten years following his naturalization to testify as a witness in any proceeding before a congressional committee concerning his subversive activities, in a case where such person has been convicted of contempt for such refusal, shall be held to constitute a ground for revocation of such person’s naturalization under this subsection as having been procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation.

One can make a good argument that Ilhan Omar misrepresented her intent when she took the oath of allegiance to the United States. She has also allegedly misrepresented family attachments to aid in the importation of other Somalis. But the real key point here is in her speech; she has stated -- openly -- that her allegiance is not to the United States nor her constituents, but to a foreign power. She deliberately lied when she took her oath of allegiance to the United States and when she took her oath of office as a member of Congress. Governor DeSantis is absolutely correct; Ilhan Omar is claiming, openly, to have no allegiance to the United States, to have lied in multiple sworn oaths, and she should be expelled from Congress, stripped of her citizenship, and returned to whence she came - Somalia. She claims to represent Somalia, then let her do it there. We have no need of her here.

Expel her! Denaturalize her! Deport her! We know that the Biden Administration, of course, will do none of these things - but November is coming. And since the House GOP has expelled one of their own, we can certainly expect them to expel Omar, whose transgressions are far more serious.