{"id":2412106,"date":"2025-03-10T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-suggests-all-of-brandon-gills-constituents-are-xenophobic-and-racist\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T15:46:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:46:33","slug":"ilhan-omar-suggests-all-of-brandon-gills-constituents-are-xenophobic-and-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-suggests-all-of-brandon-gills-constituents-are-xenophobic-and-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar suggests all of Brandon Gill\u2019s constituents are \u2018xenophobic and racist\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Filhan-omar-suggests-all-of-brandon-gills-constituents-are-xenophobic-and-racist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent political exchange, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) accused her counterpart, Representative \u200cBrandon\u2063 Gill (R-TX), of fostering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-overview-virginia-state-house-up-for-grabs-after-two-years-of-democrat-control\/\" title=\"Election Overview: Virginia State House Up for Grabs After Two Years of Democrat Control\">political base<\/a> that\u200c thrives on xenophobia\u200b and racism.\u200b This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">accusation arises amidst ongoing tensions<\/a> between the lawmakers, especially after\u200c Gill criticized omar for organizing workshops aimed at\u2063 helping \u2062Somali immigrants navigate Immigration\u2063 and \u2063Customs \u2063Enforcement. \u200dGill&#8217;s provocative remark \u2064on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/constitution-declaration-of-independence-now-have-trigger-warnings-on-national-archives-site\/\" title=\"Constitution, Declaration Of Independence Now Have \u2018Trigger Warnings\u2019 On National Archives Site\">social media suggested<\/a> that\u200d Omar shouldn&#8217;t have been allowed into \u200cthe\u2062 United States, further intensifying their disagreement.<\/p>\n<p>In response to comments made by Gill about deporting her, Omar defended her actions on CNN, emphasizing the importance \u2062of educating immigrants about\u2062 their constitutional rights. She stated that Gill&#8217;s rhetoric is aimed at energizing a\u2062 fearful base, intentionally \u2062stirring up these sentiments for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">political gain<\/a>. Omar, who\u200d came to\u2062 the U.S.\u200d as a Somali refugee and \u2063became\u2062 a citizen in \u20632000, highlighted that\u200b such attacks \u2063against her reflect a broader disregard for constitutional\u2063 principles. \u200dThe clash \u200cillustrates the polarized state of current American politics, especially within a closely \u200bdivided House of Representatives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ilhan Omar suggests all of Brandon Gill&rsquo;s constituents are &lsquo;xenophobic and racist&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2034127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingontexaminer.com\/tag\/ilhan-omar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ilhan Omar<\/a> (D-MN) accused Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3241837\/capitol-new-crop-four-house-republicans-maga-champions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Brandon Gill\">Brandon Gill<\/a> (R-TX) of having &ldquo;a base that feeds off&rdquo; of xenophobia and racism.<\/p>\n<p>The two lawmakers have stark differences in politics in a House with a slim Republican majority, and Gill brought attention to Omar&rsquo;s workshops for Somali immigrants on navigating Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3342191\/andy-harris-al-green-broke-decorum-congressional-outbursts\/\">Andy Harris contends Al Green broke &#8216;all decorum&#8217; with congressional outbursts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3341451\/house-democrats-issue-conference-future-leadership-reset\/\">House Democrats retreat gives caucus first glimpse of future leadership &mdash; and chance for a reset<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3341948\/khanna-slams-democrats-behavior-trump-address\/\">Ro Khanna slams Democrats&#8217; behavior at Trump&#8217;s joint address: &#8216;Not a good look&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We should have never let Ilhan Omar into our country,&rdquo; Gill wrote on X last month under a video of one such workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Omar appeared on CNN&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>The Situation Room<\/em> Monday to respond to Gill&rsquo;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 &ldquo;it is really important for people to know those rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are people who have really stopped caring about our institutions, really stopped caring about our Constitution,&rdquo; Omar said when asked about Gill. &ldquo;I know that it is red meat for his base that are xenophobic and racist to say to them that I am going to find a way to arrest and deport a member of Congress who he thinks is doing something wrong when I am doing the right thing in trying to make sure everybody that is within my constituency has the resources and the information that they need.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2836184&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=150d4024681289bcbeae194f3ec081f4\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, of course. But just to follow up very quickly, just to be clear, you&rsquo;re not calling all of his base xenophobic and racist, right,&rdquo; anchor Pamela Brown asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I mean, he is feeding to something. He has a petition out. He&rsquo;s getting donations. That&rsquo;s what this is all about. He knows he can&rsquo;t deport me. There is no grounds for my arrest,&rdquo; Omar said. &ldquo;So this information is only being put out there by him for a reason, and that reason is because he has a base that feeds off of that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Omar is a Somali refugee who was granted naturalization in 2000 and took an oath to become a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3339341\/joe-manchin-asks-democrats-to-disagree-with-decorum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JOE MANCHIN PLEADS WITH DEMOCRATS TO DISAGREE &lsquo;WITH DECORUM&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Gill&rsquo;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Gill is a freshman congressman who is married to filmmaker Dinesh D&rsquo;Souza&rsquo;s daughter. He is a former journalist and founder of the <em>DC Enquirer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2034127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2034127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilhan Omar claims Brandon Gill&#8217;s supporters are &#8216;xenophobic and racist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2412107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0A7A4332-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51892,34264,5894,50526,51893],"class_list":["post-2412106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-brandon-gill","tag-ilhan-omar","tag-politics","tag-racism-2","tag-xenophobia-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0A7A4332-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412110,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412106\/revisions\/2412110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}