{"id":2429947,"date":"2025-05-01T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-repeatedly-curses-at-reporter-who-asked-her-a-simple-question\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T23:08:13","slug":"ilhan-omar-repeatedly-curses-at-reporter-who-asked-her-a-simple-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-repeatedly-curses-at-reporter-who-asked-her-a-simple-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar Repeatedly Curses at Reporter Who Asked Her a Simple Question"},"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-repeatedly-curses-at-reporter-who-asked-her-a-simple-question%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=2429947&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 incident, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of minnesota reacted angrily to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-things-people-are-afraid-to-say-about-george-floyd-and-the-derek-chauvin-trial\/\" title=\"The Things People Are Afraid To Say About George Floyd And The Derek Chauvin Trial\">question posed<\/a> by journalist Myles Morell regarding fellow Democrats advocating for the deported MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia during their visit to El Salvador. When Morell asked if more Democratic colleagues should support Abrego Garcia, Omar dismissed him with an expletive-laden response, telling him to &#8220;f**k off&#8221; while continuing to walk away without engaging further. Morell expressed that this behavior was unprofessional and indicative of how elected officials should conduct themselves. Following the incident, Omar doubled down on her response through social media, stating, \u201cI said what I said.\u201d The exchange drew criticism from various quarters, with some noting that Omar&#8217;s reaction demonstrated a lack of accountability and class, and it sparked conversations around how <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">politicians handle tough questions<\/a> during press interactions.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota had curses and little else for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">reporter<\/a> who asked about the parade of Democrats traveling to El Salvador in their bid to glorify deported MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you think more of your Democratic colleagues should be traveling to El Salvador to advocate on behalf of Abrego Garcia?&rdquo; Daily Caller News Foundation journalist Myles Morell asked in a video he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MylesMorell\/status\/1917979446306312237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think you should f**k off,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-ilhan-omar-shameful-response-pastor-quotes-bible-defense-unborn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omar<\/a>, walking down the street with her entourage, said without breaking stride or facing the journalist.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry, what, congresswoman?&rdquo; Morell said<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today I tried to ask <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ilhan?\">@Ilhan<\/a> a question on behalf of The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller?\">@DailyCaller<\/a> News Foundation and she told me to &ldquo;F**k off&rdquo; twice.<\/p>\n<p>That was very unprofessional of her. Our elected officials should not be acting this way. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8wPu566ZTt\">pic.twitter.com\/8wPu566ZTt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Myles Morell (@MylesMorell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MylesMorell\/status\/1917979446306312237?\">May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You should f**k off,&rdquo; she repeated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who should?&rdquo; Morell asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You,&rdquo; Omar said emphatically.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why me?&rdquo; Morell answered.<\/p>\n<p>An aide then intervened to say Omar was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-ilhan-omar-marry-brother-says-personal-friend-finally-gone-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-hires-editor-of-student-paper-who-hid-in-office-from-free-beacon-reporter\/\" title=\"NYT Hires Editor of Student Paper Who Hid in Office from Free Beacon ...\">taking questions<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That was very unprofessional of her. Our elected officials should not be acting this way,&rdquo; Morell said in posting the interaction.<\/p>\n<p>When upbraided for her actions, Omar decided an f-bomb was preferable to contrition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said what I said. You and all your miserable trolls can f**k off,&rdquo; Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1918003042865078515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The episode brought condemnation raining down on Omar.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is an unhinged response to an entirely fair question,&rdquo; Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter Chuck Ross <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChuckRossDC\/status\/1917993029966741572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think part of it is that Democrats are not used to being asked non-softball questions by Capitol Hill reporters,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump has said a lot of things to reporters but I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t recall &ldquo;F*ck Off&rdquo; being one. Hats off to Ilhan Omar for a new low. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b29B1ZbqKl\">https:\/\/t.co\/b29B1ZbqKl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jillian Michaels (@JillianMichaels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JillianMichaels\/status\/1918003011009560871?\">May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This woman has no class, no gratitude to America, and no honor. Truly a disgrace to the US Congress,&rdquo; Turning Point USA&rsquo;s Charlie Kirk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1917992032897048623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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When asked if more of her colleagues should be advocating for him, Omar told the journalist, &#8220;I think you should f**k off,&#8221; while continuing on her way without acknowledging him. The reporter, Myles Morell from the Daily Caller News Foundation, expressed that her response was unprofessional and that elected officials should behave better. Despite criticism for her remarks, Omar stood by her words on social media, telling critics to &#8220;f**k off&#8221; as well. This incident drew widespread condemnation, with some commentators noting it was an extreme reaction to a legitimate question and criticizing Omar&#8217;s lack of decorum as a Congress member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2429948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ilhan-Omar.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15554,50410,34264,5894,5046],"class_list":["post-2429947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-communication","tag-controversy-2","tag-ilhan-omar","tag-politics","tag-reporter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ilhan-Omar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429947","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429951,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429947\/revisions\/2429951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}