Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday fired back at Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) suggestion that “maybe Somalia can take you back,” calling the South Carolina congresswoman not “well or smart.”
The back-and-forth came as Mace promoted her resolution to censure Omar and remove her from her committee assignments after Mace charged the Minnesota Democrat “smeared Charlie Kirk and implied he was to blame for his own murder” in an interview with Mehdi Hasan and by reposting a video blaming Kirk’s rhetoric for contributing to his own assassination.
Mace, alongside a screenshot of a 2022 tweet from Omar expressing that the First Amendment does not protect people from consequences like being shamed or shunned for speech.
“If you celebrate murder, maybe Somalia can take you back,” Mace said in a post on X from her campaign account.
Omar, who came to the U.S. as a child after her family fled Somalia’s civil war as refugees, fired back in another post.
“I know you aren’t well or smart but I hope someone can explain to you that there isn’t a correlation between my committee assignments and deportation,” Omar said. “Regardless of what you do with these committees, my office will continue to be next to you and I will continue to be in Congress.”
Mace only reiterated her calls.
“One-way ticket to Somalia with your name on it, Ilhan Omar,” Mace added on X.
Omar in the interview with Hasan called Kirk’s assassination “mortifying” while saying Kirk had defended gun rights and “was willing to debate and downplay the death of George Floyd.” She said it was “effed up” that there are people “talking about him just wanting to have a civil debate.”
The Minnesota congresswoman has noted that none of the quotes highlighted in Mace’s censure resolution are her own words, and Omar accused Mace of pushing the censure as a way to fundraise for her gubernatorial bid.
Mace’s censure resolution is set to receive action on the House floor as soon as Wednesday after Mace moved to force a vote on the matter.
The South Carolina congresswoman is not the only Republican who has said she should not be in the U.S.
“Ilhan Omar (D-Somalia) should never have been let into our country,” Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) posted on X in response to a video of Omar’s interview with Hasan.
