It's Treason! Ilhan Omar just sided against America - Expel her
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D Minn., is facing backlash after falsely claiming the United States deliberately targets Muslim nations during Ramadan. “Iraq was attacked by the US during Ramadan and it is sickening to know that the US is again going to attack Iran during Ramadan,” Omar wrote on X as tensions escalated ahead of a U.S. strike on Iran.
“The US apparently loves to strike Muslim countries during Ramadan and I am convinced it isn’t what these countries have done to violate international law but about who they worship,” she added.
Critics argue that such rhetoric, delivered during an active military standoff, risks giving adversaries propaganda they can weaponize.
Under the Constitution, treason is narrowly defined as levying war against the United States or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Legal scholars have long noted that the “aid and comfort” standard requires intent and tangible support, not merely controversial speech.
Still, opponents contend that accusing the United States of religiously motivated warfare while American forces face potential retaliation could be construed as echoing hostile narratives advanced by the Iranian regime.
They argue that when a sitting member of Congress frames U.S. military action as anti-Muslim aggression, it may embolden adversaries and undermine American diplomatic leverage.
Supporters of Omar counter that political speech, even sharp criticism of U.S. foreign policy, is protected under the First Amendment. They note that courts have historically set an extraordinarily high bar for proving treason, requiring overt acts and clear evidence of intentional alignment with an enemy power.
The debate underscores the tension between protected political expression and rhetoric that critics say risks crossing into dangerous territory during moments of international crisis.
Omar was also hit with a community note on X after making the claim that the United States targets Muslim nations during Ramadan.
Users quickly pointed out that the U.S. invasion of Iraq under President George W. Bush began March 20, 2003, seven months before Ramadan that year.
They also noted that President George H.W. Bush launched Operation Desert Storm on Jan. 17, 1991, roughly two months before Ramadan began that year, a campaign that ultimately liberated Kuwait.
“Claiming America ‘chooses Ramadan to attack Muslims’ is not advocacy, it is a deliberate lie meant to inflame anger and divide Americans,” said Dalia al-Aqidi, a Muslim Iraqi-American running against Omar for her House seat.
The episode is not the first time the Minnesota Democrat and ‘Squad’ member has faced scrutiny over factual claims
Earlier this year, when pressed on Capitol Hill about a $9 billion social services fraud case in her district, Omar disputed the premise and challenged a reporter’s understanding of the figures.
“Your brain has told you that it is possible for half of the resources for our public service to have disappeared? Listen to yourself,” she said.
Last fall, responding on TikTok to questions about her family’s reported wealth, Omar said critics misread her financial disclosure forms and argued that a listed valuation reflected her husband’s company’s total worth rather than his ownership stake.
“Learn to read before you post misleading s–t,” she said.
Omar’s latest comments came as the United States Department of State advised U.S. Embassy personnel in Israel to depart the region Friday “while commercial flights are available,” signaling potential airspace closures amid anticipated strikes or retaliatory action from Iran.
Obama Accuses JD Vance Of Promoting ‘Blood And Soil’ Politics
Former President Barack Obama rarely mentions Vice President JD Vance by name, but that changed this week with one of his sharpest public attacks since Vance took office.
The comments immediately fueled speculation that Democrats are beginning to focus more attention on the vice president as Republicans look ahead to the post-Trump era.
Speaking Thursday during a conversation with author Malcolm Gladwell, Obama accused Vance of promoting what he described as a “blood and soil” vision of America, despite being married to Usha Vance, the daughter of Indian immigrants.
Obama made the remarks while discussing the Reconstruction era and arguing that many of the same debates over citizenship, voting rights and national identity continue today.
“We have a politics now that at least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people,” Obama said.
“When you have the vice president, current vice president, making a speech that is basically a blood and soil version of ‘We the people,’ that it matters who your parents were and how long they’ve been here despite him being married to a daughter of an immigrant himself.”
The phrase “blood and soil” is historically associated with Nazi Germany and white nationalist ideology.
Obama went on to argue that debates over who belongs in America remain central to the nation’s politics.
“That echoes, then, ideas about who can be a citizen, who belongs, who gets to make decisions,” he said.
Gladwell followed by accusing Vance of hypocrisy, arguing that the vice president was making what he called a nativist argument despite his own family’s immigrant background.
Obama agreed.
“That is progress,” Obama said.
“Listen, hypocrisy is progress. It is, because it means that you feel guilty enough to either lie to yourself or others.”
Fox News Digital reported that it reached out to Vance’s office for comment.
Obama did not identify the specific speech he was criticizing, but Vance’s most recent nationally televised remarks came during Independence Day celebrations marking America’s 250th birthday.
In that speech, Vance encouraged Americans to reject what he called a “two-dimensional view” of the country focused only on its historical failures.
“So what I’d ask you to do, my fellow Americans, on our 250th birthday, is to reject the two-dimensional view of your fellow citizens and reject the two-dimensional view of your country,” Vance said.
“Reject the view of your nation that sees only its sins, but not its grace and its greatness.”
He also emphasized that America’s accomplishments were achieved by “a common people working towards a common future.”
Obama has generally avoided making Vance a regular target since the vice president took office.
One notable exception came during the 2024 presidential campaign when then-Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
Without naming Vance directly, Obama contrasted Harris’ choice with the Republican ticket.
“When a presidential candidate chooses a running mate, it says a lot about who they are and what kind of president they’ll be,” Obama said at the time, Fox News reported.
Political observers have increasingly discussed Vance as a potential frontrunner for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, though he has not announced any plans to run.
Against that backdrop, Obama’s unusually direct criticism is likely to fuel speculation that some Democrats are beginning to sharpen their message against a politician they view as a likely future standard-bearer for the Republican Party. While no Democratic leaders have publicly described their strategy in those terms, prominent figures often begin drawing contrasts with potential future rivals well before a presidential campaign officially begins.
Whether that proves to be the case remains to be seen, but Obama’s remarks marked one of his most pointed critiques of Vance to date and ensured the vice president once again found himself at the center of the national political conversation.
