Top Republican Tom Emmer calls for Ethics Committee investigation into Squad’s Ilhan Omar following her controversial ‘Somalia first’ declaration that sparked outrage and demands she resign from Congress
A leading Republican is demanding that Ethics Committee Rep. Ilhan Omar is investigating after a widely shared clip of comments she made in Somali in which one translation suggests she said her loyalty is with Somalia over the US.
According to a letter obtained by DailyMail.com, Whip Tom Emmer asked the committee to investigate whether the Minnesota Democrat violated Rule XXIII, Clause 1, which states: “A Member of the House shall at all times conduct himself in a manner consistent with credible manner on the house.’
“We are an organized society, brothers and sisters, people of the same blood, people who know first of all that they are Somalis, and secondly Muslims, who protect each other,” Omar said, according to a widely circulated translation of an excerpt in which she spoke. in Somali.
Omar claims the translation is not accurate.
The number three Republican of the House of Representatives demands that the Ethics Commission rep. Ilhan Omar investigates following a widely shared clip of comments she made in Somali, in which one translation suggests she said her loyalty is with Somalia over the US.
“We are an organized society, brothers and sisters, people of the same blood, people who know first of all that they are Somalis, and secondly Muslims, who protect each other,” Omar said, according to a widely circulated translation of an excerpt in which she spoke. in Somali
“No sitting member of Congress should be able to openly spout anti-American rhetoric and get away with it. “I demand an ethics investigation into Ilhan Omar’s abhorrent Somali comments to ensure she takes her oath of office and commitment to Minnesota’s Fifth District seriously,” Emmer, a fellow Minnesotan, said in a statement.
Emmer has called on the Somali-born progressive to resign over her comments.
The clip was shared by Somaliland’s ambassador, Rhoda Elmi, who called them “inappropriate” and “lacking decency.”
Somaliland is an unrecognized state that considers Somalia its own territory.
Omar, the first Somali-American in Congress, said in the clip that she would do everything in her power to prevent the disputed breakaway territory from reaching a maritime access deal with Ethiopia.
“Sleep easy knowing that I am here to protect Somalia’s interests from the American system,” Omar said, according to the widely shared, translated version of the video.
Omar reportedly said in her speech that “the US government will only do what Somalis in the US tell them to do. They will do what we want and nothing else.”
“They must follow our orders and this is how we will safeguard Somalia’s interests,” she added. ‘We Somalis must have confidence in ourselves that we are calling the shots in the US’
“Together we will protect Somalia’s interests.”
“Not only is it slanted, but it’s not good at all,” Omar said of the subtitles in the clip shared by Somaliland’s ambassador. “But that’s all I expect from these propagandists.”
In a translation Omar claims to be more accurate; she says she told her Somali constituents who were concerned about the Somaliland-Ethiopia deal:
“The US government will do what we ask of it. We as Somalis must have this confidence in ourselves. We live in this country. We are taxpayers in this country. This country is a country where one of your daughters is in Congress.”
“As long as I’m in Congress, no one will take the Somali Sea.”
“The United States will not support others to rob us. So don’t lose sleep over that, O Minnesotans. The lady you sent to Congress is working on this, and she is as aware of this interest as you are,” Omar continued according to her favorite translation.
‘Somalia belongs to all Somalis. Somalia is one. We are brothers and sisters, and our country will not be balkanized. Our lands have been taken from us before, and God willing, one day we can look for them.”
Omar has previously spoken out against the so-called allegiance of American lawmakers to foreign countries.
“I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it’s OK for people to insist on allegiance to foreign countries,” the congresswoman said in 2019, suggesting that pro-Israel groups were demanding allegiance from U.S. lawmakers.
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