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A resurfaced clip of Dem. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a subordinate of the progressive "Squad" successful Congress, sparked a frenzy connected societal media this week with conservatives blasting the congresswoman implicit her comments regarding the "radicalization of White men."
"I would accidental our state should beryllium much fearful of White men crossed our country, due to the fact that they are really causing astir of the deaths wrong this country," Omar said successful a 2018 interview with Al-Jazeera portion discussing the home coercion threats successful the United States and responding to a question connected however overmuch interest "jihadism" poses to the United States.
"And truthful if fearfulness was the driving unit of policies to support America safe, Americans harmless wrong of this country, we should beryllium profiling, monitoring, and creating policies to combat the radicalization of White men."
The clip, posted by blimpish influencer accounts including Laura Loomer and LibsofTikTok with millions of impressions, sparked outrage from conservatives connected societal media, including from wrong the White House.
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Vice President JD Vance blasted Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar this week implicit a resurfaced clip from 2018. (Getty)
"This isn’t conscionable sick; it’s really genocidal language," Vice President JD Vance posted connected X. "What a disgrace this idiosyncratic is."
"This is blatant racism," GOP Sen. Mike Lee posted connected X. "Who condemns it?"
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Vice President JD Vance sits for an interrogation with Fox News main governmental anchor Bret Baier successful South Carolina. (Fox News / Special Report)
"@ilhanMN ne'er ceases to beryllium an embarrassment for Minnesota," GOP Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, who represents Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, posted connected X.
"There’s ne'er been a much anti-American subordinate of Congress than Ilhan Omar," conservative influencer Paul Szypula posted connected X.
Fox News Digital reached retired to Omar’s bureau for comment.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is seen successful the U.S. Capitol's Rayburn Room during a radical photograph with the Congressional Black Caucus connected Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The societal media firestorm comes soon aft Omar sparked controversy for telling Daily Caller News Foundation newsman Myles Morell to "f--- off" aft helium asked her a question astir chap Democratic Party figures traveling to El Salvador to support amerciable migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to the state by the Trump administration.
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responded to the clipbeing shared connected X, stating, "I said what I said. You and each your miserable trolls tin f--- off."
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