Television personality Dr. Phil is calling on voters to remove Ilhan Omar (D-Mn.) over her constant America-bashing rhetoric.
Like many Americans, Dr. Phil takes exception to Omar's hostility to her adopted country, which she regularly criticizes as oppressive and racist.
In a recent interview with the left-wing show "Democracy Now!," Omar said America is becoming "one of the worst countries" on earth under President Trump, whom she compared to a tinpot dictator.
She even presumed to speak for the Founding Fathers as she criticized Trump's parade for the Army's 250th anniversary, which coincided with his 79th birthday.
Omar fretted that "this is not the country we were born in," which in her case at least, is literally true.
“It is really shocking, and it should be a wake-up call for all Americans to say this is not the country we were born in,” she added. “This is not the country we believe in, this is not the country our Founding Fathers imagined, and this is not the country that is supported by our Constitution, our ideals, our values, and we should all collectively be out in the streets rejecting what is taking place this week.”
Dr. Phil, in a response to Omar's criticism, said her life as a refugee-turned-lawmaker embodies the "American dream," and she should be more grateful to the United States for taking her in from war-torn Somalia.
“If this is such a horrible country, wonder why she doesn’t return to Somalia,” Dr. Phil said. "Well, maybe because Somalia isn’t the most corrupt country in the world, it’s the second most corrupt country in the world.”
Omar's rhetoric has been a source of controversy from the start of her congressional tenure in 2019, when she downplayed the September 11, 2001, attacks, saying "some people did something."
“Really? ‘Some people did something’? Way to stand up for your country,” Dr. Phil said.
“In 2019 she said this is not going to be the country of white people,” he added. “In 2020 she said we must dismantle the whole system of oppression, so oppressive that she came here as a refugee, got all of these entitlements, and was elected to Congress."
Dr. Phil concluded that voters should "kick her a-- to the curb," although she has a right to share her vitriol.
“Here’s the thing: she has the right to say what she’s saying culturally, psychologically, I think it’s disgusting, but does she have the right to say it? Yeah, she does, just like I have the right to say, ‘It’s absolutely disgusting and whoever voted for her now knows who they voted for and should kick her a– to the curb,'” Dr. Phil said.
But voters have repeatedly declined to fire Omar, who survived a tight primary challenge in 2022. Outside of that, she has won re-election with little difficulty in her Minneapolis district, which has the largest population of Somali immigrants in the nation.
While incumbency sometimes has a way of moderating radical politicians, Omar clearly hasn't cooled off over the last seven years - and why would she, when she isn't being held accountable by her constituents?
