Ilhan Omar gets asked: 'Have you begun packing your bags for Somalia?'

 December 3, 2025

This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

After President Donald Trump called U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., "garbage" at a Tuesday Cabinet meeting, various media representatives have asked the congresswoman about his remarks.

One reporter caught up with Omar on Capitol Hill as she waited for an elevator, asking the Somalia native, "Have you begun packing your bags for Somalia?"

Addressing the recent scandal in Omar's home state involving the stealing of at least $1 billion in taxpayer funds to benefit Somalis both here and in Africa, Trump remark, "I don't want 'em in our country, I'll be honest with you.

"Somebody will say, 'Oh that's not politically correct.' I don't care. I don't want 'em in our country. Their country's no good for a reason. Their country stinks. … I could say that about other countries too."

Trump added, "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage to our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."

The video from activist Laura Loomer has Omar responding, "I'm not going anywhere. … I'll be here longer than Trump!

"He's an old man losing his mind," said said, adding, "Hope he gets help."

WATCH:

Omar told MS NOW that Trump was "racist, a bigot, xenophobic and Islamophobic."

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