Overview

• Phil Mickelson wrote on X that Rep. Ilhan Omar “came here fraudulently” and “will hopefully be sent back to Somalia soon.”
• His post responded to a video of Omar’s CNN interview in which she declined to walk back comments likening Charlie Kirk to “Dr. Frankenstein” and saying his legacy belongs in the “dustbin of history.”
• Mickelson has posted repeatedly about Kirk since the Sept. 10 killing and this week reposted Rep. Nancy Mace’s attacks on Omar.
• Omar narrowly avoided a House censure effort led by Mace earlier in the week, a measure that also sought to strip her committee assignments.
• Conservative outlets amplified Mickelson’s remarks as part of a broader backlash to Omar’s comments, with the dispute intensifying on social media after Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University.