Overview
- Trump shared an older video on Truth Social of Rep. Ilhan Omar speaking in Minnesota and wrote, “She should go back!”
- The clip shows Omar saying “Somalia is our home” and referring to Somalia’s president as “our President.”
- Omar is a naturalized U.S. citizen who fled Somalia as a child during its civil war.
- The video was first posted last year by the X user “End Wokeness,” which has been criticized for misinformation and past deceptive translations of Omar’s remarks.
- The post follows years of targeting Omar, including 2019 rally chants of “send her back” and a September comment in which Trump suggested Somalia’s leader should “take back” her, with separate coverage also recalling Omar’s past Israel-related controversies and a profane exchange with protesters last year.