Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) hit back at the Alabama Republican Party on Tuesday after the organization formally urged Congress to remove her from office.
“Sorry, @ALGOPHQ, but this is a representative democracy,” Omar tweeted. “I was elected with 78% of the vote by the people of Minnesota’s 5th District, not the Alabama Republican Party.”
She then made a dig at the Alabama GOP’s decision in the 2018 midterms to back failed Senate candidate Roy Moore, who allegedly sexually assaulted several teen girls.
“If you want to clean up politics, maybe don’t nominate an accused child molester as your Senate candidate?” she added.
Sorry, @ALGOPHQ, but this is a representative democracy.
I was elected with 78% of the vote by the people of Minnesota's 5th District, not the Alabama Republican Party.
If you want to clean up politics, maybe don’t nominate an accused child molester as your Senate candidate? https://t.co/r9NvsZKRUw
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 27, 2019
The Alabama GOP passed a resolution on Saturday urging its delegates in Congress to pass legislation kicking Omar out of the House, accusing her of using rhetoric that “explicitly runs counter to American values and patriotism.”
Omar for president 2020!
K-K-K-Combo Breaker!!!
Man, I love that this new school is willing to burn the mud bugs of politics. It must hurt them so bad that the truth is finally slung back in their faces.
Please tell us what those American values are? I am talking to you, Alabama Repukes. Racism, sexism, lack of morality, etc.?
Jeepers, they really led with the chin on this one.
And what a fucking cheek. They just do not get this whole democracy lark at all.
Oh man I love this courageous young woman. Looking forward to many, many years of political activity from her and the rest of the class of 2018. We needed their new energy in the worst way.