U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is under renewed criticism after repeating [1] her controversial remarks about the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated by a far-left extremist during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on September 10.
Omar initially made the comments during an interview with commentator Mehdi Hasan, in which she portrayed Kirk as a radical figure whose own rhetoric contributed to his death.
“But what I do know for sure is that Charlie Kirk was someone who once said, ‘Guns save lives’ after a school shooting,” Omar said.
She continued, “Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police … downplay slavery and what Black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth should never exist.”
Omar accused those defending Kirk of ignoring his record.
“Yeah,” she said, agreeing with Hasan’s characterization of conservative defenders rewriting history.
“There is nothing more effed up than to completely pretend that his words and actions have not been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar is happy Charlie Kirk was kiIIed: “He downplayed George Floyd. He opposed Juneteenth.”
Look at their grins pic.twitter.com/Ra5Eg4MZ3k [2]
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 11, 2025 [3]
The comments sparked a censure effort in the House of Representatives.
While many Republicans supported the resolution, four GOP lawmakers voted to table the motion, allowing Omar to avoid losing her committee assignments.
The decision provoked outrage from Republican voters and renewed calls from conservative leaders for stronger action.
President Donald Trump, speaking aboard Air Force One on Thursday, said Omar should face impeachment.
“I think she should be impeached. I think she’s terrible,” Trump told reporters.
He then questioned Omar’s background: “Is she originally from Somalia? So how are they doing it? How’s their government? Do they have a president? Do they have a council? Do they have anything? Do they have police? I love these people that come from a place with nothing, nothing, no anything, and then they tell us how to run our country.”
OMG. President Trump just called for Ilhan Omar to be IMPEACHED from Congress ‼
“I think she should be impeached. I think she’s terrible. She’s originally from Somalia… They come from a place with nothing, and then they tell us how to run our country.”
IMPEACH
DENATURALIZE… pic.twitter.com/PIFDHlKtzx [4]— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 18, 2025 [5]
On Saturday, Omar appeared on CNN with Kaitlan Collins, where she again defended her position.
Collins asked about a video Omar had posted comparing Kirk’s murder to Dr. Frankenstein being killed by the monster he created.
Collins noted the video was released in the days following Kirk’s death, when many were still grieving.
Omar responded, “What I find jarring is that there are so many people willing to excuse the most reprehensible things that he said, that they agree with that, that they’re willing to have monuments for him, that they want to create a day to honor him and that they want to produce resolutions in the House of Congress honoring his life and legacy.”
She added, “It is one thing to care about his life because obviously so many people loved him, including his children and wife. But I am not going to sit here and be judged for not wanting to honor any legacy this man has left behind. That should be in the dustbin of history, and we should hopefully move on and forget the hate that he spewed every single day.”
The controversy has also shifted attention onto Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), who cast the deciding vote to table the censure motion.
Critics within the party have questioned whether Mills’ personal life influenced his decision. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) took to X to post, “Did you know Cory Mills was ‘allegedly’ married in an al Qaeda mosque by a radical Muslim imam who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the World Trade Center bombings? The Muslim officiant was also a Hamas fundraiser.”
Mace continued, “Is this why he voted to protect Ilhan Omar? Cory’s wife is allegedly Muslim. Is he Muslim too? I understand the only way to get married in a mosque is to be 100% Muslim.”
Did you know Cory Mills was “allegedly” married in an al Qaeda mosque by a radical Muslim imam who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the World Trade Center bombings? The Muslim officiant was also a Hamas fundraiser.
Is this why he voted to protect Ilhan Omar? Cory’s wife is… pic.twitter.com/RZ4gmZvzlv [6]
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) September 20, 2025 [7]
With Omar continuing to defend her remarks, Trump pressing for impeachment, and Republican lawmakers divided on the appropriate response, the issue remains a flashpoint in Congress.
The debate has deepened tensions within the GOP caucus while amplifying calls from conservative voters for stronger accountability measures against Omar.