A Fox News segment was torched as racist after a host and guest riffed about Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar buying a one-way ticket back to Somalia.
The Minnesota lawmaker, who grew up in the East African nation and became a U.S. citizen at 17, has faced conservative backlash and racist attacks after she blasted Donald Trump’s military deployments in Los Angeles. She said the U.S. is “turning into one of the worst countries” and likened it to a dictatorship.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade—who was guest-hosting The Ingraham Angle—and contributor Ben Domenech discussed Omar’s comments on Tuesday and suggested she should leave if she doesn’t like it.
“I looked up on KAYAK today, the direct one-route ticket from Minneapolis to Mogadishu and it was less than $3,000, so she can afford it on her congressional salary,” Domenech, who is co-founder of ultra-MAGA outlet The Federalist and married to Meghan McCain, said. “So, if she wants to go back there, go for it.”
Kilmeade commented, “If you do take a 747 from Minnesota to Somalia, you will be the only one on the plane.”
“So, it will be like, she can probably sit first class and book a coach ticket,” he added. “So, it’s just these people are so ungrateful for the country.”
A clip of the exchange was highlighted by liberal media watchdog Media Matters and shared by former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, who called it “pure unadulterated racism.”
A spokesperson for Fox News did not immediately return a request for comment.
Omar’s family fled Somalia’s civil war when she was 8. She was the first African refugee to be sworn into Congress when she took office in 2019.
She made the remarks in question during an interview on Democracy Now! last week, after Trump ordered the deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to quash protests in L.A. over his harsh immigration crackdown.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who did not want or ask for the military intervention, said the move was intended to manufacture unrest to help Trump further his anti-immigration narrative.
The chaos unfolded in the days preceding a military parade in Washington, D.C., on Trump’s birthday, to celebrate the Army’s 250th anniversary.
Ilhan Omar became a U.S. citizen at 17 after her family fled Somalia when she was 8.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
“Can you imagine that image that is going to be coming out of our country?” Omar said. “I mean, I grew up in a dictatorship, and I don’t even remember ever witnessing anything like that, to have a democracy—a beacon of hope for the world—to now be turned into one of the worst countries, where the military are in our streets, without any regard for people’s constitutional rights, while our president is spending millions of dollars propping himself up like a failed dictator with a military parade.”
That set off a wave of vitriol on social media, including from GOP congressman Greg Steube of Florida, who wrote on X: “Maybe go back to Somalia then?”
“I hear Mogadishu is nice this time of year,” he added.
News
“A Billionaire Installed Hidden Cameras to FIRE his maid —But What She Did with His Twin Sons Made Him Go Cold…
The silence in the Reed mansion was not peaceful; it was heavy. It was a silence that pressed against the…
“Stay still, don’t say anything! You’re in danger…” The homeless girl cornered the boss, hugged him, and kissed him to save his life… and his life.
The wind in Chicago didn’t just blow; it hunted. It tore through the canyons of steel and glass on LaSalle…
The Billionaire Hid in a Closet to Watch How His Girlfriend Treated His Ill Mother — What He Witnessed Made Him Collapse in Tears
The estate of Leonardo Hale sat atop the highest hill in Greenwich, Connecticut, a sprawling expanse of limestone and glass…
At my daughter’s funeral, my son-in-law stepped close and whispered, “You have twenty-four hours to leave my house.”
The rain in Seattle was relentless that Tuesday. It wasn’t a cleansing rain; it was a cold, gray curtain that…
My Daughter Abandoned Her Autistic Son. 11 Years Later, He Became a Millionaire, and She Returned to Claim the Cash. But My Nephew’s 3-Word Advice Saved Us.
The rain in Seattle doesn’t wash things away; it just makes them heavier. That’s how I remember the day my…
“She Deserves It More Than You!” My Mom Gave My Inheritance to My Aunt While I Slept in a Shelter. Then My Billionaire Grandpa Arrived with the Police.
The wind off Lake Michigan in January is not just cold; it is a physical assault. It finds the gaps…
End of content
No more pages to load



