Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to be deported over criticism over last weekend’s military parade in Washington, D.C.
Uthmeier wrote “Denaturalize and Deport” in a repost on X featuring an interview with Omar with the left-leaning outlet Democracy Now.
In the clip, Omar says the U.S. “is turning into one of the worst countries on earth.
“I grew up in a dictatorship and I don’t even remember witnessing anything like that,” Omar, who was born in Somalia, said, referring to the parade.
“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,” she continued.
“While our president is spending millions of dollars propping himself up like a failed dictator with a military parade. It is really shocking,” she said.
In the interview, Omar noted the deployment of U.S. troops to minimize protests in Los Angeles took place in the same week that the administration held the parade in Washington, which celebrated 250 years of the U.S. Army’s existence. The event happened to fall on President Trump’s birthday and Flag Day.
Uthmeier has taken a staunch conservative stance on immigration as state attorney general. On Tuesday, a federal judge found him to be in civil contempt over her ruling that put a hold on a new Florida law that would label it a misdemeanor for those residing in the country illegally to enter the state.
“If being held in contempt is what it costs to defend the rule of law and stand firmly behind President Trump’s agenda on illegal immigration, so be it,” Uthmeier said in a post on X following the ruling on Tuesday.
