JD Vance accused Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) of having “definitely committed immigration fraud” and said that he’d recently spoken with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller about how best to “go after her.”

Speaking on a podcast hosted by MAGA influencer Benny Johnson on Friday, Vance was asked about claims that Omar had defrauded the United States by marrying her brother to secure his legal residency.

The unsubstantiated claim has circulated in MAGA circles for years but has been denied by Omar multiple times. The congresswoman was born in Somalia but moved to Minneapolis with her family in 1997, fleeing the civil war.

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    Of course. This is a fascist country. That’s what fascists do.

    We are one “terrorist” attack away from seeing who Republicans really are. The gallows will be a feature in your town.

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    FINALLY they’re going AFTER the Illegal Immigrants STEALING American Jobs Businesses and Governments! BYE BYE South African Elon Musk! VOTED in Ilhan Omar?

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    I will donate my entire paycheck in exchange for a chance to punch Stephen Miller in the face.

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      Ilhan has been targeted by the entire Washington establishment since she took office.

      The US government cannot stomach a Somali community engaging in any form of self governance anywhere on earth

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    Jd Vance has committed fraud against the concept of human intelligence, and should be in jail for trying to abuse the power of government for personal gain

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      I read the book, it’s the later.

      Mouth-breathers kept telling me, you don’t understand us, he gets us, that book explains it all.

      There’s no fucking way, so i read it. It doesn’t. It spins a mostly untrue (to him) tale that is honestly normal in the non rich people raised in Appalachia. I had family in the hills.

      The mine/mill/factory was either sold to China and shut down, or just shut down for non profitability, leaving everyone working in the service industry with no money flowing into the areas. People get poor, drugs happen, service industry crumbles.

      He told them that book would explain their story, so they just went OK, that’s why we’re racist, sexist, hate the poor.

      They just eat up everything he says.

      I’m as worried (if not more worried) about him replaceing T as I am T getting a third term.

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      Are you saying he is stupid, because his claim is not true?

      But if he thinks he has corrupted the system enough that it works, he is evil not stupid.

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    Why don’t you start with that South African illegal immigrant who overstayed his visa illegally? Remember what his name was? Elon Musk? Ring a bell?

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      Why don’t you start with that South African illegal immigrant who overstayed his visa illegally?

      Because he’s one of their biggest donors, obviously

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      And why stop at deporting him?

      Use eminent domain to take all his property and businesses, first. Send his ass home with nothing but turned out pockets and that shit-eating Nazi grin of his.

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        Elon and his brother both used to be very open about working illegally in the US in violation of their visas. There’s also his use of illegal drugs which he has never made a secret of. The evidence is a lot more solid than this bizarre nonsense about Omar.

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            Ew fuck, complete with emojis and everything… Fuck off back to reddit you lead gas era infected anal polyp. What methhead daycares would let a random youtuber inspect their operations?

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                Fuck you too dick! Reddit is for liberals not conservatives

                Right of center either way, reddit is no place for the left wing of the political spectrum these days. The donald subreddit (which did get renamed) and the conservative subreddit are still very much booming.

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                  The conservative sub is pretty astroturfed actually. There was one point when some servers in Russia went down and basically all their activity disappeared. Also most of the content is like 2 guys who mod the sub.

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            /r/conservative is on reddit, go back there. your cracked the fuck out racist psychosis is not welcome here.

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                You seem like someone without kids in daycare. Like the other reply mentioned you don’t waltz into a daycare, they will 100% go wtf are you doing here and tell you to make an appointment. Worse it sounds like this guy was maybe filming which is absolutely a no no. Probably came across as a fucking weirdo the daycare staff wanted nothing to do with, not even mentioning the children’s privacy and safety.

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                I worked as a kindergarten teacher for almost 10 years.

                People don’t get to come in unless guardians or parents or previously announced. Why? Security of the children.

                People don’t come in unless they made an appointment. Why? Because security and more importantly WE ARE BUSY! My job is not to entertain you and get your business. I am here to educate and help the kids.

                People with cameras don’t come in. Why? Seriously??

                People that are obviously out for blood don’t come in. Why? Don’t steal my time and obviously I want to protect the children from psychos.

                But yeah, they uncovered a lot. Mainly that they are derranged.

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              There is something to what he is saying. Nick Shirley is a YouTuber that went to some daycares where the doors were locked or they didn’t let him in and concluded they weren’t real daycares. He’s either a fuckin moron or straight up propagandist.

              So, here’s the “something.” That clown YouTuber was amplified by right wing politicians. JD Vance said it deserved a Pulitzer. 1 week later, DHS sent 2000 more ICE goons to Minnesota as part of their surge. There is a legitimate case to be made that the was because of Shirley’s video.

              It’s. All. So. Stupid.

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                  He uncovered that they don’t let random people with cameras into the daycare without appointments. The scandal.

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                  If my kid was at one of those daycares and they let some random dude with a camera in, I’d be fucking livid. In fact, any daycare that did let him in should be sued for child endangerment by the parents.

                  You send the application via email or snail mail. It’s not that bloody difficult.

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                  He’s a frellwit who doesn’t even understand the concept of a mixed use building. Anything he claims should be looked at with skepticism.

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                  In what world would a group of random douchebags with cameras have access to the kids at a daycare?! Grow up.

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    Remember, Elon Musk was in America on a student visa but working for his brother’s company instead of attending school. That’s visa fraud, which you’re required to disclose on any subsequent visa or citizenship applications. He didn’t, so he’s also guilty of immigration fraud.

    Anyone who runs on seizing his assets and locking that illegal immigrant in a detention facility gets my vote

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      This. They will find any tiny problem if you’re against them… it will get worse when they decide people born from immigrant families are not American anymore. So they can go back generations

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      so he’s also actually guilty

      I know it’s such an insignificant word change, but it stabs at something I have to keep reminding myself: a single word can be the difference between correcting someone’s understanding of reality vs accidentally reinforcing a “both sides” argument.

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      And a claim like this isn’t something within jurisdiction of the VP I don’t believe. So it isn’t an official act for him to be making this claim. Therefore suing him directly for libel I would think should be fine.

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    Things JD Vance Hates:

    • Brown people
    • Women
    • Muslims
    • Anti-fascists

    Ilhan Omar is everything he hates and she is one of the few people in power in the government who actually stands up against tyranny. No surprises here.

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      Things JD Vance Hates:

      • Brown people

      Which is extra weird considering this is his wife:

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        She’s probably a self hating Asian who would rather have a racist partner as long as he’s white than be with an Asian man. It’s like short women who only want a tall partner because they feel insecure and need to compensate. But here it’s a woman who feels that her non-whiteness is inferior and thus she needs to compensate by marrying a white man. And with that inferiority complex she attracts racist men.

        There are way too many racist white man with an Asian wife for it to be a coincidence.

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          1. I’ve literally never heard of that take on short women. Not saying you’re wrong, but that’s new to me.

          2. Her family is from India. They have a caste system and you bet your ass she’s from the top of that. She’s from a long line up “upper class” people who look down on the poor and disenfranchised. She just happens to be a little brown.

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            This is such a poor understanding / oversimplification of Indian culture and history.

            First it’s important to point out that much of America was an apartheid state predicated on a race based caste system for most of its history. You know which race was high caste and which was low. If not, ask your grandparents (or parents for that matter).

            Can anyone today look at those of the race that was high caste and assume that they continue to look down on the historically low caste? No, it’s not that simple.

            Usha came from a family of scholars who were well regarded as philanthropists and educators in their village.

            Assuming you know anything about how she thinks of others based on her caste is actually incredibly regressive. Its equivalent to assuming every white person must is a racist.

            I think she made a terrible choice in JD. But let’s not assume to know the woman based on archaic presumptions. We can do better than that.

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              I went to school for Anthropology. I know not to make assumptions about cultures. I’m not making an assumption about members of caste systems today, but what it was like and what some continues to be like. And there is absolutely no way she isn’t racist or hates the low class if she can still stand by her husband. It’s not like it was an arranged marriage. She picked him, she can leave him.

              It’s like looking at a white guy who’s racist and saying, yep, it’s because he comes from a long line of racists. It’s as simple as that.

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            The higher caste Indians hate darker skinned Indians and thus many in the upper caste are insecure of their own brownness.

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    While we’re at it, I’ve never seen trumps long form birth certificate. Is he even American?

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        During the 2016 debate, Hillary Clinton called him out on paying no federal taxes some years. His response was, “that makes me smart.”

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          Yeah Republicans loved that. They loved it.

          They are all selfish and ignorant. These people are a minority of the American people, yet the largest majority doesn’t vote… So the little mean, stupid clique of idiots win, and we get this bullshit.

          That majority on the US needs to wake the fuck up. If they don’t, we’re all fucked. Apathy is destroying this nation.

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    JD Vance definitely fucked a couch. So take that with a grain of salt. They are obviously pushing out to the front because Trump is sun downing hard into deep dementia while burning the country to the ground. No one likes the funny looking little fucker either. Don’t forget your mascara you esmaculate douche pretending to be a strong man.