Florida Lawyer Normal James Uthmeier referred to as for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to be deported for criticizing final weekend’s army parade in Washington, D.C.
Uthmeier wrote “Denaturalize and Deport” in a repost on social platform X that includes an interview with Omar from the left-leaning outlet Democracy Now!
Within the clip, Omar says the U.S. “is popping into one of many worst nations on earth.”
“I grew up in a dictatorship, and I don’t even keep in mind witnessing something like that,” stated Omar, who was born in Somalia, referring to the parade.
“To have a democracy, a beacon of hope for the world to now be changed into one of many worst nations the place the army are in our streets with none regard for folks’s constitutional rights,” she continued.
“Whereas our president is spending hundreds of thousands of {dollars} propping himself up like a failed dictator with a army parade. It’s actually stunning,” she stated.
Within the interview, Omar famous the deployment of U.S. troops to attenuate protests in Los Angeles befell in the identical week that the administration held the parade in Washington, which celebrated the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Military. The occasion occurred to fall on President Trump’s birthday and Flag Day.
Uthmeier has taken a staunch conservative stance on immigration as state lawyer normal. On Tuesday, a federal choose discovered him to be in civil contempt over her ruling that put a maintain on a brand new Florida legislation that may label it a misdemeanor for these residing within the nation illegally to enter the state.
“If being held in contempt is what it prices to defend the rule of legislation and stand firmly behind President Trump’s agenda on unlawful immigration, so be it,” Uthmeier stated in a submit on X following the ruling Tuesday.