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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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[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 201 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

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

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hm, I wonder why one is in danger of being deported and the other isn't 🤔

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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 131 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] redsand@infosec.pub 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh I didn't notice JD got Ozemic until just now.

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[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 89 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 64 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Never seen any tax returns either, is he even a contributing member of society?

[–] apex32@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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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[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 69 points 2 weeks ago (73 children)

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?

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

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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[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 69 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Things JD Vance Hates:

  • Brown people

Which is extra weird considering this is his wife:

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (17 children)

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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[–] The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 59 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Either he's stupid, or he thinks you're stupid.

And people keep proving him right

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Omar is a true American, loyal to her people. The same cannot be said of JD Vance.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

J. D. Vance and Trump are the kind of people that simply don't deserve to be part of a society, because all they do is evil and selfish.
They should be expelled to live in some remote uninhabited region, and never be allowed back to civilization.
But since we don't have that practice, they are also the kind of people that actually deserve the death penalty, because they have caused mass death of innocent people, contrary to many that have actually received a death penalty.
These people are so despicable that they are no better than serial killers, yet at election day half the voters supported getting such an administration. And still more than a third support them, and the only reason it has declined is because of oil prices going up. All the sociopathic shit they do is OK!

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As usual, bullshit has been asked and answered.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/12/02/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage/

tl;dr - her marriages may have been screwed up, but they weren't illegal.

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[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Threatening to use your office to go after someone for political points should carry penalties.

[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Every authoritarian fascist gov't leader does it. He's just running the playbook.

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[–] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting. Odd that they did not go after the Musk rat who admitted to that same offence.

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[–] Flyzeyez@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

Um.... Melania? Where you at?

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All I heard was "Brown people scare me" these fucking assholes

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Better go after trumps whore while youre at it

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[–] celeste@kbin.earth 15 points 2 weeks ago

You know, before this current time, I was naive about the depth of hatred I was capable of feeling. She's already been attacked multiple times because of the kind of rhetoric he's spreading here. Like, I understand why they do it.

LBJ:

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

I get it, but I despise them for it, still.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Intimidation, blackmail. Add em to the list.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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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