Omar slams Vance over 'genocidal language' accusation

Vice President Vance criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for a statement made seven years ago in an interview with Al Jazeera.

In the clip, which lasts for about 10 minutes, Omar says, “Our country should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country.”

She told viewers they should be “profiling, monitoring, and creating policies” to fight the radicalization of white men.

The video resurfaced this year on the Libs of TikTok account, which drew the attention of Vance, who condemned Omar’s statements.

“This isn’t just sick; it’s actually genocidal language. What a disgrace this person is,” Vance wrote in a Monday post on the social platform X.

The Minnesota representative jabbed back in defense of her comments rooted in statistical data. 

“In this nearly 8yr old clip, I am referring to the rise of white nationalism in an annual report issued by the Anti-Defamation League that said white supremacists were responsible for 78 percent of ‘extremist-related murders,’” she shot back at Vance on X.

The trend has been tracked over the years, with a 2021 ADL report showing over the past 10 years, at least 73 percent of right-wing extremist-related killings have been at the hands of white supremacists.

Republican lawmakers have largely opposed Omar, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Somalia.

In February, a House GOP member circulated a petition to deport her after active criticism of the Trump administration.