Omar Statement Amid Iran Conflict Sparks Questions About ‘Treason’
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D Minn., is facing backlash after falsely claiming the United States deliberately targets Muslim nations during Ramadan. “Iraq was attacked by the US during Ramadan and it is sickening to know that the US is again going to attack Iran during Ramadan,” Omar wrote on X as tensions escalated ahead of a U.S. strike on Iran.
“The US apparently loves to strike Muslim countries during Ramadan and I am convinced it isn’t what these countries have done to violate international law but about who they worship,” she added.
Critics argue that such rhetoric, delivered during an active military standoff, risks giving adversaries propaganda they can weaponize.
Under the Constitution, treason is narrowly defined as levying war against the United States or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Legal scholars have long noted that the “aid and comfort” standard requires intent and tangible support, not merely controversial speech.
Still, opponents contend that accusing the United States of religiously motivated warfare while American forces face potential retaliation could be construed as echoing hostile narratives advanced by the Iranian regime.
They argue that when a sitting member of Congress frames U.S. military action as anti-Muslim aggression, it may embolden adversaries and undermine American diplomatic leverage.
Supporters of Omar counter that political speech, even sharp criticism of U.S. foreign policy, is protected under the First Amendment. They note that courts have historically set an extraordinarily high bar for proving treason, requiring overt acts and clear evidence of intentional alignment with an enemy power.
The debate underscores the tension between protected political expression and rhetoric that critics say risks crossing into dangerous territory during moments of international crisis.
Omar was also hit with a community note on X after making the claim that the United States targets Muslim nations during Ramadan.
Users quickly pointed out that the U.S. invasion of Iraq under President George W. Bush began March 20, 2003, seven months before Ramadan that year.
They also noted that President George H.W. Bush launched Operation Desert Storm on Jan. 17, 1991, roughly two months before Ramadan began that year, a campaign that ultimately liberated Kuwait.
“Claiming America ‘chooses Ramadan to attack Muslims’ is not advocacy, it is a deliberate lie meant to inflame anger and divide Americans,” said Dalia al-Aqidi, a Muslim Iraqi-American running against Omar for her House seat.
The episode is not the first time the Minnesota Democrat and ‘Squad’ member has faced scrutiny over factual claims.
Earlier this year, when pressed on Capitol Hill about a $9 billion social services fraud case in her district, Omar disputed the premise and challenged a reporter’s understanding of the figures.
“Your brain has told you that it is possible for half of the resources for our public service to have disappeared? Listen to yourself,” she said.
Last fall, responding on TikTok to questions about her family’s reported wealth, Omar said critics misread her financial disclosure forms and argued that a listed valuation reflected her husband’s company’s total worth rather than his ownership stake.
“Learn to read before you post misleading s–t,” she said.
Omar’s latest comments came as the United States Department of State advised U.S. Embassy personnel in Israel to depart the region Friday “while commercial flights are available,” signaling potential airspace closures amid anticipated strikes or retaliatory action from Iran.
Tom Homan, President Trump’s Border Czar, speaks to The Alex Marlow Show podcast in Washington
Tom Homan, President Trump’s Border Czar, speaks to The Alex Marlow Show podcast in Washington, D.C. on why he chose to help the government make the southern border safer.
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Homan had a long chat with Alex Marlow, the editor-in-chief of Breitbart, about the consequences to people and society of policies that favor mass immigration.
Homan got a job with the U.S. Border Patrol in 1984. Later, he became the first person from the Department of Homeland Security to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He has always been a strong supporter of stronger immigration and border enforcement throughout his entire career.
Breitbart reported that Homan worked for six presidents, the first of whom was Ronald Reagan. People thought he was neutral in both Democratic and Republican governments for a long period.
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Since he went back to work for the federal government, Homan has become one of the most targeted officials in the Trump administration. A lot of people who don’t like the administration’s immigration policy have been pretty harsh on him.
When Marlow confronted Homan about the threats and attacks he gets every day, Homan said, “I don’t care.”
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I remarked, “This is the second time I’ve come out of retirement for the president.” “It’s hard to say no to the president of the United States and help him fix something where thousands of people have died,” Homan said. “So I knew the hate was coming.” “And, you know, sadly, my family has to pay the price.” I haven’t lived with my family in months because of the threats on my life. But my family realizes how important this task is.
Homan said during the interview that his opponents would understand how serious he is about border security more if they had gone through what he has over the past three and a half decades.
He claimed that his long career in immigration enforcement has made him even more eager to protect the country’s borders, which he called a very personal and highly effective mission.
Homan said, “These are just a few things.” “If they held the dead kids I’ve held, talked to little girls as young as 9 who were raped multiple times by cartel handlers, stood on the back of a tractor-trailer when 19 people were at your feet because they baked to death, including a 5-year-old boy…running an operation in Arizona where alien smuggling cartels are ripping bodies apart with drugs, and when someone couldn’t pay their smuggling fees, they would torture them and call their relatives and let them listen while they torture them and kill them because they couldn’t pay the fees.”
“If you wore my shoes for three and a half decades, you wouldn’t ask that question because I’ve seen so much tragedy in my life that it’s who I am today.” “So when they ask me to come back and protect the border and you know it will save lives, how do you say no?”
Homan got angry as he talked about the five-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl he had met in his job. He said that what they went through and how much anguish they were in stayed with him.
“The 19 dead aliens in the back of a tractor-trailer break my heart the most.” Homan said, “When I got to the back of that tractor-trailer, there were already several bodies on the ground. When the doors finally opened, people rushed out to get air, and some of the dead bodies that were fighting for a small hole where the break light used to be to breathe were pushed out.”
“I noticed a dead five-year-old boy in his underpants when I glanced back inside. His father was holding him on top of him. He said, “Most of them, if not all of them, were in their underwear because they were trying to cool off in that steel cage.”
Leavitt Slams Pelosi Over Stock Trades As Trump, Hawley Reconcile On Ban Effort
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tore into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her eyebrow-raising stock trades, calling her the reason a congressional stock trading ban is even being discussed.
Leavitt read out loud a list of trades made by Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, that she said beat out Warren Buffett and every hedge fund on Wall Street.
“The president has spoken to Senator Hawley, who called him, and the president took that call,” Leavitt said. “As the president said in the Roosevelt Room yesterday, conceptually, he of course supports the idea of ensuring that members of Congress and United States senators who are here for public service cannot enrich themselves.”
She didn’t hold back when naming names.
“And the reason that this idea—to put a ban on stock trading for members of Congress—is even a thing is because of Nancy Pelosi,” Leavitt said. “I mean, she is rightfully criticized because she makes, I think, $174,000 a year, yet she has a net worth of approximately $413 million.”
“In 2024, Nancy Pelosi’s stock portfolio—this was a fascinating statistic to me—grew 70% in one year, and her portfolio outperformed every single large hedge fund in that same year, and even more than doubled the returns of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.”
Leavitt said the president supports the public’s outrage.
“So I think the president stands with the American people on this. He doesn’t want to see people like Nancy Pelosi enriching themselves off of public service and ripping off their constituents in the process.”
“As for the mechanics of the legislation and how it will move forward,” she added, “the White House continues to be in discussions with our friends on Capitol Hill.”
This came after Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, found himself on the receiving end of a harsh social media post by President Donald Trump.
Hawley is sponsoring a bill to ban members of Congress from being able to trade individual stocks. An amendment to the bill would have carved out an exemption to allow the president to engage in stock trading, but Hawley joined Senate Democrats in voting “no.” That prompted Trump to blast Hawley on Truth Social, calling him a “second-tier Senator.”
Hawley described the situation as a misunderstanding, telling Fox News that the bill exempts President Trump and Vice President Vance. The language instead bans future presidents from trading stock.
Republicans also attempted to add language that would have required a report on stock trades made by former Speaker Pelosi and her husband, but Senate Democrats and Republican Hawley teamed up and defeated the move.
In an interview with reporters on Tuesday, Hawley said that the legislation has the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), many Republicans, and even some Democrats. He also said Johnson told him President Donald Trump supported the original bill titled Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act.
“Members of Congress should be fighting for the people they were elected to serve—not day trading at the expense of their constituents,” stated Hawley in April when he originally introduced the bill. “Americans have seen politician after politician turn a profit using information not available to the general public. It’s time we ban all members of Congress from trading and holding stocks and restore Americans’ trust in our nation’s legislative body.”
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The PELOSI Act would prohibit members of Congress and their spouses from buying, selling, or holding individual stocks while serving in office. Instead, lawmakers would be permitted to invest in diversified mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), or U.S. Treasury bonds.
