Ilhan Omar has branded fellow congresswoman Nancy Mace a “really disturbed and demented person” after the Republican’s attempt to have her censured over comments about Charlie Kirk failed. The House of Representatives voted to table Mace’s motion, effectively killing it, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in the 206-203 vote.
Mace, a South Carolina Republican, had introduced a resolution to strip Omar of her committee assignments on the Education and Workforce Committee and the Budget Committee. She cited an interview in which Omar criticised Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric and called the Turning Point USA founder’s shooting “mortifying.” Omar told The Independent: “I mean, she's a really disturbed and demented person. I hope she does get the help she needs.”
Before the vote, Mace had also suggested on social media that Omar, who emigrated from Somalia, should be deported, writing: “If you celebrate murder, maybe Somalia can take you back.” Omar thanked the four Republicans—Jeff Hurd, Cory Mills, Mike Flood and Tom McClintock—who helped block the measure, saying she was glad there were still members who believed in the First Amendment.
This is not the first time Republicans have targeted Omar’s committee assignments. In the previous Congress, she was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for comments about Israel. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dismissed Mace’s effort as a “distraction machine,” while Representative Jasmine Crockett said it was “all about a grift.”
