When my maternal Great-grandparents immigrated from Denmark to Northeastern Kansas in the 1890s, they were ecstatic. For something like 200 years, their ancestors had endured a serf-like existence on a baronial estate on the Danish island of Langeland.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, millions of like-minded Europeans immigrated to America—many passing through New York’s Ellis Island, as my great-grandparents did. After a few years working on the East Coast and saving their money, the Peterson family eventually made their way to Washington County, Kansas, where they and their offspring bought a 400-acre farm.
Owning your own farm in Denmark was an unattainable dream for most 19th-century Danes, but here in the United States, it was possible if you worked hard and saved your money.
In other words, my mother’s grandparents and parents saw America for what it was: a land of freedom and opportunity.
They loved the country that gave them opportunities that 19th-century Europe could not, or would not, provide.
Fast-forward to America in 2025, and Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and millions of other unappreciative immigrants who have migrated to the United States.
When I hear ungrateful socialist migrants like Omar badmouth the country that gave her sanctuary after she and her family fled the carnage of her native Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1995, and was granted asylum in the United States, I am appalled at her boorishness.
Like many on the far left of the Democrat Party, Omar is a die-hard America-hater. Most recently, she stated that America is becoming “one of the worst countries” in the world.
“I grew up in a dictatorship and I don’t even remember ever witnessing anything like that to have a democracy, a beacon of hope for the world to now be turned into one of the, you know, one of the worst countries, where the military are in our streets,” she said during an interview with the ‘Democracy Now’ TV show.
Incredibly, Omar’s disapproval was directed at the patriotic parade held in Washington, D.C., last June, which celebrated the 250th anniversary of the creation of the US Army. Participants included soldiers, veterans, and several Army units, along with historical reenactments and displays highlighting significant moments in the U.S. Army’s past. It was an inspiring display of American military history. As a veteran, I found the parade inspirational and stirring.
Omar’s comments, on the other hand, were disgusting. But I shouldn’t have been surprised.
Omar, one of the founding members of the House of Representatives’ left-wing “squad,” has constructed her political career on being anti-American, anti-Semitic, and a zealous opponent of President Trump.
She also harbors a disturbing and choleric prejudice toward white people. She is a vocal critic of the Republican Party and conservative ideals, including those espoused by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who died from a leftist assassin’s bullet three weeks ago.
Omar was quick to celebrate Kirk’s death, posting that “Kirk was Dr. Frankenstein, and his monster shot him through the neck.”
Not long after that loathsome post, she appeared in a CNN interview, where she called Kirk “a reprehensible, hateful man.
“That is my view of the words that he has said about every single identity that I belong to,” Omar said. “He didn’t believe that we should have equal access to anything. He also didn’t even believe I could be smart enough, that I could have thoughts that could be equal to a white man.”
Oh please. Omar has distorted Kirk’s crusade to generate non-violent debate with those who disagreed with him about a list of leftist topics, including his opposition to the cult of transgenderism, men competing with women in sports, the genital mutilation of pre-adolescent boys and girls, and the left’s support of open borders and illegal immigration. It’s typical of her warped worldview.
However, I have only tapped the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Omar’s apparent hatred for the nation that has given her shelter. Omar is nothing less than the quintessential enemy within—a dangerous radical Muslim who believes we should all be praying at the mosque rather than the church or temple.
Her list of affronts to America and its people is lengthy.
For example, during the Biden Administration, Omar declared: “We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, the Taliban…. I asked [Secretary of State Antony] Blinken where people are supposed to go for justice.”
While Omar later walked back that remark following pressure from members of both parties, it wasn’t the first time that she had stoked controversy. Her comment resulted in a rebuke from several House Democrats.
“Equating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban is as offensive as it is misguided,” the group of Democrats said of Omar. The signers of the press release included Reps. Brad Schneider, D-Ill.; Brad Sherman, D-Calif.; Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.; Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass.; and Ted Deutch, D-Fla.
“Ignoring the differences between democracies governed by the rule of law and contemptible organizations that engage in terrorism at best discredits one’s intended argument and at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice,” the group added. “The United States and Israel are imperfect and, like all democracies, at times deserving of critique, but false equivalencies give cover to terrorist groups. We urge Congresswoman Omar to clarify her words, placing the US and Israel in the same category as Hamas and the Taliban.”
Omar was unrepentant. She responded to the criticism by accusing the group that sent the press release — which also included former DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. — of using “Islamophobic tropes” in a late-night tweet after the release was sent.
“It’s shameful for colleagues who call me when they need my support to now put out a statement asking for ‘clarification’ and not just call,” she said on Twitter. “The Islamophobic tropes in this statement are offensive. The constant harassment and silencing from the signers of this letter is unbearable.”
Tsk, tsk, Rep. Omar. We know that you hate the Jewish state of Israel and that you have an apparent affinity for terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah. Your past statements indicate that you view those groups as “freedom fighters,” not the murderous terrorist thugs that they are.
In fact, Omar’s apparent hatred of Jews is so noticeable that recently, an anonymous online trope referred to her as “Hitler in a Hijab.”
And on and on it goes.
In 2019, during her first term in office, Omar came under fire for a since-deleted tweet from 2012, where she wrote, “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”
One of the most notable controversies Omar caused came while she was speaking at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) fundraiser in 2019, where she talked about the September 11th Attacks and CAIR’s founding.
“Here’s the truth: Far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I’m tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it,” Omar said.
“CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something, and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties,” Omar continued, referencing the attacks during which Islamic terrorists hijacked four planes that were used in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
“Some people did something” is like saying Jews in Auschwitz were inadvertently led into the gas chambers and crematoria. It is grossly insensitive to the memories of those who perished.
Many people strongly rebuked Omar for her words, including Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Nicholas Haros, Jr., whose mother, Francine, was killed in the attacks.
During a ceremony on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Haros Jr. addressed Omar directly and declared:
“Today, I am here to respond to you by telling you exactly who did what to whom. Madam, objectively speaking, we know who and what was done. There is no uncertainty about that. Why your confusion?”
Omar posted a tweet the same day Haros, Jr. spoke, ignoring his comments and writing that the attacks on that fateful September day “were an attack on all of us.”
She’s right. 9/11 was an attack on all Americans.
And so was the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
It’s too bad that Omar is so satiated with loathing for the nation that gave her sanctuary from the hellhole of her native Somalia to see that.
As Charlie Kirk used to say at his immensely popular campus assemblies: “Prove me wrong.”
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