WATCH: Ilhan Omar roasted for brutal resurfaced video about ‘World War Eleven’
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is being roasted online for a brutal resurfaced video of her misreading World War II as "World War Eleven" during a Capitol Hill news conference.Omar, the...
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Rep. Ilhan Omar , D-Minn., is being roasted online for a brutal resurfaced video of her misreading World War II as "World War Eleven" during a Capitol Hill news conference. Omar, the first Somali American member of Congress, made the error during her opening remarks at a Democratic news conference last year on the reintroduction of the "Neighbors Not Enemies Act." The bill, which did not pass, was aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement, particularly his invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. The congresswoman railed that the "last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked it was used to detain and deport German, Japanese, Italian immigrants during World War Eleven." JEFFRIES CALLS TRUMP 'DUMBEST PERSON EVER' TO SIT AT 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE She quickly corrected herself, saying, "Oh, two," and laughing. As Omar’s district faces increased scrutiny amid a massive federal fraud probe largely involving the Somali immigrant community, the resurfaced clip is circulating online. The mistake drew mockery, including from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who teased Omar, saying, "‘World War Eleven’ … Yes, that was deadly." In a separate post, Lee continued to rib Omar, sharing a side-by-side of her error alongside another video of her calling Trump voters "idiots." The video showed Omar saying, "It’s become really hard to have an intellectual debate with any of these people," and asserting that "the dumbing of the United States has arrived, because how else do we get a Trump presidency again?" The video of Omar’s gaffe also garnered a reaction from Elon Musk , who posted a grimace emoji. The popular conservative account "I Meme Therefore I Am" posted, "She must have gotten her education in the Quality Learing Center." The post referenced one of the Minneapolis daycare centers allegedly engaged in fraud, which went viral for misspelling its name on its sign as "Quality Learing Center" instead of "Quality Learning Center." Chloe Cole, a conservative activist and…