Overview
- In a Truth Social post Wednesday, President Trump labeled Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib “Low IQ” “lunatics” who “look like they should be institutionalized” and wrote “we should send them back from where they came.”
- Omar and Tlaib had loudly interrupted the State of the Union, accusing Trump of “killing Americans” in reference to recent fatal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota tied to stepped-up immigration enforcement.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the rhetoric “disgraceful,” and CAIR said the comments were racist.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson said he considered ejecting the lawmakers during the address and responded “We’ll find out” when asked about possible consequences.
- Both lawmakers are U.S. citizens—Omar is Somali-born and naturalized, and Tlaib was born in Detroit—with no formal sanctions announced in response to the exchange.