Ilhan Omar GOES NUTS After Trump Announced WAR ON FRAUD!
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The president got into this. He
announced a war on fraud [music] and uh
this is where Ilan Omar got super
exercised and started screaming at him.
That's a lie. And more. Watch.
>> Where members of the Somali community
have pillaged an estimated $19 billion
from the American taxpayer. Oh, we have
all the information. I am officially
announcing the war on fraud to be led by
our great vice president JD Vance.
>> Ilhan Omar erupted after Trump declared
a war on fraud during the State of the
Union. And the reason is simple. He
singled out Minnesota as the center of a
massive fraud investigation and tied it
directly to billions in taxpayer
dollars. The moment he mentioned her
state and the growing federal probe, she
reacted instantly. Trump framed it as a
national crackdown led by J. D. Vance
[music] and her visible outrage turned
the spotlight even brighter
>> and she posted a clip of herself during
the State of the Union yelling, "You've
killed Americans." Here it is in Saw 8.
>> Penalties for public officials who block
the removal of criminal aliens. In many
cases, drug lords, murderers all over
our country. They're blocking the
removal of these people out of our
country.
>> Let's talk about what actually triggered
her. Trump stood there and announced
that Vice President J. D. Vance would
lead a federal crackdown on fraud. He
referenced Minnesota specifically.
Federal prosecutors have already charged
92 defendants in a massive fraud case
there. 82 of them, according to the US
Attorney's Office, are Somaliorn. That
is not a [music] rumor. That is not
Twitter gossip. that is in the charging
documents
>> that there has been massive fraud in
Minnesota and that it has been
perpetrated overwhelmingly almost
entirely by the Somali born [music]
community there and the alleged amount
federal estimates range from 9 billion
up to 18 billion billion with a B. So
when Trump says Minnesota might just be
the tip of the iceberg, what exactly is
so outrageous about that? If billions
are missing from programs meant for
nutrition, housing, and even autism
research, is it racist to ask where the
money went, or is it basic math? Well,
here again, the Fed the federal
prosecutors say it is at least 9 billion
up to 18 billion. They said they're
still trying to determine just how much
of that remaining 9 billion was part of
this same Somali fraud scheme where they
used these 14 Minnesota programs meant
to help people but abused them and
didn't help anybody other than lining
their own pockets for fake programs
involving nutrition, housing, and uh
autism research.
>> Instead of addressing the numbers, Omar
starts yelling, "That's a lie. That's
the move. Just shout it down. If someone
accused my district of being tied to
billions in fraud, I would be demanding
audits. I would be leading press
conferences. I would be saying, "We will
root this out." [music] But she goes
straight to outrage mode. Why? Why is
the instinct to [music] defend the
narrative instead of protect the
taxpayers? And the first Well, the first
I I don't understand why she would
defend this. I think to me she ought to
get out in front of it and she ought to
go back to her community and she ought
to say we're we're better than this. We
don't want to be known for this. We need
to root this out. You need to help the
government. Trump didn't stop there. He
tied it [music] to the $1.7 trillion
federal deficit. He basically said if we
actually stamped out this level of
fraud, we could move toward balancing
the budget faster than anyone thinks.
[music] Now, whether you believe it can
fix everything overnight is another
debate, but here is the bigger point. He
is [music] saying fraud is not small. It
is systemic.
>> She has to, I think, say, you know,
instead of saying, look, we got to get
to the bottom of this. She's saying,
[music] you know, well, it's not true.
Trump's a liar and he's a racist and and
try to deflect because I think the truth
is she's received contributions and
she's had her picture taken with a lot
of these people that are now on trial.
And when [music] he mentioned Somali
pirates while talking about corruption
cultures being imported through weak
immigration enforcement, you could feel
the temperature in the room change. Omar
looked furious, [music]
distressed, angry. She shouted again. He
says, "Somaly pirates, JD Vans, and Mike
Johnson start laughing." They cut to
Ilan Omar who's just looking distressed
in the audience. But she was yelling,
"That's a lie." When he said, "They've
been plundering America. There's no more
stunning example than Minnesota where
members of the Somali community have
pillaged an estimated 19 billion billion
with a B from the American taxpayer.
[music]
But here is the uncomfortable reality.
The DOJ cases are real. [music] The
indictments are real. The programs
involved were real. 14 Minnesota
programs allegedly abused. Nutrition
[music] funds, housing assistance,
autism research money, funds meant to
help kids, [music]
not theoretical stuff. real programs.
>> Think of that Elon Omar. She lives in
Somalia. They don't have a government.
They don't have a military. They don't
have police. They don't have anything.
All they have is murder and robbing
ships, bringing in ships, pirates. That
that's stopped. Same missile [music]
ping. That's the end of them.
>> So, I have to ask her directly, if 82
out of 92 defendants [music] in one
major case share the same background,
are we not allowed to say that out loud?
Are we supposed to pretend that is
random? If this is about protecting
innocent families, then why not separate
the innocent from the guilty instead of
shutting down the entire discussion?
[music]
>> She comes from a country with nothing
and she comes here and she tells us
about our constitution. I have a
constitutional right to rip off the
country. I guess she's [music] she's a
total scam artist. Anybody know? And
then there is the decorum issue. [music]
Back in 2009, when Joe Wilson shouted,
"You lie," at Obama during a State of
[music] the Union, Washington treated it
like a constitutional crisis. He was
formally admonished. Everyone [music]
clutched their pearls. Now Omar
repeatedly yells at the president in the
middle of his speech, even posts the
clip [music] later like it is a badge of
honor. Where is the outrage now?
Apparently, decorum only matters when
the other side breaks it. And if we're
able to find enough of that fraud, we
will actually have a balanced budget
overnight. It'll go very quickly. So,
uh, we're at over 1.7 trillion in the
budget deficit right now.
>> Trump has been calling her out for years
on immigration, on border [music]
policy, on her past statements in her
district. He clearly sees her as a
symbol of what he thinks went wrong in
Minnesota. And instead of countering
with facts and oversight plans, she
keeps feeding the spectacle.
>> How many illegal aliens are on Medicaid?
We know that it's billions and billions
of dollars that should go to American
citizens. It's going to illegal aliens.
How many fraudulent daycare centers have
been set up where that money should go
to American citizens to help their kids
get into childare? Here is what I keep
coming back to. If this fraud scandal
had nothing to do with her [music]
political network, if there were zero
ties between local political power and
the community involved, then why not
welcome the investigation? Why not stand
next to the administration and say yes,
clean it up? Because right now it looks
defensive and defensive politics never
looks good when billions of dollars are
involved.
>> He says SSL pirates, JD Vans, and Mike
Johnson start laughing.
>> Trump framed this as a war on fraud.
That is strong language. He wants voters
thinking about higher medical bills,
higher rent, higher taxes, and asking
whether taxpayer money is being siphoned
off by fake programs. He is connecting
dots between waste and everyday costs.
And Omar's response was not, "Here is
the data." It was, "How dare you?"
>> Elon Omar was yelling at the president.
He was telling her that um she should be
ashamed of herself when he talked about
the fraud that has been found, $9
billion in Minnesota. And then he said
this about the war on fraud. Watch.
>> I am officially announcing the war on
fraud to be led by our great vice
president J. D. Vance.
>> How does that make sense? If you
represent the people, should you not
want every stolen dollar back? Should
you not be the loudest voice demanding
accountability? Instead, she gave him
exactly what he wanted. A viral moment,
a contrast, calm announcement versus
visible outrage. [music] And now the
story is not just about fraud. It is
about why she reacted that way. Trump
keeps calling her out publicly,
directly, by name. He is not subtle
about it. And every time he does, she
steps into the spotlight and confirms
that this fight is not going away.
>> Who's going to oversee this
investigation? Is this coming from the
Department of Justice? Um, we had Doge,
of course, which lasted for a little
while. What does this actually look
like?
>> Right. Well, what it looks like is that
the vice president, who's the perfect
person to lead this. If Minnesota is
truly the tip of the iceberg, then this
war on fraud is only getting started.
And the real question is not why Trump
keeps bringing her up. It is why she
keeps reacting like she has something to
lose. For years, refugee resettlement
policy in this country had a basic
expectation. If you came here legally,
you signed paperwork saying you would
not become a burden on the taxpayer. You
had to show you had a job, a plan, a
sponsor. That was the deal. Somewhere
along the way, that standard softened.
Then it practically disappeared. Make no
mistake, though, that like the Minnesota
problem is really the tip of the
iceberg. And as we've been looking
around for other examples in California
and Massachusetts and Maine, uh we've
been finding their them everywhere we
look. And so the president has decided
to get the entire government. Now we are
told that asking whether public funds
are being abused is offensive. [music]
Since when? Minnesota's Somali community
became a major political voting block.
That is not controversial. It is
reality. When a community grows in
numbers and votes in a concentrated way,
politicians pay attention. That is how
politics works. But here is the
uncomfortable part. When billions in
public funds are allegedly misused and
the same community holds serious
political influence, scrutiny becomes
racism instead of oversight.
>> And so the president has decided to get
the entire government trying to stamp
out that fraud because the fraud means
higher taxes for you and bigger deficits
for the US.
>> Trump understands something here. He is
not just attacking a person. He is
attacking the idea that political power
can shield financial misconduct. That is
why he keeps naming her. That is why he
keeps tying Minnesota to a broader
conversation about accountability. So,
here's the question for Omar. If fraud
equals higher taxes and bigger deficits,
who exactly are you defending when you
shout it down? Are you defending
workingclass taxpayers in Minneapolis?
Or are you defending a narrative that
keeps uncomfortable facts buried? I I
She's not acting like, to my mind, like
a member of Congress who's protective of
the Treasury, but rather like, you know,
an agreed minority who feels she's being
singled out. And I I don't think that's
the right move because this fraud is
real.
>> Because voters understand [music]
something basic. If someone steals from
a public program, that money does not
vanish into thin air. It gets replaced
by higher taxes, more borrowing, or cuts
somewhere else. Trump's war on fraud is
positioned as long-term, not a one-week
headline. JD Vance is tasked with
coordinating agencies, collecting data,
and working with the Department of
Justice. That means audits. That means
indictments. That means more headlines.
>> Here's what he said about this program
and and his project this morning. Quick
thought.
>> I think that's unfortunate that nobody
has ever tried to take a systematic look
at how much fraud there is in the
federal government.
>> And here is what makes this bigger than
Minnesota. Investigations are already
expanding into other states like
California and beyond. If Minnesota is
the test case, this could become a
national reckoning over how welfare,
refugee assistance, and public benefit
programs are monitored. Democrats frame
Trump's language as inflammatory. Trump
frames Democratic resistance as
complicity. That is the battle line. But
politically, this fight is smart because
most Americans, regardless of party, do
not like fraud. They do not like the
idea that nutrition funds meant for kids
end up in fake shell organizations. They
do not like the idea that housing money
is siphoned off into private pockets.
Omar chose to make her reaction the
story. She posted clips. [music] She
leaned into the confrontation. That
might energize her base. It might raise
money, but it also keeps her tied to the
controversy. And Trump keeps circling
back to her. He calls her out by name.
He questions her priorities. He frames
her as symbolic of a system that allowed
billions to slip through the cracks.
Whether you agree with his tone or not,
he is relentless. So this is not just a
speech moment. It is a political
strategy. Expose the fraud, tie [music]
it to economic pain, force opponents to
either defend the system or join the
crackdown. And [music] if they choose
defense, make that the headline. That is
why this fight is not going away.
Because once you say war on fraud, you
cannot [music] quietly move on. You
either find the money or you look like
you never meant it. And if you are Ilhan
Omar, every time your name gets attached
[music] to that conversation, you have
to answer one simple question. Are you
fighting corruption or are you fighting
the guy who is exposing
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