Here’s how you know Ilhan Omar had a bad night: even CNN noticed.
Wolf Blitzer — Wolf Blitzer, the man who’s made a career out of lobbing softballs so gently they float — actually pressed Omar on Wednesday about her unhinged screaming match with the President of the United States during the State of the Union.
“Do you have any regrets at all?” Blitzer asked.
Reporter: ‘Do you have any regrets at all about the interaction we played between you and President Trump just last night?’
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Ilhan Omar: ‘I DO NOT’ https://t.co/52VaOdaUwL pic.twitter.com/ACXKakb1Jq
Omar’s answer: No.
Not “I got caught up in the moment.” Not “I could’ve handled it differently.” Not even a fake politician apology where you apologize for “how it was perceived” without actually apologizing for anything. Just no. No regrets. Would do it again. Proud of it.
And then she made it worse.
The Rewrite
Omar is trying to reframe her meltdown as a principled stand. Her version goes like this: Trump talked about protecting Americans. She “reminded him” that his administration was “responsible for killing two of my constituents.” She was standing up for the people of Minneapolis. She was bearing witness. She was holding space.
Holding space. That’s the phrase she used. She was “holding space” — the favorite buzzword of every activist who wants to dress up bad behavior as something sacred.
Let’s talk about those two constituents.
Renee Good was shot by an ICE agent on January 7th after she allegedly attempted to ram an officer with her vehicle while refusing to exit it. She didn’t die in a peaceful protest. She died interfering with a federal operation by using a car as a weapon.
Alex Pretti was killed on January 24th in circumstances connected to ICE operations. These are the cases Omar is using to call the President of the United States a murderer — on the floor of the House, during the constitutionally prescribed State of the Union address, in violation of her own party leader’s explicit instructions.
Hakeem Jeffries told Democrats to either boycott the speech or protest silently. Omar chose option C: scream “you are a murderer” at the president on live television.
Blitzer, to his credit, pointed this out. “Should you have just boycotted the address? Do you think you violated the guidelines set out by your own leader?”
Omar’s response? “I think it was really unavoidable.”
Unavoidable. Screaming at the president was unavoidable. Like a sneeze. Like gravity. Like the tide. She just couldn’t help herself. The words “you are a murderer” just tumbled out of her mouth because the universe demanded it.
That’s not a defense. That’s an admission that you can’t control yourself in a professional setting. And this woman serves in Congress.
The “Occupation” Language
Listen to the words Omar uses. She described federal law enforcement in Minneapolis as an “occupation.” Her constituents have “lived through an occupation from federal law enforcement.” They’ve been “terrorized.” Their neighbors have been “killed and traumatized.”
Occupation. That’s military language. That’s the language you use to describe a foreign army in your country. That’s the language Palestinians use about Israel. That’s the language the French used about Nazi Germany.
Omar is using it to describe ICE agents enforcing American immigration law in an American city.
This isn’t accidental word choice. She’s framing federal law enforcement as an invading force. She’s telling her constituents — many of whom are Somali immigrants — that the American government is their enemy. That ICE agents aren’t law enforcement officers doing their jobs but occupiers terrorizing their community.
And then she wonders why ICE has seen a 1,300% increase in assaults, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats. You don’t get to call federal agents an “occupying force” and then act surprised when people treat them like one.
The Guest Who Got Arrested
Here’s the cherry on top of this disaster sundae. One of Omar’s four guests — Aliya Rahman — was arrested by Capitol Police for disruptive behavior during the address.
Omar brought four Minnesotans as guests. She said it was “important for us to be there to bear witness.” One of her witnesses got hauled out by police.
You invite guests to the State of the Union. It’s a formal event. A constitutional ceremony. You’re responsible for their behavior the same way you’re responsible for anyone you bring into someone else’s house. And Omar’s guest got arrested for being disruptive.
Which tells you everything about the kind of “bearing witness” Omar had in mind. This wasn’t solemn protest. This wasn’t dignified dissent. This was a coordinated disruption — Omar screaming from her seat, her guest causing enough of a scene to get arrested by Capitol Police, the whole delegation there not to listen but to perform.
No Regrets, No Shame, No Self-Awareness
Blitzer asked the question twice. Any regrets? Would you do anything differently?
No and no. Omar is defiant. She’s proud. She thinks screaming “murderer” at the president during the State of the Union was not only justified but important. She thinks her constituents needed to “see her there” doing it.
Here’s what her constituents also saw. They saw Trump describe $19 billion in fraud linked to the Somali community in Minnesota. They saw Trump designate JD Vance to lead a “War on Fraud” targeting exactly that kind of theft. They saw Trump call members of that community “Somali pirates.” And they saw their congresswoman — the woman under investigation for her own family’s rising wealth — respond not with a factual rebuttal but with screaming.
If you’re innocent, you don’t scream. If you have a counter-argument, you make it. If you have the facts on your side, you present them calmly and let the record speak. You scream when you’ve got nothing. When the accusations hit too close. When the cameras are rolling and the only move left is to make enough noise that nobody can hear the question.
Omar made plenty of noise Tuesday night. The question is still there. And it’s only getting louder.
Jeffries told her to stay quiet. She screamed. CNN asked if she regretted it. She said no. Her guest got arrested. And somewhere in Minneapolis, the War on Fraud is just getting started.
No regrets. That makes two of us, Ilhan. That makes two of us.