Political Quotes

Ilhan Omar

The Public Record

Ilhan Omar is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. Omar has been an advocate for progressive policies, including healthcare reform, immigration reform, and social justice issues. She has gained national attention for her outspoken views on foreign policy and domestic issues, often addressing the needs of marginalized communities.

Quotes by year · 2019–2026549 total · peak 2019 (168)
2019: 168 quotes2020: 34 quotes2021: 112 quotes2022: 44 quotes2023: 23 quotes2024: 14 quotes2025: 102 quotes2026: 52 quotes
Jan 11, 2026

What happened today is a blatant attempt to obstruct members of Congress from doing their oversight duties.

cbsnews.com
Dec 17, 2025

I urge all my colleagues to uphold the separation of powers and pass this resolution.

govinfo.gov
Dec 8, 2025

We also could have benefited from the program and the money that was stolen.

cbsnews.com
Dec 8, 2025

I think it is also really important for us to remember that this kind of hateful rhetoric and this level of dehumanizing can lead to dangerous actions by people who listen to the President.

cbsnews.com
Dec 8, 2025

These are Americans that he is calling garbage, and we feel like there is an unhealthy obsession that he has on the Somali community, and an unhealthy and creepy obsession that he has with me.

cbsnews.com
Dec 8, 2025

And we want those people prosecuted.

cbsnews.com
Dec 8, 2025

If that is the case, if money from U.S. tax dollars is being sent to help with terrorism in Somalia, we want to know.

cbsnews.com
Dec 8, 2025

If there was a linkage in the money that they have stolen going to terrorism, then that is a failure of the FBI and our court system in not figuring that out.

cbsnews.com
Dec 7, 2025

This kind of hateful rhetoric and this level of dehumanizing can lead to dangerous actions by people who listen to the president.

cbsnews.com
Dec 7, 2025

It's disgusting. It's completely disgusting. These are Americans that he is calling garbage.

cbsnews.com
Nov 12, 2025

The public deserves to know who enabled Epstein, who looked the other way, and who’s still being protected.

abcnews.go.com
Nov 11, 2025

The Senate-passed bill is a betrayal of working people and massively fails to address the urgent needs of the American people.

theguardian.com
Sep 30, 2025

There is nothing more f–ked up than to pretend that his words and actions haven’t been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so.

nypost.com
Sep 30, 2025

There are a lot of people who are talking about him [Kirk] just wanting to have a civil debate. These people are full of s—t.

nypost.com
Sep 30, 2025

I refuse to join the chorus that changes the history of what is on the record from this man.

nypost.com
Sep 30, 2025

But there is no legacy to honor. It was a legacy filled with bigotry, hatred, and white supremacy.

nypost.com
Sep 30, 2025

You know, it is a tragedy that Charlie Kirk was killed in that way. I feel for his widow and his children.

nypost.com
Sep 30, 2025

I have nothing to apologize for.

nypost.com
Sep 24, 2025

This is vile and beyond cruel. Abolish ICE.

nypost.com
Sep 22, 2025

I would have hoped by now that they have learned one thing: They are not going to succeed in silencing my voice.

msnbc.com
Sep 22, 2025

What that displays for not just Americans, but folks on an international platform is that our country is being led by idiots, and that is not something that we should be comfortable with as Americans, and that’s not something that should…

msnbc.com
Sep 22, 2025

That is embarrassing for us as a country, because these are people who are elected to positions of leadership.

msnbc.com
Sep 22, 2025

I’ve been the target of the president in the most vile, bigoted, racist ways that you could imagine, and I’ve had to have full police detail because of that.

msnbc.com

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