JD Vance accused Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) of having “definitely committed immigration fraud” and said that he’d recently spoken with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller about how best to “go after her.”

Speaking on a podcast hosted by MAGA influencer Benny Johnson on Friday, Vance was asked about claims that Omar had defrauded the United States by marrying her brother to secure his legal residency.

The unsubstantiated claim has circulated in MAGA circles for years but has been denied by Omar multiple times. The congresswoman was born in Somalia but moved to Minneapolis with her family in 1997, fleeing the civil war.

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    I’m thinking their plan is just to say the most outlandish items to get in the headlines. Then when they actial do something, it’s horrible but not as horrible as what they have said. It’s time to ignore everything coming out of Trump, Vance, Miller, Musk, & everyone else connected to this administration.

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      This is this year’s “Obama’s birth certificate is needed, he was born in Kenya” bullshit witchhunt/conspiracy theory.