Donald Trump just demanded Ilhan Omar resign immediately and told Speaker Mike Johnson to treat her House seat as conceded. Then the crowd started chanting “THROW HER OUT.”
The demand follows a DOJ filing identifying her as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar,” plus a Fox report alleging Omar is not her real name. Her office says that claim is completely false.
Omar has not actually been removed, charged or convicted. Trump cannot vacate her seat himself, and House expulsion requires a two-thirds vote. But this investigation has now exploded into a direct presidential demand to remove a sitting member of Congress.