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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      During the 2016 debate, Hillary Clinton called him out on paying no federal taxes some years. His response was, “that makes me smart.”

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        Yeah Republicans loved that. They loved it.

        They are all selfish and ignorant. These people are a minority of the American people, yet the largest majority doesn’t vote… So they win, and we get this bullshit.

        That majority on the US needs to wake the fuck up. If they don’t, we’re all fucked. Apathy is destroying this nation.