Rep. Nancy Mace responds to a video of Omar denying the allegation with “One word: Deport.”
U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, posting on X
“One word: Deport.”
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Rep. Nancy Mace’s post from her official account, published at 8:30 p.m. EDT on September 16, 2026.
Official statement
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Rep. Nancy Mace’s press release on her January 7, 2026 motion at a House Oversight hearing to subpoena immigration records related to Omar and her alleged brother/husband. The characterizations of Omar’s marriage are the release’s own.
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On January 7, 2026, Mace had moved at a House Oversight hearing to subpoena immigration records related to Omar; her office said the motion “was tabled by both Democrats and Republicans on the Committee.” The quoted post is LindellTV’s, headlined “Ilhan Omar goes after Tom Homan when confronted over being under investigation.” The video shows Omar denying that she married her brother and that she is under investigation.
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Mace’s post is a single quote-post with no further text.
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Case context: Should Trump administration officials publicly accuse Rep. Ilhan Omar of immigration fraud?
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Why this label?
The case’s fixed reference point is the Trump administration’s public accusation that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother to obtain immigration benefits, together with its announced federal criminal investigation of her. Mace answers Omar’s denial by calling for her deportation, which treats the accusation as grounds for removal and presses it. The closest competing label is mixed_or_conditional; it loses because the post attaches no condition or reservation.
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