Emmer calls for Ethics investigation into Omar; Democrat says she’s embarrassed for him

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) is calling for a House Ethics Committee investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over a disputed translation of Omar’s remarks about Somalia and Somaliland over the weekend. 

Emmer accused Omar of “delivering shocking remarks expressing allegiance to the interests of Somalia” in a letter to Ethics Committee Chair Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Ranking Member Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.). He has also called for Omar, the first Somali American to serve in Congress, to resign over the remarks. 

“Ilhan Omar’s appalling, Somalia-first comments are a slap in the face to the Minnesotans she was elected to serve and a direct violation of her oath of office. She should resign in disgrace,” Emmer wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Omar said she was “embarrassed” for Emmer, and accused him of trying to get attention after he lost a bid to be House Speaker after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was unseated last year.