SO. BREAKING: Ilhan Omar Explodes on National TV — Says Stephen Miller’s Warning About Somali Assimilation Sounds “Exactly Like Nazi Germany”
In a stunning and fiery exchange on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Rep. Ilhan Omar delivered one of her most explosive interviews to date — blasting former Trump adviser Stephen Miller and accusing him of using rhetoric that “mirrors the Nazis.”
Host Margaret Brennan confronted Omar with Miller’s Thanksgiving message claiming that migrants from “failed states” simply recreate the “terrors” of their homelands and fail to assimilate into America. Brennan pressed Omar directly:
Was Miller right that Somali immigrants are refusing to assimilate — and endangering the country?
Omar did not hesitate.
“When I hear Stephen Miller talk like this, I hear white-supremacist rhetoric,” she declared.
Brennan pushed back: “That’s how you interpret it?”
Omar doubled down immediately:
“Yes. It reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany.”
With that statement, the interview ignited.
Omar expanded her rebuke, arguing that America has a long, ugly history of demonizing newcomers — from Jewish refugees fleeing genocide to Irish and Italian immigrants who were once accused of being criminals, untrustworthy, and impossible to integrate.
“This language isn’t new,” Omar warned. “Every wave of immigrants was once painted as a threat. Now they’re doing it to Somalis.”
She insisted that Somali Americans are not outsiders, not a burden, and not the caricature painted by critics.
“We may be ethnically Somali, but here in this country, we are Americans,” Omar said.
“We are citizens. We contribute. We belong. And we will continue to be a productive part of this nation.”
Her message was unmistakable:
Attacks on Somali assimilation are, in her view, the newest chapter in an old pattern — one that echoes some of history’s darkest propaganda.
This explosive interview is already sending shockwaves through both political parties, fueling a fierce national debate about immigration, identity, and the boundaries of political rhetoric in America.
