{"id":158650,"date":"2025-09-21T06:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/158650\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T06:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:18:07","slug":"hopefully-sent-back-to-somalia-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/158650\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hopefully sent back to Somalia soon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLefty\u201d by nickname only!<\/p>\n<p>Legendary pro-golfer Phil Mickelson went scorched earth on Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar after she doubled down on her controversial comments about Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIlhan spews hate every time she opens her mouth, she came here fraudulently and will hopefully be sent back to Somalia soon,\u201d the LIV Tour golfer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PhilMickelson\/status\/1969522078073438543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wrote on X<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Mickelson, nicknamed \u201cLefty,\u201d aggressively roasted Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, expressing his wish she would be deported back to Somalia while implying she fraudulently emigrated to the United States. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>In the post, Mickelson was responding to a video of the \u201cSquad\u201d member defending bombastic comments she made about Charlie Kirk last week, referring to him as \u201cDr. Frankenstein\u201d who \u201cwas killed by his monster.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I find jarring,\u201d Omar said on CNN in response to mild pushback from CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins, \u201cIs that there\u2019s so many people willing to excuse the most reprehensible things that he said, that they agree with that, that they\u2019re willing to have monuments for him, that they want to create a day to honor him, and that they want to produce resolutions in the house of Congress honoring his life and legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And she wasn\u2019t done verbally tarnishing the legacy of the conservative influencer who will be remembered at a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/20\/us-news\/inside-look-into-charlie-kirk-funeral-plans-including-super-bowl-level-security\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">massive funeral service on Sunday<\/a> which will be attended by President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going to sit here and be judged for not wanting to honor any legacy this man has left behind, that should be in the dustbin of history, and we should hopefully move on and forget the hate that he spewed every day,\u201d the controversial rep stated.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy-courting \u201cSquad\u201d member has drawn ire from conservatives through her bombastic comments about slain conservative superstar Charlie Kirk. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Masters Tournament winner, who generally posts about sports and finance on X, has been posting continuously about Kirk regularly since the assassination in Utah on September 10, his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PhilMickelson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">profile<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, he even reposted South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace\u2019s invective post directed at Rep. Omar stemming from the former military cadet attempting to censure the immigrant congresswoman in the House of Representatives in retaliation for her previous comments on Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10 during a speaking event at Utah Valley University campus. SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would love to see you deported back to Somalia next,\u201d Mace <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NancyMace\/status\/1968323903354438074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wrote<\/a> on Wednesday in a post that was shared by Mickelson.<\/p>\n<p>The golfer known as \u201cLefty\u201d posted the previous day \u201cMore of this please,\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PhilMickelson\/status\/1968087801569935662\" rel=\"nofollow\">post<\/a> sharing an interview with Mace speaking about the censure of Omar.<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson\u2019s harsh words for Ilhan Omar come just days after she barely <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/15\/us-news\/nancy-mace-moves-to-censure-ilhan-omar-for-vile-comments-about-charlie-kirk-all-but-blamed-him-for-his-own-assassination\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">withstood a House floor vote led by Rep. Nancy Mace<\/a> that would have censured the Minnesota congresswoman for her vitriolic comments about Kirk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cLefty\u201d by nickname only! Legendary pro-golfer Phil Mickelson went scorched earth on Democratic Minnesota Rep. 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