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.
JD Vance has a law degree from Yale. He knows better. I remember when politicians didn’t direct the DOJ to go after their opponents with bogus claims of wrongdoing.
Having a law degree unfortunately doesn’t preclude that person from being a dumbass. Jack Thompson is a great case study for that IMO.
Damn, blast from the past. I remember when this individual and his personal crusade against video games were constantly in the (specialised) news…
Remember, even at Yale Law, someone has to graduate bottom of the class…
Yale should pull his degree.
I don’t think Yale can do that. But if Vance were to present false claims to a court, the state bar could disbar him. Which would be fitting.
The DOJ doesn’t answer to Vance unless Trump is gone though… Unless Trump is going to claim the VP has authorities not defined by his role, which I really doubt the Republican party wants to give more power to those positions right now seeing how sketchy everything looks for their future.