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\u201cSquad\u201d Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) boasted that Minnesota liberals \u201cdefeated ICE\u2019s racist terror campaign\u201d in a cringey video trying to hop on a new TikTok-like trend \u2014 but the embattled lefty was swiftly roasted for her efforts.<\/p>\n

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Plopped into a seat, \u201cThe Squad\u201d member adjusted her blazer and fidgeted with a microphone as if she were about to be interviewed in the 10-second clip she shared Wednesday on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Omar, 43, took a deep breath as dramatic instrumental music played in the background.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMe preparing for the documentary on how we defeated ICE\u2019s racist terror campaign in Minnesota,\u201d she wrote in a text overlay on the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re built different in Minnesota,\u201d she proclaimed in the caption with an arm muscle and a blue heart emoji.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Omar\u2019s stab at the viral documentary trend \u2014 where people act as if they are giving a confessional in a documentary \u2014 elicited groans.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is so cringe. Everything about this little clip has been ripped off,\u201d one man raged on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m waiting for the documentary she does behind bars,\u201d another chimed in, alluding to a Congressional investigation\u00a0into Omar\u2019s finances, just as a massive social services fraud scheme\u00a0involving the Somali community in her district surfaced.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr is it a fraud documentary?\u201d another critic wrote on Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Others disagreed with her claim that ICE \u2014 which arrested over 4,000 illegal aliens in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge\u00a0in early 2026 \u2014 was \u201cdefeated.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Defeated\u2019? I think we have different definitions of that word,\u201d someone charged on Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Omar and ICE did not immediately return The Post\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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