By Katherine Tinsley
11:11am PDT, Jul 2, 2025
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Dr. Phil McGraw slammed
Ilhan Omar on Monday, July 1, after the congresswoman discussed the U.S. becoming one of the "worst countries" under
Donald Trump.
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Dr. Phil McGraw was disturbed by Ilhan Omar's comments. "Here's the thing: she has the right to say what she's saying culturally. Psychologically, I think it's disgusting. But does she have the right to say it? Yeah, she does — just like I have the right to say, 'It's absolutely disgusting and whoever voted for her now knows who they voted for and should kick her a** to the curb,'"
he said.
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During an appearance on Democracy Now, Ilhan Omar discussed the climate in the U.S. since Donald Trump returned to the White House. "I mean, I grew up in a dictatorship, and I don't even remember ever witnessing anything like that — to have a democracy, a beacon of hope for the world, to now be turned into one of the, you know, one of the worst countries, where the military are in our streets without any regard for people's constitutional rights," said Omar, who was born in Somalia.
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Ilhan Omar criticized Donald Trump's military parade before the event took place on Saturday, June 14. "Our president is spending millions of dollars [propping] himself up like a failed dictator with a military parade," she said before accusing the president of "destroying our country." Continued the Democratic Representative from Minnesota, "It is really shocking, and it should be a wake-up call for all Americans to say, 'This is not the country we were born in. This is not the country we believe in. This is not the country our Founding Fathers imagined, and this is not the country that is supported by our Constitution, our ideals, our values,' and we should all collectively be out in the streets rejecting what is taking place this week."
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Dr. Phil McGraw pointed out that because Ilhan Omar is an immigrant, the congresswoman has benefited from building a life in the U.S. "Most shocking, instead of gratitude for America, she has the unmitigated gall to just spew nothing but unwavering disdain, and this isn't new," the reality TV star said. "In 2019, she said this is not going to be the country of white people. In 2020, she said we must dismantle the whole system of oppression — so oppressive that she came here as a refugee, got all of these entitlements, and was elected to Congress.
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Dr. Phil McGaw suggested that Ilhan Omar return to Somalia — even though she fled her home country as a refugee. "If this is such a horrible country, wonder why she doesn't return to Somalia," he said. "Well, maybe because Somalia isn't the most corrupt country in the world, it's the second most corrupt country in the world."
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Dr. Phil McGraw pointed out the conditions in Somalia that pushed many people, including Ilhan Omar, to flee the country. "In Somalia, child soldiers are recruited by warlords who employ tactics like abduction threats and forced indoctrination to recruit those children," he said. "Famine, tribal violence, the life expectancy there is 30 years short of the rest of the world. Adult literacy is less than 40%. Religious minorities [are] persecuted. LGBTQ killed. But in America she rose from refugee to congresswoman."
