‘This is so appalling’: Barack Obama delivers blistering rebuke of Trump’s Ilhan Omar deportation plot

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“The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.”Brad ReedOct 18, 2026 Former President Barack Obama on Sunday spoke out against the Trump administration’s plot to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar of her US citizenship and remove her from the country.In a lengthy social media post, Obama said the administration’s attack on Omar (D-Minn.) violates “a basic principle of ...