Part of: Ilhan Omar
Mace calls deporting 'Somalia-first' Ilhan Omar the best '250th birthday present to America'
On June 15, 2026, six days after finishing fifth in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, Nancy Mace posted on X and Facebook that 'there would be no better 250th birthday present to America than seeing Somalia-first Ilhan Omar deported.' Omar, a sitting U.S. representative, has been a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2000, and fact-checkers note U.S. citizens are not subject to deportation. The post is the latest in a running Mace-Omar feud that runs back through her September 2025 censure push and her May 2026 constitutional amendment. This dispatch catalogs the post as a public artifact and takes no position on Mace's medical or psychological state.
On June 15, 2026, six days after conceding fifth place in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, Nancy Mace posted on X (@RepNancyMace), and on Facebook:
"There would be no better 250th birthday present to America than seeing Somalia-first Ilhan Omar deported."
Mace's post on X (@RepNancyMace, June 15, 2026). It drew more than 690,000 views and 35,000 likes. Snopes confirmed the post is correctly attributed to Mace and appeared on both her X and Facebook accounts.
The legal reality
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was born in Somalia, came to the United States as a child refugee, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000. She is a sitting member of the U.S. House. As the fact-checks of the post note, U.S. citizens are not subject to deportation; deportation applies to non-citizens. Mace's post calls for the removal of a citizen and a colleague in Congress.
Part of a running feud
The post is the latest entry in a back-and-forth that stretches across 2025 and 2026:
- September 2025 - During her push to censure Omar over Omar's remarks after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Mace posted that she had a "one-way ticket to Somalia" with Omar's name on it. The censure resolution was tabled by the House, 214-213, with four Republicans joining Democrats to defeat it.
- May 2026 - Mace introduced a constitutional amendment to bar naturalized citizens from serving in Congress, naming Omar as her motivation: "Not Somalia. Not any other country."
- June 2026 - the post above.
The full arc, including Omar's responses, is catalogued on the Ilhan Omar page and in the Ilhan Omar feud.
The commentary
The progressive show The Ring of Fire covered the post in a June 18, 2026 segment titled "Nancy Mace Has TOTAL BREAKDOWN Over Ilhan Omar," tying it to her primary defeat. The "breakdown" framing is the channel's characterization, not Maceopedia's.
Video: The Ring of Fire, "Nancy Mace Has TOTAL BREAKDOWN Over Ilhan Omar" (YouTube, June 18, 2026). The segment is the creator's; Maceopedia embeds the platform player and does not host the file. The "breakdown" characterization is the channel's, quoted here as a public artifact, not a Maceopedia finding or any clinical assessment.
Sources & related coverage
- The post itself: Mace on X (@RepNancyMace), June 15, 2026
- Fact-check: Snopes, "Nancy Mace posted she wanted Ilhan Omar deported for America's 250th birthday"
- Mediaite, "Nancy Mace Calls for Ilhan Omar's Citizenship to be Revoked: 'We Would Love to See You Deported Back to Somalia'"
- Commentary: The Ring of Fire, "Nancy Mace Has TOTAL BREAKDOWN Over Ilhan Omar" (YouTube, June 18, 2026)
- The earlier "one-way ticket" post: "One-way ticket to Somalia"
- The constitutional amendment: Mace introduces amendment to bar naturalized citizens from Congress
- Background and the full exchange: Ilhan Omar and the Ilhan Omar feud
This dispatch concerns Nancy Mace's own public posts and on-record statements only. Where it quotes others' characterizations of her, those are the speakers' opinions, attributed and quoted as public artifacts, not Maceopedia's findings or any clinical assessment.
