Rep. Brandon Gill urged his supporters to back the petition in a recent fundraising email after footage emerged last week of the “Squad” congresswoman (D-Minn.) advising Somali-born constituents

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) is circulating a petition for his supporters to sign to deport a fellow member of Congress, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Gil had previously called on Omar to be deported,

Texas' Brandon Gill is also fundraising off the racist petition, which specifically takes issue with Omar hosting workshops that inform immigrants and community members about their rights.

A House Republican is doubling down on his call to deport Somali-American Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with a fundraising email urging supporters to sign a petition to that effect, Axios has learned. Why it matters: It's one of the most graphic examples to date of the kind of incivility that has gripped Congress in recent years and fueled a historic exodus of members.

WASHINGTON, DC – A Republican in the U-S House is trying to get people to sign a petition to deport Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. The Minnesota Democrat came to the U-S in 1995 and became a citizen in 2000 after feeling Somalia’s civil war.