Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) expressed support for the thousands of Democratic voters in Minnesota who voted “uncommitted” this week but said she didn’t vote at all.
Omar, who has been critical of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, said voters were now showing their anger over the war at the ballot box.
“People are angry and frustrated and sad. They want the president to change his policies,” Omar told Politico. “They’ve tried marching. They’ve tried writing letters. They’ve tried calling and now they’re using their voice at the ballot box.”
Nearly 46,000 voters in Minnesota had voted “uncommitted” on Super Tuesday, which accounted for nearly 19% of the total Democratic vote in the state. In Omar’s district, “uncommitted” made up a quarter of the vote.
When asked if she had voted for Biden or joined those who were uncommitted, Omar said she “didn’t actually get to vote” but did not expand on why.
Omar voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the 2020 Democratic primary, but it is not clear whether she voted for Biden in the presidential election. Omar did claim that she would vote for Biden after he won the 2020 nomination.
The firebrand, who was first elected to Congress in 2018, said she warned the president about the need to win over the Muslim vote last December, which played a large role in his 2020 victory against then-President Donald Trump.
“I recently had a conversation with the president. Muslims were very pivotal to his election,” Omar said in December. “They mobilized in all of the key states. Young people were very instrumental in him getting elected. And what I reminded him was that he needs to listen to these voices. People are heartbroken. It’s been really hard to have conversations about politics and policy. People just want the images of young children’s bodies that are piling up to end, and they want our support for this to end.”
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The “uncommitted” vote drew its largest pull in Michigan, where more than 100,000 Democratic voters voted “uncommitted” in February, making up 13% of the vote. Hundreds of thousands of voters also voted “uncommitted” or “no preference” in several states on Super Tuesday, including in Massachusetts and Colorado.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Omar’s office for comment.