Florida Republican condemned for suggesting Ilhan Omar be executed for treason

George Buck, who is running for Congress, is the second Republican to reference the hanging of the congresswoman

Oliver Milman in New York
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Wed 4 Dec 2019 14.17 GMT
Last modified on Wed 4 Dec 2019 14.20 GMT

A Florida Republican with national party ties has been condemned after becoming the latest political opponent of Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar to suggest that the Minnesota representative be put to death.

A fundraising letter sent by George Buck, a Republican running for Congress, suggests that Omar, a Democrat, be executed for treason. “We should hang these traitors where they stand,” the email reads.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, Buck initially blamed the email on an errant staff member before seemingly backtracking and sending the newspaper a statement that referenced the death penalty for treason.

“Anyone who commits treason against the United States should be tried to the full extent of the law,” said Buck, who is a member of the Young Guns program run by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).

Buck is the second Republican to reference the hanging of Omar, a Somali-born Muslim, in the past week. ...

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'We should hang’ Ilhan Omar, Florida congressional candidate writes in fundraising letter

Republican George Buck, who is challenging Charlie Crist, first said he didn’t write the email, then stood by it.

By Steve Contorno
Published Yesterday
Updated Yesterday

A fundraising letter sent last week by the campaign of George Buck, a Republican running for Congress in St. Petersburg, suggested a member of the House of Representatives and other Democrats should be executed.

The lengthy email dated Nov. 26 repeated an unsupported accusation that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born Democrat representing Minnesota, secretly works for the country of Qatar and should be gravely punished for it.

“We should hang these traitors where they stand,” the email said.

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