Trump calls Omar, Tlaib 'lunatics' after State of Union interruptions
Omar shouted objections during Trump’s address and was targeted by his subsequent social media post.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYFox News is an established national outlet with professional reporting and an attributed byline, though its partisan reputation warrants a score below the strongest nonpartisan news organizations. This article uses direct quotations and reports an effort to seek comment, but offers limited response from the lawmakers.
- Source type — Established national news outlet; partisan reputation tempers the rating.
- Editorial standards — Professional news presentation with direct quotations, but limited balance in this report.
- Author attribution — The article carries a named reporter byline.
- Transparency — The article identifies its outlet and reports that it sought comment from the people involved.
The article provides direct quotations and some context about the lawmakers’ conduct and Trump’s earlier rhetoric. It notes that comment was sought, but the report contains no response from Omar or Tlaib and relies heavily on Trump’s statements.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article describes both Trump’s post and the lawmakers’ actions during the address, and says comment was sought from them. Their perspectives on the post are absent, leaving Trump’s attack more fully represented.
- Counterarguments presented — The lawmakers’ objections during the speech are described, but they do not respond to Trump’s post.
- Source diversity — The report primarily uses Trump’s own posts and descriptions of the lawmakers’ conduct.
- Opinion vs reporting — Presented as news reporting, with charged language mostly quoted and attributed.
- Omitted context — The lawmakers’ explanations for their protests are not included.
The report is mostly event-focused, but its framing foregrounds Trump’s characterization and gives substantial detail to the lawmakers’ interruptions, without their response to his post. The language is not overtly editorial, so the lean is modest rather than strong.
- Framing — The report centers Trump’s attack and the lawmakers’ disruptive conduct.
- Source selection — Trump’s statements are quoted at length; Omar and Tlaib do not respond in the article.
- Language tone — Mostly reportorial, with vivid language largely attributed to Trump.
- Omission — The article says comment was sought but does not include a response from either lawmaker.
After Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib interrupted his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump called them “lunatics” and said they should be sent back to where they came from. The article also describes the lawmakers’ protests and Trump’s earlier use of similar rhetoric.
Trump criticized Omar and Tlaib in a Truth Social post after they shouted objections during his State of the Union address. Omar challenged his remarks on border security, while Tlaib also shouted objections and wore buttons with messages about ICE and survivors. Both left the chamber early.
The article says Trump’s post echoed his 2019 remarks telling progressive Democratic lawmakers, including Omar and Tlaib, to “go back” to their countries of origin. Fox News Digital said it had sought comment from Omar, Tlaib and Robert De Niro but had not received replies.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Omar in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Omar’s record.
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SWIPE →Representative who shouted objections during Trump’s State of the Union address
Tlaib's version of this story ↗President who posted insults about Omar and Tlaib after their interruptions
Trump's version of this story ↗Part of a bigger story
16 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib interrupted President Donald Trump during his State of the Union address and that Trump later criticized them. Left-leaning outlets frame the aftermath around attacks on Omar for confronting Trump, with one also linking later commentary to threats against her. Center outlets pair Trump’s criticism with Omar’s rationale and other figures’ reactions. Right-leaning outlets foreground Omar’s conduct during the speech, often portraying it as disruptive or shameful and treating Trump’s rebuke as a response.
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