IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1047 

Condemning the statements of Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 16, 2020 

Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. PERRY, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. ROY, 

Mr. BUDD, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. DUNCAN) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics, and 

in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the statements of Representative Ilhan Omar 

of Minnesota. 

Whereas, on July 7, 2020, Representative Ilhan Omar of 

Minnesota said, ‘‘We are not merely fighting to tear 

down the systems of oppression in the criminal justice 

system. We are fighting to tear down systems of oppression that exist in housing, in education, in healthcare, in 

employment, in the air we breathe.’’; 

Whereas Representative Ilhan Omar continued, ‘‘As long as 

our economy and political systems prioritize profit without considering who is profiting, who is being shut out 

we will perpetuate this inequality. We cannot stop at the 

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mantling the whole system of oppression wherever we 

find it’’; 

Whereas Representative Ilhan Omar has a documented history of expressing anti-American sentiments; 

Whereas Representative Ilhan Omar and other Members of 

Congress continue to advocate for a Marxist form of government that is incompatible with the principles laid out 

in the founding documents of the United States; 

Whereas Karl Marx wrote in the Communist Manifesto that 

‘‘[w]hen in the course of development, class distinctions 

have disappeared, and all production has been concentrated in the hands of a vast association of the whole 

nation, the public power will lose its political character. 

Political power, properly so called, is merely the organized power of one class for oppressing another’’; 

Whereas Marxism, in calling for the abolition of private property, does not represent equality or inspire justice, and 

is diametrically opposed to the sensible bounds that the 

Framers of the Constitution established; 

Whereas individuals throughout the world living under Marxist form of governments and a centrally planned economy 

experience unparalleled oppression and brutality at the 

hands of their governments; 

Whereas these experiences show that the imposition of regulations by government over economic and noneconomic 

decisions kill our free society; 

Whereas these experiences demonstrate that the centralization of government power always produces the loss of 

freedom; 

Whereas the history of Marxism demonstrates the wisdom of 

the Founders’ understanding that no form of government 


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can successfully control a system as complex as the free 

market; 

Whereas the United States—despite its imperfect history— 

remains a beacon of hope and human liberty for millions 

across the world due to the freedoms and liberties afforded to the people and the system of limited government established under the Constitution; and 

Whereas Members of Congress, in calling for the dismantling 

of this system of government and supplanting it with a 

Marxist form of government, are willfully and intentionally violating their oath to ‘‘support and defend the 

Constitution of the United States’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the statements of Representative 

3 Ilhan Omar of Minnesota; 

4 (2) condemns Members of Congress who advo5 cate for Marxist policies; and 

6 (3) reaffirms its commitment to support and 

7 defend the Constitution of the United States. 

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