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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) raised her head to beg for more cash as she vowed to return to the campaign trail and fight the federal investigation into her immigration status.
The lefty “Squad” member posted a minute-long video from the back of a car Tuesday night as she continues to lay low since her home was searched as part of the sprawling federal probe.
She thanked her supporters for sending donations that she said would help “fight Trump and his administration for trying to intimidate me and so many other people right before the midterm elections.”
“We know that they’re running scared, we’re not going to be intimidated, we’re not going to be silenced, we’re not going to be scared,” she says into the camera from the inside of a vehicle.
“I’ll be out there campaigning alongside all of you and making sure that we beat back all of this and that we win in the midterms — win the House, win the Senate and hold this administration accountable,” she continued.
“Thank you so much again and please continue to support us,” Omar said.
“It is going to be a very expensive and challenging time and so we appreciate whether you’re able to send $5, $10, $20,” she said, ending with a “Thank you.”
The solicitation message comes as the Trump administration is building a case that could see Omar deported back to her native country of Somalia after federal agents seized her phone, notebooks, computers and passport last week as part of a years-long probe into possible immigration fraud.
Omar has repeatedly denied any wrondoing.