U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) drafted a resolution to remove Illinois Congresswoman Delia Ramirez from the Homeland Security committee after the representative said at an event in Mexico City in Spanish that she was a proud Guatemalan before an Americ
Rep. Gimenez argued that the congresswoman, a "Squad" member, should be removed over the comments for violating her oath of office. Gimenez also noted his gratitude to the United States after his family fled from Cuba and Communist Dictator Fidel Castro in 1969.
"I was born in Cuba and exiled from my homeland shortly after the communist takeover," Gimenez told Fox News Digital. "Everything I am, I owe to this exceptional country of limitless opportunities that paved the way for a Cuban refugee like me to become a firefighter, fire chief, city manager, county commissioner, county mayor, and yes, even a member of Congress."
In a statement, Ramirez's office said the attempt to remove her was "a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, White supremacist, authoritarians in government, adding it was hypocritical of Congress, which she accused of betraying their oath by enabling Trump to turn around and attack her over her Guatemalan-American heritage.
