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Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz. It sparked a social media blaze Thursday as she said she didn’t “give SH-SH” – whether people in her area could vote for her in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy.
At the press conference Capitol Hill Ansari was asked on Thursday about her use of the term “voting” while criticizing the Trump administration’s massive deportation efforts.
“So, it wasn’t until the right-wing media started attacking me using the word that I realized it was a controversy, so I searched for the component. The definition of the component is a person who is part of the community and their legal status doesn’t matter.”
Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz. He was formerly the deputy mayor of Phoenix City and was elected to Congress in 2024. (Getty Image)
“If someone is an asylum seeker, if someone has a green card, if someone is a U.S. citizen, if someone lives in a community, I represent them.” “Composition does not mean voters. I don’t care if these people can’t vote for me. I don’t give me – . I don’t care that the U.S. government that makes sure that our taxpayer money treats people with dignity and respect.”
Comments sparked strong opposition on X, including one of hers Republican colleagues.
“A bragging MP must have the word ‘google’ google’ without commercial writing,” Rep. Pat Harrigan of RN.C. Posted. “Voters are hard-working American citizens, the ones who elect you. Not illegal foreigners. Not asylum shoppers. When you say ‘I don’t care if they can’t vote for me'” you do not represent Americans, but everyone except them. ”
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Ansari shot directly into his post, saying his “selective hearing is showing” and that he missed the purpose of her remarks, which were intended for alleged abuse at the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona.
“The women I met have no crime – seeking asylum is not a crime, for reference only. This press conference was about a woman named Yari, who is a green card holder in my area, her green card holder, who has leukemia, is coughing and has been denied a oncologist for nearly 7 months.”
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Harrigan replied that in a lengthy post, Yari, a cancer patient caused by Ansari during the press conference, said “being seen 13 times by medical staff and each time they were cleaned up.
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Other X users expressed frustration at her comments.
“Can someone explain to me what kind of national identity, heritage or culture we should share with elected foreigners and see their primary work as the interests of other foreigners?” posted by conservative digital strategist Logan Hall.
“Democrats can’t even hide it anymore,” said Florida Republican chairman Evan Power.
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“She has not sworn to preserve, protect and defend the view that every illegal alien in the country is dignified and respected… These are unbearable idiots,” said Conservative radio host Derek Hunter.
Ansari says In another article, her position is an example of sympathy for others.
“Electric officials may actually care about those who can’t vote for them. This is called representing all residents – no immigration status. That’s how our constitution (and empathy) works,” she wrote.
Fox News Digital contacts Ansari’s office, ICE and DHS.

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