"Stay off social media when you're drunk": Omar responds to mocking Mace post about Khamenei

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On its own, Rep. Nancy Mace making a bigoted post about two Muslim members of Congress after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wouldn’t be particularly newsworthy.

The South Carolina Republican has made herself a national name via proud displays of hatred on Capitol Hill. Unfortunately, Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib face far worse from their Republican colleagues on a regular basis. Writing “My heart goes out to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib tonight. Sending them thoughts and prayers,” along with a graphic announcing Khamenei’s death is deeply Islamophobic, but not novel.

What elevated Mace’s latest 250 Characters Hate into the headlines was Omar’s blistering response, in which she accused her fellow representative of having a drinking problem.

“I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice,” she wrote. “Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk.”

https://www.salon.com/2026/03/01/stay-off-social-media-when-youre-drunk-omar-responds-to-mocking-mace-post-about-khamenei/