In a stunning display of illiteracy, Rep. Ilhan Omar rejected Pizza Hut’s revived “BOOK IT!” summer reading program, reportedly telling aides she doesn’t need “colonialist pepperoni propaganda” to read while simultaneously proving she doesn’t understand the Roman numeral system when it comes to world wars.
During a press conference meant to grandstand about immigration policy, Omar confidently declared that the Alien Enemies Act was last used during “World War Eleven,” then giggled like a kid who just realized she said something stupid before mumbling “Oh… two.”
Critics pointed out the delicious irony: the woman who skipped out on free personal pan pizzas for reading books is the same one who’s spent years dodging accountability in Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future fraud fiasco.
Omar’s office later clarified that the gaffe was just a “verbal typo” and insisted she knows her world wars, though they stopped short of confirming whether she believes the sequel to Pearl Harbor was Pearl Harbor 2: Electric Boogaloo.