Following an iconic career, which included six major championships, golfer Phil Mickelson has become a lightning rod for his political opinions .
On Saturday, Mickelson, who currently golfs on the LIV Tour, responded to what he calls “hate” from Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar , who Mickelson feels insulted the memory of recently slain political commentator Charlie Kirk .
“Ilhan spews hate every time she opens her mouth, she came here fraudulently and will hopefully be sent back to Somalia soon,” Mickelson wrote on X Saturday.
The golfer was angered by comments Omar made during a recent appearance on CNN:
“What I find jarring,” Omar told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins , “is that there’s so many people willing to excuse the most reprehensible things that he said, that they agree