New York (CNN Business) Rep. Ilhan Omar called Fox host Tucker Carlson a "racist fool" on Tuesday night after Carlson tore into her and claimed she "hates this country."

Carlson blasted Omar for her critiques of the United States and said the congresswoman is "living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country."

Omar was born in Somalia. Her family had to flee during the country's civil war. After four years in a refugee camp in Kenya, she arrived in the United States at age 12.

Carlson cited this granting of asylum as evidence of America's generosity — and said that Omar is ungrateful. He called out Omar's critiques of the United States in a segment that began with a banner that read "Dems want you to believe America is an awful place."

"After everything that America has done for Omar, and for her family, she hates this country more than ever," Carlson claimed.

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