'I'm done': Trump supporter James Woods says he’s not a Republican anymore

James Woods made the announcement in response to Nancy Mace’s remark that Republicans killed her motion to subpoena Ilhan Omar's immigration records
James Woods announced on X that he is changing his party affiliation to Independent (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for WGAw)
James Woods announced on X that he is changing his party affiliation to Independent (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for WGAw)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: President Donald Trump’s ardent supporter James Woods took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce he’s not affiliated with the Republican Party anymore. 

In his Friday, March 6, post, the ‘Casino’ star wrote, “I am done with the Republican Party. Between this and [John] Thune’s refusal to pass the SAVE Act, I’m done with these uniparty traitors.”



James Woods makes announcement following Nancy Mace's failed effort to subpoena Ilhan Omar's records 

“I’m changing my party affiliation to Independent. No wonder President Trump is fighting an uphill battle every day,” Woods added.

Actor James Woods attends the 2017 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 19, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by J. Countess/WireImage)
James Woods attends the 2017 Writers Guild Awards LA Ceremony at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 19, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California (J Countess/WireImage)

The announcement from Woods appeared to stem from an X video that credited Rep Nancy Mace, saying, “I tried to subpoena her [Ilhan Omar] immigration records, her brother husband's immigration records, and IT WAS REPUBLICANS that killed my motion.”



The post also added a note that read, “WOW 🚨 The Republican Party is protecting Ilhan Omar from accountability. It’s a Uniparty. One Big Club.”

Trump claimed Ilhan Omar married her brother

Many Republicans, including Trump, have alleged that Omar’s first husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, was actually her brother. The allegation first appeared on a Somali-American internet forum in 2016.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 27: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a town hall meeting at the Urban League Twin Cities facility on January 27, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A person holding a syringe charged the podium as Omar spoke. Protests and demonstrations continue ramping up around Minneapolis and St. Paul after the shooting deaths this month of two people at the hands of federal immigration officers. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a town hall meeting at the Urban League Twin Cities facility on January 27, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Last year, during a rally-style event in Pennsylvania, the 79-year-old once again reiterated, “She’s here illegally. She should get the hell out. Throw her the hell out! She does nothing but complain.”

Ilhan Omar called Trump's allegations 'vile'

But Omar fired back, saying that the accusations are “vile and it is, I believe, a really unhealthy and creepy obsession that he has with me.”

“Everybody knows I came to the United States at the age of 12 on a refugee status and became a citizen when I was 17 and obviously I’m a duly elected member of Congress and so my status is not in question in any kind of way,” the 43-year-old asserted.  

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) walks to the House chambers ahead of today's planned vote for Speaker of the House in the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on October 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House has been without an elected leader since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the speakership on October 4 in an move led by a small group of conservative members of his own party. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN) walks to the House chambers ahead of today's planned vote for Speaker of the House in the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on October 17, 2023, in Washington, DC (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Democratic congresswoman also claimed that Trump likes to distract people by raising irrelevant topics.

“He hasn’t been able to address the affordability issues that the American people are still feeling … Cue the bigotry. It’s the same playbook and he just goes back to it; he doesn’t know anything else,” Omar claimed.

She added, “They’ve always had these fascinating accusations of trying to prove a negative so that this story continues to exist. We had the ‘birther’ story when [Barack] Obama was clearly born here and even when birth certificates were made available.”

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