Man douses Ilhan Omar with unknown substance at town hall in Minneapolis

[The Grand Illuminist]

Source: USA Today

Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat born in Somalia and rhetorical target for President Donald Trump, was sprayed with an unknown substance by a man at a town hall event in Minneapolis late on Jan. 27.

The man who sprayed the substance rushed the U.S. congresswoman as she called for ICE to be abolished and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be impeached. The man spoke to Omar as he sprayed the material at her torso; it’s unclear what he said or what he sprayed.

Omar asked for a napkin and vowed to continue with the meeting: "We will continue," she said. "They are not going to get away with this."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/27/ilhan-omar-sprayed-with-unknown-substance-at-minneapolis-town-hall/88386977007/

[SheltieLover]

1. Was he arrested?

[mysteryowl]

11. Yes! He is in jail

and will be charged with at least, 3rd degree assault.
No getting out of this you f**ker!

...a man quickly grabbed by security guards and later booked into Hennepin County Jail on suspicion of third-degree assault.

[SheltieLover]

17. Ty!

No bail I hope!

[PittBlue]

2. How awful.

Where was her security?

[onenote]

7. Her security guy immediately grabbed the guy and wrapped him up.

[Blue Owl]

3. She's so freaking brave

If this would have happened to a cowardly Repuke, they would have gone running scared like fucking Josh Hawley or Roger Marshall

[Dumpy]

4. Who was the man?

Hired by MAGA?

[Codifer]

5. Seems to me like

Omar was ready to chase the dumbshit down and took a few steps after him.

[SKKY]

6. And did everyone see her reaction? She didn't hide or cower...

...she went after him ready to do work, punch drawn ready to throw. Respect Queen!

[littlemissmartypants]

8. She's so unflappable. I love watching her in interviews. ❤️

[electric_blue68]

9. Disgusting.

[MaineBlueBear]

10. Paid agitator is my guess

[Figarosmom]

12. I think she should have gone in snother room and changed her sweater

Before continuing the town hall. They said it smelled awful. It could have been some sort of solvent or urine even.

[Fil1957]

13. I saw it on twitter/X. The overwhelming majority of comments said it was "staged." It sure didn't look staged. Why are

people so stuck in their ideology, that they will ignore the obvious and make things up if it doesn't fit in with their dogma.

Before Trump, I had no idea how many fucked up stupid people are in this country.

[thought crime]

14. Don't forget that Trump's rhetoric (hate speech) incited this violence.

We need to be aware that our leaders face real danger now.

[OGBuzz]

15. Trump has been slandering Ilhan Omar for a very long time.

He even did it in Davos in front of an audience who likely had no idea who she is. An immigrant woman of color, the small man just can't help himself

[Sector 001]

16. I just found the video on imgur

https://imgur.com/gallery/rep-ilhan-omar-was-just-assaulted-maga-trash-sprayed-her-with-unknown-substance-2iG8gHf

If you raise your voice, I erase your voice.
https://imgur.com/gallery/this-is-america-0jVLq8S

[NoMoreRepugs]

18. Imagine MagaMike in that situation pissing his pants.