“Who are we as a nation if we respond to threats of political retribution with retribution?” the congresswoman wrote in a letter.
Rep. Ilhan Omar wants a man who threatened to shoot her to be treated with “compassion” in sentencing, per a letter she wrote to the judge in his case.
Carlineo was accused of calling Omar’s office in March and telling a staffer the congresswoman was a “terrorist” and threatening to shoot her. According to the criminal complaint against him, Carlineo told federal agents when he was arrested in April that he was a patriot, he “loves” President Donald Trump and “hates radical Muslims in government.”
“As someone who fled a war zone, I know how destabilizing acts of political violence can be,” wrote Omar, who was born in Somalia and spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya before coming to the U.S. at age 12. Story continuesCarlineo’s lawyer Sonya Zoghlin told HuffPost that he was “passionate about his political beliefs and his right to express them,” adding that he’d “taken responsibility for using threatening and inappropriate language.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Ilhan Omar wants judge to show 'compassion' to man who threatened to kill her'We must ask: who are we as a nation if we respond to threats of political retribution with retribution ourselves,' Rep. Ilhan Omar wrote. 'The answer to hate is not more hate, it is compassion.'
Read more »
New York man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Ilhan OmarPatrick W. Carlineo, Jr., 55, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced. He allegedly called in threats to Omar's office.
Read more »
Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Omar of Minn.A western New York man pleaded guilty Monday to threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Patrick Carlineo entered the plea Monday in Rochester, admitting to charges that carry up to 10 years in prison. Omar, a Democrat, is among the first Muslim women in Congress.
Read more »
Ilhan Omar wants judge to show 'compassion' to man who threatened to kill her'We must ask: who are we as a nation if we respond to threats of political retribution with retribution ourselves,' Rep. Ilhan Omar wrote. 'The answer to hate is not more hate, it is compassion.'
Read more »