Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar was speaking at a town hall event when she was rushed by a man who sprayed a liquid at her via a syringe.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar was speaking at a town hall event when she was rushed by a man who sprayed a liquid at her via a syringe.A man is tackled after spraying an unknown substance at US Representative Ilhan Omar during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 27, 2026.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was rushed by a man during a town hall event Tuesday night and sprayed with a liquid via a syringe.from the event shows a man approaching Omar at her lectern as she is delivering remarks and spraying an unknown substance in her direction, before swiftly being tackled by security. Omar called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment immediately before the assault.Omar's staff can be heard urging her to step away and get"checked out," with others nearby saying the substance smelled bad.A statement from Omar's office released after the event said the individual who approached and sprayed the congresswoman is now in custody. "The Congresswoman is okay," the statement read."She continued with her town hall because she doesn't let bullies win." A syringe lays on the ground after a man, left, approached Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, during a town hall event in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. The man was apprehended after spraying an unknown substance according to the Associated Press. Photographer: Angelina Katsanis/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesI’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.As Omar continued her remarks at the town hall, she said:"We are Minnesota strong and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us."at the Sundance Festival by a man"who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face."
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