Fri 30 August 2019:
Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has revealed that she received a racist, anonymous threat that “a very capable person with a very big gun” would shoot her at a state fair.
Ms Omar, a representative for Minnesota who came to the US aged 12 as a refugee from Somalia, said it was because of such malicious threats that she now has to hire security guards for her protection.
The message told the Democrat that she might be killed at the Minnesota State Fair, which runs from August 22 to September 2.
“I hate that we live in a world where you have to be protected from fellow humans,” Ms Omar tweeted on Wednesday.
The tweet included a photo of the threat message and a picture of herself given a speech with a security guard in the background.
“But until deranged people like this stop threatening my life and the lives of others, I have to accept the reality of having security,” Ms Omar said.
I hate that we live in a world where you have to be protected from fellow humans. I hated it as a child living through war and I hate it now.
But until deranged people like this stop threatening my life and the lives of others, I have to accept the reality of having security. https://t.co/EUkaaCzXZi pic.twitter.com/VDweQr6bHf
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 28, 2019
The anonymous letter reads: “You will not be going back to Washington. Your life will end before your ‘vacation’ ends.
“That being said, you won’t die alone, if that matters. Quite likely at the Minnesota State Fair, that’s where the ‘you won’t die alone’ comes in. However we have a very capable person with a very big gun.
“They say we can’t get the Somali stink out of the clean Minnesota air, but we’re going to enjoy the adventure.”
Ms Omar and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan were the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. She has received several death threats since taking office at the start of the year.
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