TRUMP’S MOST FIERCE CRITIC ILHAN OMAR ASSAULTED IN MINNEAPOLIS

The assault on Representative Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall underscores how America’s immigration debate is increasingly colliding with personal security for elected officials.

Omar, the Democratic representative for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, was sprayed with an unknown dark-colored liquid on Tuesday as she called for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and urged the resignation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.

The Attacker Being Restrained.

Authorities arrested an unnamed man on third-degree assault charges. Omar was not injured, and police said no further details about the substance were immediately available, according to Reuters.

Video carried by C-SPAN showed the assailant rushing the podium moments after Omar said, “ICE cannot be reformed. It cannot be rehabilitated; we must abolish ICE for good. And DHS Secretary Kristi Noem must resign or face impeachment.”

As he sprayed her with a syringe, he shouted, “You must resign,” before security tackled him to the ground. Audience members gasped as one voice said, “Oh my God, he sprayed something on her.”

Omar briefly stepped away, then returned to the podium, telling supporters she was “good,” even as some urged her to seek medical attention because the liquid “smelled terrible.”

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“I don’t let bullies win”

Soon after, Omar posted on X that she was ok adding “I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win,” She went on to thank her constituents for rallying behind her.

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 28, 2026

Escalating Rhetoric, Hardening Lines

The attack comes against a backdrop of sustained political hostility. President Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted Omar, reportedly dsiregarding her American citizenship, including making calls to throw her out of the country.

Trump on Ilhan Omar:

She should be thrown the hell out of our country. pic.twitter.com/g60NZmGssN

— Clash Report (@clashreport) December 3, 2025

On Nov. 28, 2025, he said she “does nothing but complain about our country and our constitution,” adding that Somalia, a country she was originally from, was “practically no country.”

On Jan. 13, Trump said Omar “lives in Somalia,” even though she doesnt, claiming the country had “no government” and invoking U.S. missile strikes with a “PINGGG” remark.

Trump on Ilhan Omar:

She lives in Somalia. They don’t have a government. They don’t have a military. They don’t have police. They don’t have anything.

All they have is murder and robbing, ships, bringing in ships, pirates.

That is stopped, missile, PINGGG, that is the end of… pic.twitter.com/GlWn2LKkF5

— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 13, 2026

Omar has pushed back publicly. On Dec. 7, 2025, she wrote that it was “disgusting” that Trump’s rhetoric labeling Somali Americans as “garbage” had gone unchecked, stressing, “These are US citizens he is denigrating.”

It is disgusting that Trump’s hateful words of calling Somali Americans “garbage” have continued to go unchecked by members of the Republican Party.

These are US citizens he is denigrating.

We have a duty as Americans to call out his hateful rhetoric. pic.twitter.com/LSafA76uIN

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) December 7, 2025

She has also spoken against his anti-immigration campaign in Minnesota, saying “Somali Minnesotans are resilient. We will not let Trump or ICE intimidate us.”