Throughout a city corridor in Minneapolis on Tuesday, a person charged the rostrum the place Rep. Ilhan Omar was giving remarks, appeared to squirt a liquid at her and was then tackled to the bottom by a safety guard after a quick wrestle.
The person was arrested and booked into Hennepin County Jail for third-degree assault, Minneapolis police stated.
The division stated its officers had been on the city corridor for the occasion and noticed a person use a syringe to spray an unknown liquid on to the congresswoman.
A person shouts at U.S. Consultant Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after spraying her, throughout a city corridor assembly days after a person recognized as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration brokers making an attempt to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 27, 2026 in a nonetheless picture from video.
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The incident sparked cries of alarm from these in attendance. The congresswoman didn’t look like injured.
“I’ll end my remarks. It’s important for me to proceed,” Omar stated, utilizing a profanity.
“We’ll proceed,” she stated. “These f—— a——- are usually not going to get away with it!”
A person is tackled after spraying an unknown substance at US Consultant Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (L) throughout a city corridor she was internet hosting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 27, 2026.
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The disturbance comes amid tensions in Minneapolis between native officers and the Trump administration over the immigration crackdown within the metropolis that has seen two U.S. residents killed in shootings involving federal brokers.
Shortly earlier than the person charged the rostrum, Omar known as for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Afterward, she advised reporters that she will not be intimidated.
“You recognize, I’ve survived extra, and I am undoubtedly going to outlive intimidation and no matter these individuals suppose that they will throw at me as a result of I am constructed that approach,” she stated.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA – JANUARY 27: The syringe a person utilized in an tried assault on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) throughout a city corridor assembly on the City League Twin Cities facility is seen on January 27, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An individual holding a syringe charged Omar’s podium whereas she spoke to neighborhood members. Protests and demonstrations proceed round Minneapolis within the aftermath of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good by federal regulation enforcement.
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In an announcement, U.S. Capitol Police stated: “Tonight, a person is in custody after he determined to assault a Member of Congress — an unacceptable resolution that will probably be met with swift justice.” The division stated it’s “working with our federal companions to see this man faces probably the most critical fees potential to discourage this sort of violence in our society.”
Capitol Police stated threats in opposition to members of Congress elevated for the third yr in a row. The division stated it investigated 14,938 regarding statements, behaviors and communications directed in opposition to members of Congress, their households and their employees final yr — in comparison with 9,474 in 2024.
