Congresswoman Ilhan Omar sprayed with unknown substance at Minneapolis town hall

Man arrested and charged with assault after spraying strong-smelling liquid at Minnesota Democrat from syringeCongresswoman Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unidentified substance by a man with a syringe on Tuesday as she gave her first in-person town hall of the year in Minneapolis, during which she called for ICE to be abolished “for good” and DHS secretary Kristi Noem to resign.Omar had only been speaking for a few minutes when the man, seated directly in front of her in the audience, got up and began to shout, while spraying her with the liquid. People at the meeting said the liquid had an acidic smell. Continue reading...