Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is assaulted by a protester during her first town hall meeting in her district of Minneapolis amid ongoing tension and protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. The protester jumps out of his seat and charges the representative before reportedly throwing a substance on her. This came following her call on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

It’s going to keep escalating. Wonder when this will mirror the Caning of Charles Sumner.

  • BillyClark@piefed.social
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    This came following her call on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

    For people who didn’t watch the video, she says, “Kristi Noem must resign or face impeachment,” and the guy jumps up and rushes the stage.

    It sounded sort of like he was saying that Rep. Ilhan Omar should resign or something. But what a weird trigger. You got to wonder what kind of a loser would jump up to defend Noem.

    Or maybe he wasn’t defending Noem, and was just waiting for Rep. Ilhan Omar to say something that he could shout back at her. The most childish and mindless of retorts.

    I can’t see how this guy could possibly be anything but a total loser. He turns violent presumably in response to propaganda.

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      It sounded sort of like he was saying that Rep. Ilhan Omar should resign or something. But what a weird trigger. You got to wonder what kind of a loser would jump up to defend Noem.

      The kind that watches Newsmax. They’re carefully programming these crazies too radicalize them into violence against anybody who speaks against Trump or ICE or Noem or anybody in the nazi administration.

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      Or maybe he wasn’t defending Noem, and was just waiting for Rep. Ilhan Omar to say something that he could shout back at her.

      Possibly this, if be sprayed something on her then he came prepared to do just that and was waiting for the moment to jump.