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.
Time to get better security. It’s weird that in the time of political assassinations (Kirk, attempt at Trump) you have representatives standing meters away from random people without any cover. If a guy sitting in the public can get to her faster than her security she has no security. Maybe it wasn’t necessary 10 years ago but today it’s just common sense.
Standing in front of your constituents and being vulnerable sends a much stronger message than hiding behind security. Congressperson Omar knows exactly how that projects a message of acflccessibility and strength. Watch in the beginning seconds of the video, she’s the first to react and has to be held back from the assailant. She then tells her own security that she needs 10 more minutes to finish her speech before she goes to get checked out.
She’s not behind a pane of bullet proof glass, she is amongst her people. She knows exactly what she’s doing.
Yup, there’s a reason Noem and all the other monsters in the admin have had to scuttle and hide on military bases. They’re weak and pathetic, and know people fucking despite them.
If you are the voice of your people you must trust the people.
Personally I think it would be stupid to die for the sake of optics. She’s is targeted by Trump all the time so it was a matter of time before some MAGA nutcase tries something. She doesn’t need a bulletproof glass but I think her security should be closer to her than the public. If this guy had a knife she could be dead now. But I get your point. If she thinks having her security closer make her look weak and she’s willing to risk her life to better PR it’s her choice.
Still, her security letting some shady guy sit in a front row (doesn’t look like someone who will vote for her) doesn’t look good. It looks like they are not ready to handle real attack. Let’s hope they won’t have to.
As is your right to your opinion but I trust Ilhan Omar to know her business and act accordingly.
Yeah, we should pay for more security for POLITICIANS.
Who’s we?
Those of us paying for security. Not everyone lives outside of the US.
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