Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guest for the State of the Union address was removed from the chamber during President Trump’s speech and later arrested.
“My guest, Aliya Rahman, stood up silently in the gallery during the president’s speech for a short period of time, part of which other guests were also standing. For that, she was forcibly removed, despite warning officers about her injured shoulders and ultimately charged with ‘Unlawful Conduct,’" Omar said in a statement.
Rahman, a Bangladeshi American, was dragged out of her vehicle by federal agents in Minneapolis last month on the way to a medical appointment. Rahman testified at a Congressional forum that she was dragged through the street and suffered severe injuries to her shoulders, leaving her unable to lift her arms normally.
Omar claims Rahman was treated aggressively again last night.
“Reports indicate she was aggressively handled until someone intervened to secure medical attention. She was taken to George Washington University Hospital for treatment and later booked at the United States Capitol Police headquarters,” Omar said. "The heavy-handed response to a peaceful guest sends a chilling message about the state of our democracy. I am calling for a full explanation of why this arrest occurred.”
She’s a hero
Standing when supposed to be seated? Jail.
Seated when supposed to be standing? Jail.
Standing too close to police? Jail.
Standing too far from police? Also jail.
Existing? Yes, straight to jail.
Undercook overcook, straight to jael
Scrambled? I know it’s hard to believe, but also straight to jail.
Jesus Christ you’re bold saying those words
If it happens to you, don’t take any plea bargains, take it to court, and take your chance with a jury. You’ll never get 12 people to convict.
The file a lawsuit.
Praying for the
I am calling for a full explanation of why this arrest occurred.”
How about this, I’m calling for people to stand the fuck up and retaliate.
Do that and we’ll act accordingly
Ah yes, standing while brown. Capital offense
The first issue was existing while brown. The standing just made her more visible.
Nothing says ‘free sheep h’ like arresting people during your speech.
What a shithole country. It’s clearly a no-go zone.
Why did any democrat go to this anyway? I would rather, idk do very unpleasant things like unclog a sewer line than listen to this guy’s sotu. They should’ve boycotted it, and invited epstein victims to talk about how the president and their pals were fucking children with epstein and being blackmailed by Israel with that information. Or something, no shortage of things to focus on.
American here. You’re not wrong. Please don’t visit.
I already turned down a very lucrative job because they needed someone with a specific skillset to travel to the US. I said, no. They offered more. I shut them down. There is no money that will make me set foot in the US ever again.
There are a lot of wonderful people I will miss. Perhaps, in time, our peoples can heal. But not me, not in my lifetime. If you can fix your shit, maybe my children can call you friend. I’m fucking done with you all.
I don’t blame you. We got too many dumbasses here. I’m just trying to survive in the trenches here.
It’s a go-zone despite the response. Please help us.
Arrested for “unlawful conduct” sounds like even more bullshit than being arrested for “resisting arrest.”
They’ll drop the charges. It’s about sending a message.
Message received. Burn it down. There are far too many off us for this racist, homophobic, and most importantly unorganized group of thugs.
When will it be enough?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure there’s no law on the books that states “it is illegal to commit unlawful conduct.” It’s just a bullshit charge cause there were no real laws that she broke for them to charge her with.
You are under arrest for crime crime
arrested for standing when supposed to be seated. She is lucky she was not seated when supposed to be standing or using both feet when your supposed to be on one and especially harsh penalties if you complain that they won’t tell you whats illegal atm.
The ol’ Simon Says Laws.
Simon doesn’t fuck around.
Everybody always thought Alvin was the trouble maker…
This is how we’ve treated the global South since inception, people are just upset it’s visible again.
Why are we stopping here? It being visible again should be enough to take action.
some people complain this comes out every time R’s are in power, like it somehow doesn’t exist when D’a are. personally, i prefer my enemies feeling comfortable enough to take their masks off
Well. You have them where you want them.
Step 2?
I want racists to be scared to show they’re racist, not comfortable. The less comfortable they are, the more comfortable everyone else is. What kind of logic are you following?
It’s the same stupid bullshit that Clarence Thomas says about his Republican benefactors as they vote to take away the voting rights act and affirmative action that tries to help students from classes that have been systematically disadvantaged.
just that like my enemies out in the open
So you can what
There was some “debate” a liberal was having recently. Think it was with Hasan but don’t remember. The usual “lesser evil” bull shit. They were talking about healthcare and saying “well, if 100,000 people die without healthcare under Republicans and only 70,000 die under Democrats. Clearly that’s better”
It’s like, dude, you are just advocating for killing 70,000 people.
gotta love completely arbitrary made-up numbers when it comes to these “debates” too. hell, I would hazard to guess that the US’s godawful for-profit/ratfucking galore healthcare system kills far more than that through sheer negligence (denying claims, general expense detering use, deadly conditions that could get caught/managed early with proper proactice healthcare instead reactive (which is more lucrative), people being to afraid to call an ambulance, the list goes on).
all lives that could be saved by ditching it for some single payer/universal system, call out all these parasitic middlemen.
I was absolutely cutting into you earlier, and I stand by that. But right here, you’re nothing but correct.
Eh fuck off. I’m pretty mediocre with math, but your whole schtick about “lesser evil” fall right apart when your own make believe story spares THIRTY THOUSAND lives.
You’re making your own point.
Tell me, what is the number that you would change your opinion? 80,000? 90,000? 99,999? Does it only change when the line crosses past 100,00?
Or is the entire premise of the scenario just dumb as fuck?
The entire point is how absolutely brain dead the entire argument is. That was the point of my conclusion “you are just advocating for killing 70,000 people”. It is a rejection of the entire framing that the world works as if it’s a “trolley problem”. It is to reject the false premise the entire argument is built on. It’s to scream and say “who the fuck tied the people to the track!?” Can we stop acting like pulling the lever is the only option? The world is not a fucking trolley problem.
It’s a testament to your complete lack of understanding that you think it’s about “math”.
Judging the performance of a ruling party based on how many people they kill is just an insane premise to begin with. You should reject the opinions of anyone that does that.
That’s the entire point of why I said “you are just advocating for killing 70,000” people. It exposes the true meaning behind what they are arguing for within its material outcomes and reality.
At least it does to anyone that can use their brain. You, well, you can apparently only see the world through the filter in which you have been told to look at it with. That’s why the premise of the 100k or 70k question you accept without even thinking.
It’s only purpose serves to justify that people keep dying from not being able to afford access to healthcare.
Dude.
Judging the performance of a ruling party based on how many people they kill is just an insane premise to begin with.
I’m responding to you doing exactly that. And not only that but making up a number without sources while you’re at it.
Your enemy is you. And I’m just here to point it out.
Go back and read my original comment that you replied to. I was talking about a “lesser evil voting” liberal debating someone. They made up this scenario of 100k vs. 70k. I am not the one that came up with that stupid hypothetical premise. I was literally mocking it.
You, misread my comment and then defended the made up scenario that I was mocking.
You might want to read a comment twice before you respond to it. Because if you could read my last response and not think “hmmm, did I misunderstand something? He seems to be rejecting his own hypothetical. He’s either really really stupid or maybe I misread something.”
That’s what a normal person with some level of self doubt would do. Just take a second to double check their own assumptions when faced with such a massive contradiction.
It’s what I did when I read your comment just now. Literally checked to see if I had a typo in my original comment or something. Because I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt. But, no, you’re the type of person that isn’t even smart enough to question yourself.
Had me in the first 90% but I have eyes. No you weren’t, and no you didn’t. Please link it if I’m wrong.
I’m all for fucking up, but in this case I haven’t. Your “in some story somewhere” is exactly what I’m talking about. This is no longer about anything real. My whole point is to make that known. So go ahead and provide the things you need to provide to be right.
Worst part is I don’t disagree with you. I disagree with how you’re going about it.
Smiling foxes and snarling wolves. Or like an old saying goes, one party throws rocks unabashedly, the other throws rocks and hides their hands.
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Why deleted?
Shrug i may offend or something
land of the … bow a knee
That’s what I deleted.
I can throw. re yo om
Imo your comment seems ok.
Let’s first ask ourselves why the comment is gone and not “the exact replica”
Nah. Let’s not and say we did.
Thanks for transporting me back to the 4th grade, greatly appreciated
Good comment, I say restore it 🤜
Lol I can’t restore.
Be the comment!
Not American, what does it mean?
Land of the free is a national anthem lyric, bend the knee is from game of thrones
