U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown liquid by a man during a town hall meeting, after which the suspect was tackled by staff. Omar appeared unharmed and continued the event. The incident occurred during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
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Ilhan Omar sprayed with unknown liquid at Minneapolis town hall
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State, federal charges leveled against man who sprayed vinegar on Ilhan Omar at town hall
The Minnesota Democrat wasn't injured, and she continued speaking after the incident. Police said the man was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault.
Omar, the frequent target of political insults from President Donald Trump, was uninjured. A security guard immediately grabbed the man and took him to the ground, according to a Reuters witness and video of the town hall event.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was apparently sprayed with an unknown substance Tuesday after a man rushed the stage during a chaotic town hall event in Minnesota.
A man rushed toward Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and sprayed her with an unknown substance during a town hall event in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown liquid by a man during a town hall meeting, after which the suspect was tackled by staff. Omar appeared unharmed and continued the event. The incident occurred during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
The mystery brownish liquid US Rep. Ilhan Omar was sprayed with during a chaotic Minnesota town hall meeting late Tuesday is believed to have been apple cider vinegar.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man who sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and
President Trump derided Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as a "fraud" hours after she was sprayed with an unknown substance by an audience member who rushed the stage during a town hall event in Minnesota on Tuesday night.
