Omar, a Somali refugee, has been a frequent target of Trump’s criticism and said the incident reflects what happens when political leaders normalize personal attacks and inflammatory language. “Every time the president of the United States has chosen to use hateful rhetoric to talk about me and the community that I represent, my death threats skyrocket,” Omar said during a press conference. She said she received death threats during the president’s first term that stopped when Joe Biden took office, and they later resumed when Trump was reelected. “I became a freshman, who nobody should have actually known … to having the most death threats of any member of Congress,” Omar said, drawing a correlation between Trump’s presidency and her threats. She added that she wouldn’t have to pay for security or have the government provide it if Trump weren’t in office and if he weren’t “so obsessed” with her.