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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, attacked in Minneapolis, defies Trump: ‘Fear and intimidation doesn’t work on me’
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Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has no intention of being intimidated by Donald Trump.
After years of verbal attacks from the U.S. president, Omar, a Somali-American, was sprayed with an unidentified liquid by a man on Tuesday while speaking publicly in Minneapolis.
After Tuesday’s attack Omar asked the Speaker of the House, Republican Mike Johnson, for increased security, which Johnson, a staunch Trump ally, granted.
According to Omar, speaking on Wednesday, the man attacked her because Trump had led him to believe she was “the one protecting Somalis.” “We are protected by the Constitution,” the congresswoman said.
There have been trials connected to the case, as well as court convictions of U.S. citizens, not just Somalis.