Man Tries to Attack Ilhan Omar

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Horn_in_Aggieland
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Doesn't Elon have a trans kid?

Also,

Omperlodge
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Things that give me pause:

She looks forward a few seconds before looking down and him reaching the podium with his liquid. She would clearly see that he is approaching her and would react.

The charging at him with her fist.

She got sprayed with an unknown liquid. You would be in panic wanting to confirm what it was and if you need medical attention prior to continuing.
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Update: Democrat Omar has had her "EstCru" winery wiped from the internet, including archives of their site.

Probably just a big coincidence as she is a victim, of course, of the hate crime she suffered yesterday.
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Horn_in_Aggieland said:

Doesn't Elon have a trans kid?

Also,


I don't care if it was real or fake. Lock him up for years.
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Ellis Wyatt said:

Horn_in_Aggieland said:

Doesn't Elon have a trans kid?

Also,


I don't care if it was real or fake. Lock him up for years.
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Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:



Yeah, but she likely was not a pirate.
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Elon does but he is very against it. He has spoken out on that many times and the kid in question calls his dad evil.
I don’t get enough credit for the things I manage not to say.
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Even if it was shaving cream?
I don’t get enough credit for the things I manage not to say.
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48 hour rule on this for sure. If it was staged it seems like it would be pretty easy to prove a connection. Common sense would say there's no way this guy would be willing to go to federal prison for this, so if he gets some kind of friendly plea that would definitely add more questions. Also seems possible he could just be a garden variety whackjob like the Pelosi attacker.
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Can bet on whether or not this was staged through Polymarket:

https://polymarket.com/event/ilhan-omar-town-hall-attack-staged

Currently a 6% chance.

https://polymarket.com/event/what-was-ilhan-omar-sprayed-with

Can also bet on what liquid was spayed at her:

https://polymarket.com/event/what-was-ilhan-omar-sprayed-with

Honestly surprised this one hasn't been published yet if it was something simple/obvious.



I lean towards this not being staged, just a deranged person without a coherent political ideology. Seems like what has come out so far about the guy supports that. Also lean towards it being something harmless that was sprayed at her (though possibly something disgusting/offensive like urine or bacon grease).

I'm extremely concerned that some completely random crazy looking person was allowed to sit front row, stand up, approach her aggressively, spray something at her, and yell at her before being tackled. Her, her body guard, and frankly the entire country are extremely lucky this man did not have a gun or knife because there was more than enough time provided to this crazy man on the front row to murder her.
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Clay and Buck just said initial HazMat report was the substance was apple cider vinegar. Omar acted exactly like you would if sprayed with that rather than an unknown substance.
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I saw someone said the substance was apple cider vinegar but haven't seen that reported elsewhere.
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flown-the-coop said:

Pacifico said:

J.P. 03 said:

Glad she's okay, and I hope he's prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. As far as I know, I don't agree with a single thing she stands for politically, but this is not the way people should express their disagreement.


We all agree with you. The important thing to understand is the communist use this tactic to divide MAGA. Look no further than the success of the J6 op.

Prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law? Why? If you can through hostile bread lettuce Mayo and turkey at a federal officer than surely this is not more deadly. Need to reference the subway assault in DC before we know how to react here.

And it was of course staged. She is somewhat calmly saying someone threw something / sprayed something on her. Absent her brother being in the room, she has no idea what she was splattered with and would be losing her mind, demanding a shower and to be decontaminated as a precaution.

When you don't have natural stories you make stuff up. That's what happened here.

Omar needs to rot in hell.

this deserves a lot more blue stars
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Horn_in_Aggieland said:

I saw someone said the substance was apple cider vinegar but haven't seen that reported elsewhere.


Ah that explains why polymarket has vinegar as the big favorite. Thought that was random otherwise.
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Ag13 said:

Can bet on whether or not this was staged through Polymarket:

https://polymarket.com/event/ilhan-omar-town-hall-attack-staged

Currently a 6% chance.

https://polymarket.com/event/what-was-ilhan-omar-sprayed-with

Can also bet on what liquid was spayed at her:

https://polymarket.com/event/what-was-ilhan-omar-sprayed-with

Honestly surprised this one hasn't been published yet if it was something simple/obvious.



I lean towards this not being staged, just a deranged person without a coherent political ideology. Seems like what has come out so far about the guy supports that. Also lean towards it being something harmless that was sprayed at her (though possibly something disgusting/offensive like urine or bacon grease).

I'm extremely concerned that some completely random crazy looking person was allowed to sit front row, stand up, approach her aggressively, spray something at her, and yell at her before being tackled. Her, her body guard, and frankly the entire country are extremely lucky this man did not have a gun or knife because there was more than enough time provided to this crazy man on the front row to murder her.

How do these bets work if it is never completely proven that it was staged? What is it WAS staged, but is never revealed...i.e. he just faces some petty charges but they never trace the cash reqard for the staging?
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A fool and his money are soon parted.
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Nothing shows contempt or disagreement with someone like squirting apple cider vinegar on their chest.
Being in TexAgs jail changes a man……..no, not really
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TxSquarebody said:

I've seen a shoe hurled at a president with more force and anger than that.

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FireAg said:

Aside from all of the other evidence folks are discussing, the one defining piece of evidence that tells me this was a "staged" incident is the fact that no one stops to get her medical attention or find out what substance she had been sprayed with…

Could have been some bioweapon or high dose fentanyl? A number very serious and dangerous things it could have been…yet no one cared to find out…

She had her moment, security tackled the "attacker", and then she just keeps going…

BULL****…not in this day and age…no one would ignore finding out what the substance was and whether or not her life was in immediate danger right away…or if everyone in the room had been exposed to something dangerous…

No chance in hell…UNLESS…they already knew it was a nothing burger…

Agree here. Most posts have been about what Omar did afterwards. In my mind, that's not what exposes this as fake.

What truly exposes it as staged is the lack of response by her security detail, who supposedly does not know what the substance is. It could be acid. It could be poison. There are many possible substances that will take a few minutes of interaction with ambient air to take effect. But they're apparently fine with her insistance that she'll continue her speech. No thought of "No, maam. We have to get that shirt off of you ASAP, because we have no idea what that substance is."

If this is not staged, then Omar has the most incompetent security detail in the history of security details.
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1981 Monte Carlo said:

Ag13 said:

Can bet on whether or not this was staged through Polymarket:

https://polymarket.com/event/ilhan-omar-town-hall-attack-staged

Currently a 6% chance.

https://polymarket.com/event/what-was-ilhan-omar-sprayed-with

Can also bet on what liquid was spayed at her:

https://polymarket.com/event/what-was-ilhan-omar-sprayed-with

Honestly surprised this one hasn't been published yet if it was something simple/obvious.



I lean towards this not being staged, just a deranged person without a coherent political ideology. Seems like what has come out so far about the guy supports that. Also lean towards it being something harmless that was sprayed at her (though possibly something disgusting/offensive like urine or bacon grease).

I'm extremely concerned that some completely random crazy looking person was allowed to sit front row, stand up, approach her aggressively, spray something at her, and yell at her before being tackled. Her, her body guard, and frankly the entire country are extremely lucky this man did not have a gun or knife because there was more than enough time provided to this crazy man on the front row to murder her.

How do these bets work if it is never completely proven that it was staged? What is it WAS staged, but is never revealed...i.e. he just faces some petty charges but they never trace the cash reqard for the staging?


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This market will resolve to "Yes" if it is widely and credibly confirmed that the January 27, 2026 incident in which Rep. Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown liquid at a Minneapolis town hall was staged, pre-arranged, orchestrated, fake, or otherwise not a genuine adversarial attack including if broad consensus from credible reporting, or official statements (e.g., from law enforcement, U.S. government, or equivalent credible sources), confirms it was staged or pre-arranged. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".

Statements from the U.S. government, law enforcement agencies, or major credible news organizations concluding that the incident was staged or pre-arranged will qualify for a "Yes" resolution. If no broad consensus from credible reporting and authoritative statements has been reached by February 28, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, this market will resolve to "No."
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usmcbrooks said:

TxSquarebody said:

I've seen a shoe hurled at a president with more force and anger than that.




Easy there. Shoes have been persecuted for centuries.

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The Kraken said:

Rockdoc said:

Hey congrats! I think you're the only one that thinks it was real.


I think it's more likely that it's real than thinking that group actually thought they could stage it and get away with it. I could be wrong and be overestimating their IQ level, but I just don't see it.

Let's ask it this way. Do you in any way believe lack the response by Omar or her security detail, as well as the people sitting nearby is remotely reasonable considering the fact of what could have been in that vial?

How does a competent security detail not have that shirt off of her immediately, unless they know what was in the syringe?

And how does a random Trump supporter score a front and center seat at a hard leftist town hall?
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richardag said:

IANAL
Could the Federal Department of Justice charge this attacker with Federal crimes, such as Domestic Terroism?
If this was a real attack, he deserves plenty of time in federal penitentiary.
If you were facing several years in federal penitentiary, and it was a fake attack, I wonder if he may decide to tell the truth.
Either way it would be a favorable outcome.

This is the play. Bondi and DOJ should go all out for this guy with the threat of lifetime incarceration for domestic terrorism. Take him into federal custody immediately with federal charges.

That is, of course, unless the sitting District Judge finds some reason to deny the warrant....
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It would have been more dangerous if he had thrown a bottle of Long John Silvers malt vinegar at her.
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What security detail would plan or train for an attack of getting "squirted"?

How do we know he's a Trump supporter? Maybe he's just a deranged weirdo.
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jrdaustin said:

richardag said:

IANAL
Could the Federal Department of Justice charge this attacker with Federal crimes, such as Domestic Terroism?
If this was a real attack, he deserves plenty of time in federal penitentiary.
If you were facing several years in federal penitentiary, and it was a fake attack, I wonder if he may decide to tell the truth.
Either way it would be a favorable outcome.

This is the play. Bondi and DOJ should go all out for this guy with the threat of lifetime incarceration for domestic terrorism. Take him into federal custody immediately with federal charges.

That is, of course, unless until the sitting District Judge finds some reason to deny the warrant....

FIFY
Ellis Wyatt
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Muslims like to throw acid on people. Maybe that should be a consideration in a Muslim enclave.
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I want to see the entire video. When did they start recording? Did he get there really early to get that seat or was it just randomly left open? Did someone direct him to the seat or did he interact with anyone before it started? Was everyone else coming in one way and he came another? Not sure we will get those answers.

The US AD office needs to step in and seek federal charges against him. Take it out of the state control. He will either panic and squeal or they will try to block it.
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The Kraken said:

What security detail would plan or train for an attack of getting "squirted"?

How do we know he's a Trump supporter? Maybe he's just a deranged weirdo.


Tell me you have never done risk planning without openly saying "I've never done risk planning." As many scenarios as possible are discussed. At an absolute minimum, what happens if some nutbag approaches the protectee?

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Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:

The Kraken said:

What security detail would plan or train for an attack of getting "squirted"?

How do we know he's a Trump supporter? Maybe he's just a deranged weirdo.


Tell me you have never done risk planning without openly saying "I've never done risk planning." As many scenarios as possible are discussed. At an absolute minimum, what happens if some nutbag approaches the protectee?

Yep....should have had this happen:

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They got him, right? Is there anything different in the seating and security for this town hall and any other ones she's done? Just how many people were in on plan if the security team also knew about it? All it takes is for one to fess up to reap the rewards.
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The Kraken said:

What security detail would plan or train for an attack of getting "squirted"?

How do we know he's a Trump supporter? Maybe he's just a deranged weirdo.

Hopefully a competent one. What if the apple cider vinegar was mixed with hydrochloric acid? You probably wouldn't know until a minute or so later when the acid begins to eat away at the shirt.

What about some sort of debilitaing agent? If he truly is a deranged wierdo, it could be a murder/suicide attempt. (Though I'll agree with you that we don't know he's a Trump supporter. If he is, he's a dumb one.)

Point is, competent security details are supposed to assume the worst and protect their charge.

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So maybe they are incompetent and/or inexperienced? We've seen that before
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Lol apple cider vinegar?

I mean I guess the smell alone would give it away, but you would still want to make sure there wasn't anything else mixed in.

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The Kraken said:

What security detail would plan or train for an attack of getting "squirted"?

How do we know he's a Trump supporter? Maybe he's just a deranged weirdo.


Any remotely competent security team would have a plan for this, especially for government officials. The Secret Service even has a specific team in details to deal with suspected hazmat exposures.
 
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