A man was tackled to the ground after spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with an unknown substance during a town hall in her district on Tuesday.
A livestream of the incident showed the man standing and yelling at Omar, who was at the podium and calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment over her handling of the Minneapolis shootings. He was then seen spraying her, after which he was forced to the ground. Members of the crowd cheered as the man’s arms were tied behind his back.
Omar continued with the town hall after the incident.
“Here’s the reality that people like this ugly man don’t understand: We are Minnesota strong and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us,” Omar said following the incident.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran...
