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Rep. Ilhan Omar Assaulted by Protester at Town Hall Meeting (www.c-span.org)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by to c/politics@lemmy.world
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is assaulted by a protester during her first town hall meeting in her district of Minneapolis amid ongoing tension and protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. The protester jumps out of his seat and charges the representative before reportedly throwing a substance on her. This came following her call on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

It's going to keep escalating. Wonder when this will mirror the Caning of Charles Sumner.

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[–] 123 points 8 months ago (12 children)

And what, she didn't immediately unload a clip into his back? That's the state sanctioned method for dealing with protestors now, right?

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  • [–] 62 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Because she’s braver than ICE Nazis.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Looked like she was about to stomp his ass though.

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    • [–] 69 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    This came following her call on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

    For people who didn't watch the video, she says, "Kristi Noem must resign or face impeachment," and the guy jumps up and rushes the stage.

    It sounded sort of like he was saying that Rep. Ilhan Omar should resign or something. But what a weird trigger. You got to wonder what kind of a loser would jump up to defend Noem.

    Or maybe he wasn't defending Noem, and was just waiting for Rep. Ilhan Omar to say something that he could shout back at her. The most childish and mindless of retorts.

    I can't see how this guy could possibly be anything but a total loser. He turns violent presumably in response to propaganda.

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  • [–] 40 points 8 months ago

    Or maybe he wasn’t defending Noem, and was just waiting for Rep. Ilhan Omar to say something that he could shout back at her.

    Possibly this, if be sprayed something on her then he came prepared to do just that and was waiting for the moment to jump.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    It sounded sort of like he was saying that Rep. Ilhan Omar should resign or something. But what a weird trigger. You got to wonder what kind of a loser would jump up to defend Noem.

    The kind that watches Newsmax. They're carefully programming these crazies to radicalize them into violence against anybody who speaks against Trump or ICE or Noem or anybody in the nazi administration.

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    • [–] 46 points 8 months ago (13 children)

    Really hope whatever the fuck he sprayed her with was nothing dangerous

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  • [–] 35 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    That woman telling her to go get checked immediately was right. It's unlikely, but people have been killed like this before.

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  • [–] 41 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Kim_Jong-nam

    At approximately 9:00 a.m., two women approached Kim with separate components of the VX nerve agent on their hands, combining it into the lethal weapon when touching his face. He died about 15 to 20 minutes later while being transported to the hospital.

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  • [–] 28 points 8 months ago

    This part is wild.

    She told her mother that she found a better job as an actor in prank videos for the Chinese market.[87] After Hương and Aisyah were arrested, they claimed they thought they were participating in a prank.[88] According to both suspects, they were told to play harmless tricks on people in the vicinity for a prank TV show, one target being Kim Jong-nam.[89] They said they were promised US$100, but after losing contact with their handlers, they never received the money.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

    Yeah... but on the other hand I can see this becoming a common tactic to prevent people from speaking: spray them with water so they have to leave the event to get checked out, while the perpetrator faces relatively light charges because it wasn’t actually dangerous.

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    [–] 35 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Is it me, or did that guy look drunk as a skunk?

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  • [–] 38 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    She was ready to throw down, lol. He might have picked the wrong one.

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    • [–] 25 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Imagine standing up in the middle of a town hall ready to attack a state representative...because they called for Kristi Norm to resign... Surely there are better fights worth having.

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    • [–] 22 points 8 months ago

    Must be one of those peaceful nonviolent maga protesters.

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    [–] 21 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    And she bravely went straight towards him, shes a fighter

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    There's a very good single frame of her, elbow cocked back and ready to swing at him.

    Had it been a better angle would have been an even better FIGHT image, since she's actually ready to throw down and Fuckface was running away.

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    • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    Time to get better security. It's weird that in the time of political assassinations (Kirk, attempt at Trump) you have representatives standing meters away from random people without any cover. If a guy sitting in the public can get to her faster than her security she has no security. Maybe it wasn't necessary 10 years ago but today it's just common sense.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    Standing in front of your constituents and being vulnerable sends a much stronger message than hiding behind security. Congressperson Omar knows exactly how that projects a message of accessibility and strength. Watch in the beginning seconds of the video, she's the first to react and has to be held back from the assailant. She then tells her own security that she needs 10 more minutes to finish her speech before she goes to get checked out.

    She's not behind a pane of bullet proof glass, she is amongst her people. She knows exactly what she's doing.

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    [–] 18 points 8 months ago* (21 children)

    Shiiiiiiiiiiit somebody come get unc

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 8 months ago (20 children)

    Unc? Could you clarify for the kids in the back?

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (15 children)

    Unc:
    A creepy, misbehaving, often drunk, uncle vibe having ne'er do well.

    or

    A close relative that is feeling themselves a little too much at the family gathering.

    It really depends on context. The asshole that got balled up like used tissue after assaulting Congresswoman Omar was stumbling and smiling, then sprayed her with some fart spray or other childish prank. Another commenter called the assailant drunk. I just went with it.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (14 children)

    Since when does unc have a negative connotation?

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Since GenA slang made it a thing.

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    • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    So annoying that the video will not play over VPN.

    Go figure, though: the fucking ads play just fine, though.

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    [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    Disgusting

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    [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    More escalation

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