Democratic United States Representative Ilhan Omar was attacked during a public speaking event in Minneapolis. As she was speaking, a man approached the podium and sprayed her with an unidentified liquid.
Security wrestled the man to the ground, though the response time wasn’t quite immediate . People on social media have pointed out that Omar herself approached the man to get in his face after he said something to her while spraying the liquid. The entire ordeal spread over social media very quickly and Omar decided to respond to all the people out there wondering if she was alright after this exchange.
