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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

MAGA is totally convinced that Ilhan Omar ‘staged’ spray attack: ‘Somali False Flag Scam’

Far-right influencers and MAGA provocateurs are currently flooding social media with baseless allegations that the attack on Ilhan Omar during a town hall event on Tuesday night was “staged” by the Minnesota lawmaker, calling it a “Somali False Flag Scam” and “Jussie Smollett 2.0.”

“Nobody cares about your staged victim propaganda,” self-appointed Trump “loyalty enforcer” and “proud Islamophobe” Laura Loomer exclaimed at Omar. “Please go back to Somalia. We are getting really tired of people like you taking up space in our country.”

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