A man attacked Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar at a Tuesday town hall in Minneapolis, appearing to spray her with an unknown substance as she spoke about her desire to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Omar, who has represented Minneapolis since 2019 and has been an outspoken critic of the Trump’s administration’s immigration […]
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