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'What happens if I am killed?' Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks out about threats
Star Tribune ^ | 5/06/23 | Hunter Woodall

Posted on 05/12/2023 6:58:47 AM PDT by Libloather

WASHINGTON - Death threats are a persistent part of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's life.

"I have to have regular conversations with my kids: 'What happens if I am killed?'" Omar said in an interview. "I have to have regular conversations with them about how to walk down the street, things to look for."

Since the Minneapolis Democrat won her congressional seat in 2018, two men have pleaded guilty to threatening to kill her. Omar's name, along with those of other prominent Democrats and some media figures, was found on a list put together by a man federal prosecutors warned "stockpiled assault weapons, studied violence, and intended to exact retribution on minorities and those he considered traitors."

In the most recent incident of threatening behavior, a man accused of starting fires at two Minneapolis mosques allegedly vandalized Omar's congressional office nearby and sent harassing emails.

When Democrats ran the House during her first four years in office, Omar said she could count on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to make sure she had the help and protection she needed. She said she lacks that confidence with the new Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy.

"I don't know if I feel confident that if things were to rise to a dangerous level again if I can rely on the current speaker to take my safety and the safety of some of my other former vulnerable colleagues [seriously]," said Omar, the first Somali American and one of the first Muslim women to serve in Congress.

A spokesman for McCarthy responded in an email that the speaker "has made clear his expectation that politics must be separated from security and has empowered the House Sergeant at Arms to work with U.S. Capitol Police to protect all Members of Congress as they deem necessary."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: brother; fakenews; ilhanomar; justatease; kook; minnesota; omar; rop; waronterror; whataboutit
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To: Libloather

Proverbs 11:10 “When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.”


41 posted on 05/12/2023 7:19:07 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: Libloather

Then you die. Basic biology 101. Any more stupid questions?


42 posted on 05/12/2023 7:21:58 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Libloather
Don't worry Omar, the dems will be sure to make the most of your death in promoting their agenda.
43 posted on 05/12/2023 7:22:16 AM PDT by DejaJude (I'll be back, again.)
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To: Libloather

Silly bitch needs to understand that she is not irreplaceable so do the rest of The United States only native born criminal class!


44 posted on 05/12/2023 7:22:17 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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To: butlerweave

Cremate & flush the Ashe’s problem solved,


46 posted on 05/12/2023 7:26:44 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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To: Libloather
Most likely this. Again.

Only this time, don't bother to rebuild. Leave it looking like Mogadishu on the Mississippi, as a reminder.

 

47 posted on 05/12/2023 7:28:35 AM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (This comment brought to you by Bud Light, The Near Beer That Turns You Queer! )
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To: Libloather

The crybully routine has passed its sell by date. Nobody takes it seriously.


48 posted on 05/12/2023 7:29:36 AM PDT by Ford4000
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To: Libloather

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@realDonaldTrump’s dangerous video must be taken down. I have spoken with the Sergeant-at-Arms to ensure that Capitol Police are conducting a security assessment to safeguard Rep. @Ilhan Omar, her family & her staff. They will continue to monitor & address the threats she faces.
pic.twitter.com/Grb9c8S18d

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 14, 2019

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/pelosi-speaks-capitol-police-ilhan-omar-safety.html


49 posted on 05/12/2023 7:29:58 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

Not…going…to…touch…this…


50 posted on 05/12/2023 7:30:53 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Libloather

Ilhan, if that happens I will smile as I read your obituary.


51 posted on 05/12/2023 7:32:35 AM PDT by ken in texas
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To: Libloather

“She continues to make anti-Semitic comments over and over again and Democrats refuse to call her out for it...If she continues to do it, the president will continue to call her out—call her out by name. And he’s not going to be ashamed, nor should he be.”

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

[Slate link given above]


52 posted on 05/12/2023 7:33:07 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: FlingWingFlyer

She was an Obama Import i beleive


53 posted on 05/12/2023 7:34:30 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: Libloather

Jews all across america fear the same thing as you and your ilk foment virulent hatred for jews on a regular basis- so yeah, cry us a river


54 posted on 05/12/2023 7:35:42 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: Libloather

Easy solution...go back to Somalia, where you belong.


55 posted on 05/12/2023 7:37:24 AM PDT by LizzieD
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To: Libloather

I’d crack open a Miller and throw some steaks on the grill.


56 posted on 05/12/2023 7:43:00 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Flatus I. Maximus

“Police are investigating the shooting death of one man from Wednesday night near Bloomington Avenue and Lake Street....only smoking rubble remained of a Wendy’s restaurant, and flames still leapt out of an almost 200-apartment affordable housing development that had been under construction.”

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/05/28/looted-and-smoldering-lake-street-the-great-street-braces-for-more


57 posted on 05/12/2023 7:44:31 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ryderann

We’d hand out candy, like your buddies do after Israelis are killed.


58 posted on 05/12/2023 7:47:28 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Flatus I. Maximus

https://twincities.eater.com/2020/6/5/21281488/east-lake-street-after-riots-whats-open-murals-minneapolis


59 posted on 05/12/2023 7:48:06 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

The world becomes a better place.


60 posted on 05/12/2023 7:52:02 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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