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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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This is what happens after marrying your brother.
1 posted on 05/12/2023 6:58:47 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Well, Omar, the devil would welcome another faithful servant to his kingdom.


2 posted on 05/12/2023 7:00:03 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Libloather

Party time!


3 posted on 05/12/2023 7:00:11 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: Libloather

Now you know how non-muslims feel around youn and your ilk.


4 posted on 05/12/2023 7:00:50 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Libloather

Sorry, sister. You have to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. I pray that you choose wisely.


5 posted on 05/12/2023 7:01:10 AM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: ryderann

You beat me too it...


6 posted on 05/12/2023 7:01:43 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Libloather

Another pathetic foreign drama queen. Why the hell did she come her in the first place? She sure as hell didn’t come get a job to build a better life. Being a politician isn’t a job. Politicians have other people build their “better life” for them.


7 posted on 05/12/2023 7:02:17 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Since O'Bama was ruling the roost, America has gone from melting pot to septic tank of the world.)
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To: metmom

bttt


8 posted on 05/12/2023 7:02:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Libloather

You die and go to Hell..................


9 posted on 05/12/2023 7:03:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Libloather

She has the freedom go back to Somalia.

Deltas’ ready when you are honey.


10 posted on 05/12/2023 7:04:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Libloather

Does she fear what she wishes for Israel?


11 posted on 05/12/2023 7:04:05 AM PDT by Spok (“Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?”)
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To: Libloather

Rumor is that 72 lads stand ready to service you.


12 posted on 05/12/2023 7:04:24 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

For a start, ask Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and all the Jews you spew your venom at. They’ll help you with answers.


13 posted on 05/12/2023 7:04:27 AM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Libloather

Vicious and defamatory out of one side of her mouth, crying ‘whoa is me’ out of the other. Typical leftist trash.

Do not care.


14 posted on 05/12/2023 7:04:58 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Libloather

Don’t kill her, just vote her out of office if you can. Problem solved.


15 posted on 05/12/2023 7:05:03 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: V_TWIN

As long as she doesn’t play on the congressional baseball team I think she’s safe.


16 posted on 05/12/2023 7:05:30 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Libloather

Beer drinking time...gotta have the piss on hand!


17 posted on 05/12/2023 7:05:46 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Libloather
Satan's waitin'!

"Come to Papa."

18 posted on 05/12/2023 7:05:52 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Bonhoeffer: “Silence in the face of evil is evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”)
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To: Libloather

We elect another person to take your spot! No big loss.

Does she think she is some sort of God?


19 posted on 05/12/2023 7:06:43 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood)
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To: Libloather
Murdered???

Like the 750 MILLION innocent people murdered in the history of islam????

20 posted on 05/12/2023 7:06:46 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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