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  • Minneapolis woman whom Ilhan Omar took to State of the Union needed medical care after arrest

    02/26/2026 8:56:12 AM PST · by xxqqzz · 66 replies
    nbc ^ | February 26, 2026 | Frank Thorp V, Inshara Ali and Raquel Coronell Uribe
    WASHINGTON — Aliyah Rahman, a Minnesota woman whom Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., took as her guest to the State of the Union address Tuesday, needed hospital treatment after she was arrested during the speech, Rahman and Omar said. Rahman silently stood up during the part of President Donald Trump’s speech in which he called on Democrats to restore funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The people around her remained seated. When U.S. Capitol Police approached and asked Rahman to sit down, she refused. During her conversation with Capitol Police officers, the crowd around her gave a standing ovation, which...