Apologies … this editor was off yesterday due to a family emergency, so he wasn't aware of the big news that someone at a Rep. Ilhan Omar town hall stood up and sprayed her with an unknown substance from a syringe. Here's a shocking video of the incident:
Ilhan Omar looked directly at the guy and nodded before he sprayed that stuff on her. Staged.
— Anthony Brian Logan (ABL) 🇺🇸 (@ANTHONYBLOGAN) January 28, 2026
He also sprayed her on her torso rather than directly between the eyes which is where most actual lunatic people would hit you pic.twitter.com/1RnAjbBhiw
Authorities are now saying that the substance in the syringe was apple cider vinegar. Rather than seek medical attention, Omar continued with her town hall, saying she wasn't going to let the bullies win.
The Office of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement following the incident at her town hall in North Minneapolis.
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) January 28, 2026
“During her town hall, an agitator tried to attack the Congresswoman by spraying an unknown substance with a syringe. Security and the Minneapolis…
The statement in full:
“During her town hall, an agitator tried to attack the Congresswoman by spraying an unknown substance with a syringe. Security and the Minneapolis Police Department quickly apprehended the individual. He is now in custody. The Congresswoman is okay. She continued with her town hall because she doesn’t let bullies win.”
A man is in custody, although we don't know the motive yet.
Jesse Singal, who up until now hasn't been known for bad takes, came up with one of the worst: if you thought Donald Trump was brave after being shot by an attempted assassin, then you must equally credit Omar for continuing with her town hall after having been sprayed.
Not admitting the badass nature of Trump's immediate response to getting shot regardless of your feelings about Trump = Not admitting the badassness of Ilhan Omar's response to getting sprayed with God knows what regardless of your feelings about Omar
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) January 28, 2026
Are you okay, Jesse?
— Chris McKeever (@chrismckeever) January 28, 2026
Not remotely the same Jesse and i think you know it.
— Germs Turtle (@GTurple) January 28, 2026
— Fishing Captain (@fishingcaptain) January 28, 2026
One can admire her fighting spirit without making absurd comparisons. A spray gun isn't a gun and a liquid isn't a bullet.
— tim maguire (@timmaguire42) January 28, 2026
These two events are not equivalent.
— WE0209 (@Pro_Nuke) January 28, 2026
Wow is this a bad take. Bullets ≠ vinegar
— Ed Fitzcarraldo (@EdFitzcarraldo) January 28, 2026
Getting sprayed with some liquid <> getting shot, I'm sorry.
— The Revenant (@treckly) January 28, 2026
C’mon. This isn’t even apples to oranges. Comparing a bullet with a noxious odor is ridiculous. Did anyone get killed in Omar’s crowd, or is that part of the Trump attempt still memory holed?
— Stephen Carlson (@swcarlson1) January 28, 2026
Bullets and vinegar are very similar.
— Hux (@Hux1688) January 28, 2026
I'm not trying to shit on Omar by saying this, (which is actually kind of a big thing for me) but squirt guns are not real guns.
— Nick's Radio (@msbstories) January 28, 2026
It just shows that she has zero sense of self-preservation. Any rational person faced with this situation would be stripping their clothes off instantly, because your life depends on it.
— RIP MSM (@subniferus) January 28, 2026
When Trump got shot, he instinctively grabbed for his ear like a normal person before getting tackled by Secret Service.
— Jack Bauer after dark 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@JackBauerAD) January 28, 2026
Well-known commando Ilhan Omar walked directly at the person who was supposedly attacking her.
JFC, Jesse, what the fuck happened to you? Seriously
If you look at it that way, Omar's response was way more badass than Trump's.
We're seeing a lot of references to Jussie Smollett in the replies.
Representative Omar continued her town hall because of one of two options:
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) January 28, 2026
1. She does not have the self-preservation instincts accompanying being sprayed with a smelly substance, such as getting a doctor to check it out or even as simple as washing it off.
2. She staged it.…
"There are no other options."
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