Rep. Ilhan Omar suggests President Trump is to blame for syringe attack

2026-01-30 - 08:30

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. has suggested that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric toward her and the Somali community contributed to the attack on her at a town hall on Tuesday. Omar said Wednesday that the man at the town hall “was specifically upset that Trump’s order to deport Somalis was not yielding enough deportations of Somalis,