The Minnesota Democrat’s comments come in the wake of an attack on her Jan. 27 where a man sprayed her with an unknown substance. She tied the attack to negative comments the president made about her.
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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat born in Somalia, blasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening, suggesting he has “dementia,” is “obsessed” with her and tied a recent attack on her to the president’s comments.
“Last night, the man that attacked me was specifically upset that Trump’s order to deport Somalis was not yielding enough deportations of Somalis. So he wanted to come get the person he thought was protecting the Somalis,” said the representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district. “Well, we are protected by the Constitution. Sorry to tell you the truth. We are protected by the Constitution.”
Omar spoke at a news conference Jan. 28 outside a Somali mall in Minneapolis alongside local lawmakers and U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, from Massachusetts. Speakers, including Omar, called for federal immigration authorities to be held accountable for their actions in Minnesota, including the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good.
The Congress member’s decision to appear in public comes just a day after Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, rushed her and sprayed her with an unknown substance before being arrested. Omar said she was unhurt.
‘Is he suffering from dementia?’
Omar’s comments about the president came hours after Trump said of the Democrat, “I don’t think about her. I think she’s a fraud… She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her.”
“Is he suffering from dementia?” said Omar, referencing comments the president made about her before the attack. She suggested the number of threats she receives is directly correlated to how much Trump makes her a rhetorical target.
“Every time the president of the United States has chosen to use hateful rhetoric to talk about me and the community that I represent, my death threats skyrocket,” she said, adding that the number of threats “plummeted” when President Joe Biden was in office. She said she now receives “the most death threats of any member of Congress.”
White House officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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The back and forth comes amid the president’s aggressive immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Trump administration officials say they are targeting the Democratic-led state for fraud in welfare programs that they say is tied to Somali immigrants.
Homeland Security’s militarized approach to immigration enforcement has sparked intense backlash in the Twin Cities, especially after the killings of Pretti and Good.
Trump has said he will “de-escalate” the agency’s approach to the state, but it remains to be seen just exactly how things will change on the ground.
“They don’t know Minnesotans,” state Rep. Aisha Gomez, another speaker at the news conference, said of federal officials. “Minnesotans will not be intimidated. You cannot arrest all of us. You can come and try, but you are few and we are many.”
Trump threatens to deport Ilhan Omar in latest rant: ‘Get it done, NOW!’
Rep. Ilhan Omar is once again facing the ire of President Trump, who recently repeated his calls for her deportation
Conservative watchdogs are also scrutinizing Omar’s financial gains(Image: Getty Images)
President Donald Trump has reignited his threats to deport Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar in a new Truth Social post.
Trump had reposted an article on Wednesday alleging that federal agents have tracked and flagged millions of dollars going through Minneapolis and Ohio airports through an apparent Somali immigrant operation.
“They should be thrown out of the USA. Get it done, NOW! That includes their loser Rep. Omar, who married her brother (gross!). President DJT”READ MORE: House Democrats escalate impeachment against DHS chief Noem after fatal ICE shootingREAD MORE: Shocking moment 8 ICE agents drag petrified ‘disabled’ woman from car after smashing her window
Trump’s caption also reasserted the false claim that Omar was married to her brother(Image: realDonaldTrump/Truth Social)
Trump’s caption also reasserted the false claim that Omar was married to her brother, a statement many have previously slammed as a racist epithet.
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Trump is not singular in his threat to deport Omar, as other conservatives are also calling for the deportation and denaturalization of the congresswoman, due to her “skyrocketing” net worth.
In an interview posted to X earlier this month, House Oversight Chairman Rep James Comer said he would “absolutely” refer Omar to the House Ethics Committee over her “skyrocketing net worth.”
“Her net worth just out of nowhere skyrocketed. We know it’s tied to a venture capital or private equity fund, some type of investment, two investment funds that her husband’s running,” Comer said in the interview with Catherine Herridge on her investigative series “Straight to the Point.”
Comer added that there are questions as to where the money has come from.
“I think that there are going to be a lot of members that will encourage the Ethics Committee to take this up because it’s just a simple question…how did he amass this much money?” Comer said, in reference to Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett.
“And then if they’re [Ethics Committee] not satisfied with the answer, then they can certainly get those financial records,” he added.
Florida Congressman Randy Fine reposted a snippet of Comer’s interview on X, responding that “Denaturalizing and deporting” Omar “would solve all of this.”
(L-R) Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and Representative Angie Craig, a Democrat from Minnesota, speak with reporters after visiting with immigrations officials at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building after in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 10, 2026(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Conservative watchdogs are also scrutinizing Omar’s financial gains.
Peter Flaherty, chair of the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), is examining Omar’s rapid financial gains, as the elected official’s net worth has skyrocketed to $30 million, according to her financial disclosures. Flaherty said he’s “certainly looking” at Omar, in a previous interview with the New York Post.
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A majority of Omar’s newly acquired wealth comes from her husband’s businesses, which include a California winery and his Venture capital management firm, Rose Lake Capital. According to Rose Lake Capital’s website, the company facilitates deal-making, mergers and acquisitions, banking, politics, and diplomacy.
