Here's Why Many Say the Ilhan Omar Assault Was Staged

Matt Margolis : Jan 29, 2026
PJ Media

Omar made herself out to be a hero, but many people are looking at the evidence and saying something isn't right. And many people are speculating that the event was staged.

[PJMedia.com] As PJ Media previously reported, on Tuesday evening, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was attacked during her first in-person town hall of 2026 in north Minneapolis when a disheveled man sprayed her with an unknown liquid from what police described as a syringe while she was calling for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. (Screengrab image: via X)

Security and staff quickly tackled and subdued the attacker, who appeared to yell "you must resign" as they restrained and then removed him from the room.

Speaking to reporters afterward, Omar framed the incident as an attempt at intimidation that she won't cower from. "You know, I've survived more, and I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think that they can throw at me because I'm built that way," she said.

Omar made herself out to be a hero, but many people are looking at the evidence and saying something isn't right. And many people are speculating that the event was staged.

Even President Donald Trump has weighed in on this. "She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her," Trump told ABC News in a phone interview. He said he'd not seen the video.

But many others have, and believe all the signs of a staged assault are there. The first sign is that Omar appeared to signal the man before he got up to approach her... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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