BREAKING: Rep. Ilhan Omar Sprayed With Unknown Substance Throughout Press Convention, Suspect Instantly Tackled
No matter where someone stands on the political aisle, doing this to anyone is unacceptable behavior.
A man on Tuesday night sprayed Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar with an unknown substance while she held a town hall in Minneapolis.
A video of the incident was posted on X and shows a man approaching Omar as she was calling for United States Secretary of Homeland Security Krist Noem to resign.
The man then proceeds to spray Omar with a liquid substance before being immediately tackled by security.
Watch the moment it happened here:
I am deeply disturbed to learn that Rep. Ilhan Omar was attacked at a town hall today. Regardless of how vehemently I disagree with her rhetoric – and I do – no elected official should face physical attacks. This is not who we are.pic.twitter.com/pnoiJKeqZc
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) January 28, 2026
Fox News had more details to add to the incident:
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was sprayed with an unknown substance by a man that charged her while she was speaking at a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.
Omar was immediately pulled away by her security and the unidentified man was tackled and restrained by security. Omar appeared to be shaken, but largely unharmed.
“We will continue. These f–king a–holes are not going to get away with this,” Omar shouted as the room reacted.
“It smells terrible,” a member of her entourage said as she urged her to stop and get checked out.
The incident happened as Omar was hosting her first in-person town hall meeting of the year in North Minneapolis.
Some users on X joked it was Holy Water:
ILLHAN OMAR gets sprayed…
Hopefully it was holy water to cleanse the demon out of her. 👺 pic.twitter.com/h2hIoMRs2P
— 🇺🇸🍩 JULIE DONUTS 🇺🇸🍩 (@Juliedonuts) January 28, 2026
Others pointed out Omar was ready to fight back:
Someone tries to attack Omar, but he gets pulled back before he gets to her. Might be lucky for him. She stepped up and was ready to throw hands! pic.twitter.com/C8DT4sODu8
— Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 (@KellyScaletta) January 28, 2026
NBC News reported Omar continued her town hall after the incident:
Local leaders who had spoken earlier at the event urged Omar to leave the room and “get checked,” but she said that “is what they want.”
“We will continue,” she said. “These f—— a–holes are not going to get away with this.”
The man was then removed from the room.
Minneapolis police said in a statement that officers “observed a man use a syringe to spray an unknown liquid” onto Omar, adding that the man was then arrested by officers and booked in Hennepin County Jail for 3rd degree assault.
“Representative Omar was uninjured and resumed speaking at the event,” the statement said.
Minneapolis Forensic Scientists responded to the scene, the police added.