BOSTON (WHDH) – Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was speaking at a podium at a town hall in Minneapolis Tuesday night when video captured a man run up and spray her with an unknown substance.
Several videos show the man run up to Omar and spray the substance on her before he was tackled to the ground and his arms were tied behind his back by security. The man was then led out a door and taken away.
Reporters inside the town hall said it smelled like vinegar in the room following the attack.
Omar appeared to be okay, and continued speaking after the man was taken away.
The town hall was being held in response to federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Two people have died during protests against ICE in recent weeks.
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Maria D’Agostino
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