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Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall

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Trump gets shot by real bullets. Omar gets shot with vinegar. So which side is truly more violent and hateful?
The side with the president saying she probably faked it.
 
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In a phone interview late Tuesday, President Donald Trump minimized reports of the incident and called Omar a “fraud,” echoing his frequent barbs against the congresswoman. Trump told ABC News that “she probably had herself sprayed, knowing her,”

The POTUS is suggesting a member of Congress had herself sprayed.
Given that the sprayer seems to be a Trump supporter one can think of other reasons for the incident.

Omar criticizes Trump's 'hateful rhetoric' after attack; suspect had made pro-Trump posts online
 
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Assuming that was real bullets it seems unlikely but it was a rather weird thing to say when trying to determine the early narrative about the Omar incident that many will believe. Maybe "the Don is slipping".
It would also be awkward to explain someone in the crowd right behind him was actually killed by one of those "fake" bullets.
 
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A very good point. It's worth reporting but what is happening in the States, including citizens being killed on the street by government officials then my Outrage Meter re calibrated some time ago.

And that is unfortunate. If the incident had happened in Australia then it would be front page news and would lead all tv news programmes. But as hard as I try, as unacceptable as this is, the US is in a situation when it barely raises an eyebrow.
We've all seen what the reaction is when something happens in Australia. Such as an ISIS member who did another mass shooting there. Australian Government responded by giving ISIS what they wanted. They further restricted firearms ownership among their own citizens. That will probably encourage another ISIS member to do something like that once again knowing that they will get exactly what they want.
 
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Brother labels suspect who attacked Ilhan Omar a ‘right-wing extremist’ who has hated Somalis for decades

“He has had a hatred of the Somali community for probably 20 years,” Kazmierczak’s brother continued. “There’s a reason I don’t talk to him… He’s got a lot of anger, I have no idea where it comes from. He’s always been that way. In and out of treatment since he was a kid.”

Kazmierczak regularly “complains about socialism,” according to his brother, who said his sibling has nevertheless himself “cheated the system” to receive his own entitlements.
 
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But does "provocative", or intentionally showing up somewhere to make trouble...
Go start a thread on it as it has absolutely nothing to do with this one. You brought up this guy implying he was some innocent schmuck being put upon by rabid left wingers. When what you were actually doing was trying to draw a non existent comparison between some convicted cop-beating thug out looking for trouble and finding it and an elected official being attacked doing her job.

Get real.
 
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