Ilhan Omar says she was protecting her ‘dignity’ in response to attack

Omar was in Minneapolis Tuesday evening, addressing questions from constituents when a man stood up and sprayed her with an unknown substance from a syringe. At the time of the disruption, Omar was recommending that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem resign when the man, Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, stood up and shouted that Noem is “not resigning,” then emptied his syringe.

This syringe was later revealed to contain apple cider vinegar. Other than a foul vinegar smell, it appeared to not have caused any physical damage to the representative.

Still, conspiracy theorists echoed President Donald Trump, who suggested Omar “had herself sprayed” due to her response to being sprayed with the syringe. Omar confronted one theorist on X Thursday.

“I spoke with Poison Control. Their