00:00This morning, a man is in custody after spraying an unknown substance on Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar during a town hall in Minneapolis Tuesday night. Watch this.
00:13Ice cannot be reformed. It cannot be rehabilitated. We must abolish ice for good.
00:19And DHS Secretary Kristi Noem must resign or face impeachment.
00:39Security quickly tackled the man and took him into custody.
00:43Minneapolis police say the suspect, identified as 55-year-old Anthony Kazmarek, is now booked into the Hennepin County Jail on a charge of third-degree assault.
00:52Authorities say Omar was not injured.
00:55When local leaders urged her to leave the event and get medical attention, she refused.
01:00You're fine. You need to go get checked.
01:02We won't continue this. We're not going to get away with it.
01:05You need to go get checked.
01:06You don't know what you're doing.
01:07No, no, no.
01:12In a post on social media afterwards, Omar said, quote,
01:16I'm a survivor, so this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work.
01:22I don't let bullies win.
01:23Minnesota Governor Tim Walz also weighed in, appearing to link the attack to the current political climate.
01:29In a statement, Walz said, quote,
01:31The cruel, inflammatory, dehumanizing rhetoric by our nation's leaders needs to stop immediately.
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