"We've had people incarcerated for threatening to kill me, she told the Guardian in an interview at her Washington office. We have people that are being prosecuted right now for threatening to kill me and so it is something that does stay in the back of our minds. But I also worry about those people finding someone who looks like me in Minneapolis or across the country and thinking it is me and harming them."
"Trump made the remarks at a rally-style event last week in Pennsylvania, where supporters chanted Send her back! after the president pushed a baseless conspiracy theory that Somali-born Omar married her own brother to become a US citizen. The Democrat, who arrived in the US as a refugee aged 12 and became a citizen at 17, described Trump's fixation as vile and an unhealthy and creepy obsession."
Donald Trump's repeated personal attacks and dehumanising rhetoric are fuelling a climate of political violence and encouraging dangerous actors. Ilhan Omar has faced multiple credible threats, with individuals incarcerated or prosecuted for threatening to kill her. She fears that others who resemble her could be mistaken for her and harmed. Trump prompted supporters to chant "Send her back!" while promoting a baseless conspiracy about her immigration and marriage. The attacks follow a pattern of bigotry used to deflect from policy failures. Federal authorities recorded thousands of threatening statements and direct threats against members of Congress in 2024.
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