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Death threats pile up against Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar
http://www.citypages.com/news/death-threats-pile-up-against-minnesota-rep-ilhan-omar/508246461
The call came to Omar's office on March 21, according to the FBI. Carlineo seemed unaware that threatening to kill a member of Congress amounted to the same kind of terrorism he supposedly detests. But he was thoughtful enough to leave his contact info and phone number.
When agents tracked him down at his home in Addison, New York, he told them he was a patriot, a Trump lover, and a hater of radical Muslims. As he saw it, he was merely carrying out the work of Thomas Jefferson. “If our forefathers were still alive, they’d put a bullet in her head,” he told the FBI.
Two days earlier, Omar was scheduled to speak at a Los Angeles banquet for the Council of American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights group. Prior to the event, a woman left a voicemail at the Hilton where it was to be held.
“What would you do if I told you your hotel was going to be bombed?" she asked. "That is exactly what’s going to happen if you allow the likes of Ilhan Omar into your hotel. She is a danger to American society and your hotel. You are not to allow her foot into there if you value your own safety. Do not allow her in there. Cancel the event.”
A month before that, the FBI arrested U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant Christopher Hasson in Maryland. The white nationalist had been stockpiling weapons and preparing a hit list that included everyone from Sen. Elizabeth Warren to CNN's Don Lemon. Omar's name was included.
When agents tracked him down at his home in Addison, New York, he told them he was a patriot, a Trump lover, and a hater of radical Muslims. As he saw it, he was merely carrying out the work of Thomas Jefferson. “If our forefathers were still alive, they’d put a bullet in her head,” he told the FBI.
Two days earlier, Omar was scheduled to speak at a Los Angeles banquet for the Council of American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights group. Prior to the event, a woman left a voicemail at the Hilton where it was to be held.
“What would you do if I told you your hotel was going to be bombed?" she asked. "That is exactly what’s going to happen if you allow the likes of Ilhan Omar into your hotel. She is a danger to American society and your hotel. You are not to allow her foot into there if you value your own safety. Do not allow her in there. Cancel the event.”
A month before that, the FBI arrested U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant Christopher Hasson in Maryland. The white nationalist had been stockpiling weapons and preparing a hit list that included everyone from Sen. Elizabeth Warren to CNN's Don Lemon. Omar's name was included.
So, calling her a terrorist, then threatening terror makes it ok?
This just solidifies my support for her and my vote for her in 2020.
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Yes, the FBI needs to do exactly that!
If you look at the reviews, nearly every single one is from a Trump troll, and nearly every single one attacks her and not the movie. I reported all of them and will do so again. This is getting really ugly. 
We can all do something.
And it's only going to get worse before it gets better. 
