You've got to hand it to Ilhan Omar ...

[Emrys]

She must have been planning that "fake attack" - as alleged by Trump and just about every MAGAbot and troll on social media since it happened - for *years* ...

Brother labels suspect who attacked Ilhan Omar a ‘right-wing extremist’ who has hated Somalis for decades

Exclusive: ‘In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t,’ Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother told The Independent

The man accused of attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Tuesday evening town hall meeting in Minnesota is a “piece of s**t” with lifelong anger issues who has been fixated on the Somali-born lawmaker – and the Somali diaspora in general – for years, his younger brother told The Independent.

“I’m not surprised this happened,” Anthony James Kazmierczak’s brother said Wednesday morning in a phone interview from his home in North Carolina. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
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When asked if Kazmierczak had mentioned Omar before, the brother responded, “Oh, yeah,” and said he is thankful the Somali-born Democratic legislator, who fled her war-torn nation as a child and became a U.S. citizen in 2000, wasn’t badly hurt. Kazmierczak’s antipathy toward Somali-Americans, whose presence in Minneapolis makes up the largest Somali population in the U.S., dates back to well before Omar was elected in 2019, according to the brother.

“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.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ilhan-omar-attack-anthony-kazmierczak-brother-b2909613.html

The details of the lengths she went to in preparation are impressive:

Alleged Ilhan Omar attacker hinted at town hall plans in cryptic texts to neighbor: ‘I might get arrested’
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Days before the chaotic town hall, Kazmierczak’s neighbor Brian Kelley recalled that Kazmierczak asked if Kelley could watch his dog when he went to see Omar speak — and hinted that something would happen at the event.
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Kelley said his neighbor has been “heavily medicated” due to a car wreck that affected his spine years ago.
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“He’s also been diagnosed with Parkinson’s,” the neighbor said, noting, “He’s only 55.”

Kelley described Kazmierczak, who shared photos supporting President Trump on Facebook, as a “pretty conservative guy” who “doesn’t like Omar.”


Kazmierczak is grabbed after allegedly spraying an unknown substance at US Rep. Ilhan Omar (left) during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 27, 2026.
AFP via Getty Images

https://nypost.com/2026/01/28/us-news/alleged-ilhan-omar-attacker-hinted-at-town-hall-plans-in-cryptic-texts-to-neighbor-i-might-get-arrested/

Forensics showed that the substance in the syringe was apple cider vinegar, but judging by descriptions, it probably wasn't fresh.

[marble falls]

1. She's cool under fire and has no fear. We need a lot more just like her in Congress.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. Guy may not get the help he needs in prison.

Men know two emotions well: anger and fear.
When confronted by things they don't understand
or people they don't recognize,
they get angry.

How they learn to deal with them determines their fate.

Thus anger issues are different from bravery. For instance, Rep. Ilhan Omar defended herself, raised up her elbows and even went after the much bigger guy.

No wonder Trump is afraid of her. He knows nothing but fear. So...The Fighting Democrat is a good thing.

[Emrys]

3. The medical details his brother and neighbour report do cast some light on his actions,

but in the end he's just cannonfodder in Trump's ongoing campaign of stochastic terrorism - a particularly vulnerable and potentially dangerous loose cannon.

I got the feeling that was far from the first time Omar has had to face down an aggressor.

Would Trump ever have the guts to say what he does about her face to face?