The Daily Populous Wednesday January 28th, 2026 evening edition
Authored by latintimes.com and submitted by Silly-avocatoe

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance following the attack against Ilhan Omar during a town hall.

"It is not a coincidence that after days of President Trump and VP Vance putting Rep. Omar in their crosshairs with slanderous public attacks, she gets assaulted at her town hall," the lawmaker said in a social media publication.

"Thank God she is okay. If they want leaders to take down the temp, they need to look in the mirror," she added.

It is not a coincidence that after days of President Trump and VP Vance putting Rep. Omar in their crosshairs with slanderous public attacks, she gets assaulted at her town hall.

If they want leaders to take down the temp, they need to look in the mirror. https://t.co/riTbMBf1ka — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2026

AOC was likely making reference to the fact that Trump said on Monday that "DOJ and Congress are looking at Omar for her alleged enrichment while in office. He said Omar "left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars."

A recent report from Yahoo Finance noted that other publications claimed that Omar's net worth had surged to as much as $30 million after disclosing a negative net worth when elected to Congress in 2019.

The 2025 document, the report added, listed two large assets tied to her husband, Tim Mynett, which could have amounted to a figure between $6 million and $30 million.

Omar has reacted to the claims, recently responding to a social media publication saying that "the value range listed for the assets reflects the full cost assessment of the businesses, in which my husband is one of several partners and does not reflect his individual share." "Keep wishing millions into existence so I could pay off these student loans," she added.

The attack in question took place on Tuesday, when a man sprayed her with an "unknown liquid" from a syringe. He can be seen rushing Omar as she called for the abolition of ICE and the impeachment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. The man, Anthony Kazmierczak, was arrested and charged with third-degree assault.

Omar reacted in a social media post saying: "I'm ok. I'm a survivor so this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work."

Trump has repeatedly targeted Omar throughout the years, most recently after claims of widespread fraud related to the Somali community in Minnesota, of which she is part.

She told The Guardian in mid December that the attacks have directly fueled threats against her life, arguing that his rhetoric follows a familiar pattern of what she described as "boilerplate xenophobia" that escalates real-world danger.

Omar told The Guardian last month that there is "a clear correlation" between Trump's rhetoric and the level of threats she receives. "When you have the president using dehumanizing language every single day, we know that message gets to the worst humans possible in this country and that they then take action," she said.

"We've had people incarcerated for threatening to kill me. 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," she added.

Even_Author_3046 on January 28th, 2026 at 13:56 UTC »

Funny how they’re not labeling him as a domestic terrorist but anyone who goes against Trump, his goons, ICE are labeled Domestic Terrorist….

Tokyo-MontanaExpress on January 28th, 2026 at 13:36 UTC »

I'm sure they're going to label him a domestic terrorist any minute now. /S

Top-Carob-5412 on January 28th, 2026 at 13:33 UTC »

It is the unstoppable hatred coming out of this White House. That eventually gives the likes of Stephen Miller license to push policies that promote violence.