Rep. Ilhan Omar booed, told to ‘get the f–k out’ at Minnesota concert appearance

Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was met by a refrain of boos and calls to “get the f–ok out” when she appeared onstage at a music pageant in Minneapolis over the weekend. 

Video from Saturday night time’s occasion that includes Somali singer Suldaan Seeraar confirmed Omar, the primary Somali-American elected to Congress, stroll on to the stage with her husband Tim Mynett.

The group on the Goal Heart promptly unleashed a torrent of boos that lasted for greater than a minute. 

Others within the principally Somali viewers shouted “Get out” and a few yelled “Get the f–ok out of right here.”

Omar, a member of the progressive “Squad” that features Bronx and Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, tried to calm the unruly gathering. 

“OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, we don’t have all night time,” Omar mentioned as she made a “tamp it down” gesture together with her fingers, the video exhibits.

Video on Omar’s Twitter account exhibits her taking the stage, however the clip is lower off 14 seconds in, when the booing begins. 

It’s unclear what sparked the outburst towards Omar, however the Republican difficult the two-term incumbent recommended her feedback on LGBTQ points and opposition to the Supreme Courtroom’s current resolution to overturn Roe v. Wade performed a job.

”Ilhan Omar’s BOOOD by almost 10K SOMALIS at a bought out, extremely anticipated Somali music live performance at Goal Heart in Minneapolis!,” Shukri Abdirahman posted on Twitter, linking to the video. 

“This’s what she will get for buying and selling her Godly, Conservative values for the sinful LGBTQIA’s & the promiscuous abortionists.”

The jeers may have been a response to feedback Omar made throughout a city corridor occasion final week — throughout which she mentioned she skilled extra violence in her adopted house state than in a Kenyan refugee camp. 

“For 4 years [in the camp] I didn’t witness that type of violence … My first yr in Minnesota I each noticed an individual shot at Peavey Park, lifeless on the ground, three weeks after my father and I arrived in Minneapolis,” the congresswoman mentioned June 30. “Six months later I watched the Minneapolis police put 38 bullets into the physique of a mentally disabled Somali immigrant who didn’t communicate English.

“So [for] six years I had the privilege of not seeing any violence till I moved to Minnesota.”

Omar, who additionally has a historical past of anti-Semitic feedback, is closely favored to win a 3rd time period representing her district, which covers the entire metropolis of Minneapolis.