Rep. Omar Booed During Somali Music Festival Appearance in Home State

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Video footage surfaced online that appeared to show a crowd of people at a Somali cultural event in Minneapolis booing โ€œSquadโ€ member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over the weekend.

Omar, who came to the United States as a Somali refugee, made an appearance at a concert featuring Somali singer Suldaan Seeraar at the cityโ€™s Target Center. As soon as she arrived on stage, the boos began, according to footage posted online.

Some yelled at her, โ€œGet out!โ€ and โ€œget the [expletive] out of here.โ€

โ€œIt was an honor to welcome you to our incredible city,โ€ the Democratic congresswoman said in a Twitter post alongside a 14-second clip. The clip ended moments after the audience started to boo loudly.

Longer videos suggested that the crowd booed her for about a minute after she and her husband came onto the stage. โ€œOK, OK, OK, OK, OK, we donโ€™t have all night,โ€ Omar said at one point as the crowd kept booing.

Unclear Why

Some people suggested that itโ€™s because of Omarโ€™s support for Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that decriminalized abortion nationwide, support for LGBT causes, and other left-wing causes. Omar is currently the whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Itโ€™s not clear what prompted the response, and neither Omar nor her office has issued a public comment about the matter. The Epoch Times has contacted Omarโ€™s office several times for comment about the boos.

Following last monthโ€™s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Omar said she would fight to codify it into law. Sheโ€™s also publicly backed proposals to expand the Supreme Court and end the Senate filibuster to pass abortion laws.

โ€œIn almost half of this country, states are ready to ban abortion,โ€ Omar said during a protest following the decision. โ€œOutright ban abortion.โ€

And several weeks ago, amid dismal polls, Omar told reporters that she will โ€œof courseโ€ back President Joe Biden if he decides to run for president in 2024.

โ€œThisโ€™s what she gets for trading her Godly, Conservative values for the sinful LGBTQIAโ€™s & the promiscuous abortionists,โ€ย wrote Shukri Abdirahman, a Republican Somali refugee and military veteran who is running to unseat Omar from herย 5th Congressional District.

Another Republican candidate, former NBA player Royce White, suggested that Somalis in Minnesota were upset with Omar because โ€œtheyโ€™re being misrepresented by bourgeois puppets, chosen by the establishment to exploit identity politics. In other words, Ilhan Omar is a sellout and I called it months ago.โ€

By Jack Phillips

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