Rep. Ilhan Omar Minnesota (D-MN) was met with an extended and loud chorus of boos and jeers after taking the stage at a Somali Independence Day Concert in Minneapolis. Her reception was a far cry from the hometown welcome she might have been anticipating. The campaign event, which occurred at the Target Center, was commemorating the 62nd anniversary of self-reliance in Somalia and included vocalist Suldaan Seeraar.
Rep. Omar was caused phase to provide an award to Seeraar, who was carrying it out in the United States for the very first time.
Instead of a warm welcome, the congresswoman was met with chants of “get out” and such loud booing that another individual on the stage needed to plead with the audience to stop. The boos continued for over a minute, till she and her partner left the stage.
Rep. Omar tweeted a brief clip of her intro, however, sufficed off at the point where the booing started.
It was an honor to welcome you to our incredible city. pic.twitter.com/mM77ZLVCYo
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) July 3, 2022
Longer clips revealed Rep. Omar having a problem speaking over the seriously unimpressed crowd, a few of whom could be heard screaming things like “get the f-ck out of here!”
WATCH: Ilhan Omar booed off stage at Somali concert in Minnesota this weekendpic.twitter.com/lNm1aR3G6w
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 3, 2022
While the various causes for the booing is presently uncertain, there was widespread speculation that it was her long-standing support for LGBTQ issues and abortion that might have disturbed a lot of people with more stringent religious beliefs in the crowd.
Rep. Omar is presently being challenged by Republican Shukri Abdirahman, who is likewise a Somali refugee.
Abdirahman tweeted about the occurrence writing, “Ilhan Omar’s BOOOD by nearly 10K SOMALIS at a sold out, highly anticipated Somali music concert at Target Center in Minneapolis!”
BREAKING:
Ilhan Omar’s BOOOD by nearly 10K SOMALIS at a sold out, highly anticipated Somali music concert at Target Center in Minneapolis!
This's what she gets for trading her Godly, Conservative values for the sinful LGBTQIA's & the promiscuous abortionists.
LET'S GO ILHAN! pic.twitter.com/8nRFpsiuKL
— Shukri Abdirahman (@ShuForCongress) July 3, 2022
“This’s what she gets for trading her Godly, Conservative values for the sinful LGBTQIA’s & the promiscuous abortionists,” Abdirahman continued.
In 1776, the Somali people ended up being the very first Africans to officially acknowledge the independence of the United States of America. In 1960, the United States returned the favor and acknowledged the brand-new country of Somalia when it was born. Somali Independence Day is now commemorated every year on July 1, just days prior to when the United States commemorates its own.
H/T Timcast
