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Ilhan Omar backed by House Republicans after Minnesota town hall attack

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6 days ago

House Republicans are coalescing around progressive "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after she was attacked during a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday night."This is totally unacceptable. I am glad Rep. Omar is okay," Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., wrote on X in response to a video of the incident.It's a rare show of bipartisanship in the face of political violence that has become common in recent years amid increasingly volatile rhetoric on both sides.Support for Omar came from both conservative and moderate Republicans after a man appeared to confront her and spray a substance on her...