The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis, according to court papers made public Thursday.
The man arrested for Tuesday’s attack, Anthony Kazmierczak, faces a charge of forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating Omar, according to a complaint filed in federal court.
Authorities determined that the substance was water and apple cider vinegar, according to an affidavit. After Kazmierczak sprayed Omar with the liquid, he appeared to say, “She’s not resigning. You’re splitting Minnesotans apart,” the affidavit says. Authorities also say that Kazmierczak told a close associate several years ago that “somebody should kill” Omar, court documents say.
Kazmierczak has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of Donald Trump, a Republican.
Thank God it wasn’t acid or some even worse shit
I’m literally shocked it wasn’t his own piss. Glad, but surprised.
He thought this was his out. He wanted it to be piss but was too scared. Prime MAGA chud.
I think it was a threat that next time it will be acid.
Vinegar is probably the most famous kind of acid.
You can get vinegar up to 20% acid, I use it on weeds, it’s called horticultural vinegar. You can even get apple cider vinegar to 12%. If you get that stuff in your eyes there is a very real chance you will go blind.
When the articles said it was a syringe that smelled like vinegar I assumed he sprayed her with a douche
I’m very relieved to hear it was only water and apple cider vinegar. “Unknown liquid sprayed by an attacker” is just short of actually wounding someone when it comes to anxiety induced.
MN should throw the book at him. And at anyone who helped him do it.
“intimidation” yall saw the video. that was attempted intimidation at best lol. she wasn’t intimidated for shit. ran right at the dude.
Yeah this clown would come in public to attack with apple cider vinegar???
I think it was acid and they’re trying to play it off like a prank so they can let him go.
Probably original plan was to get it in her eyes. My guess is it is some type of horticultural vinegar, probably like 10-20% Acetic Acid. I guess you technically can get Apple cider vinegar naturally up to 12% acid if you ferment it right, which is over the threshold to cause permanent eye damage.
But he would have cured her of at least 18 diseases according to moms on Facebook.
Good! Whether it was apple cider vinegar or acid or piss assault is an assault. The bad is this pos probably just got a front row seat and will speak at the RNC.
While technically correct, I vehemently disagree. I’m on the opposite side of the political spectrum to this man, but if it had been a left-wing supporter going at Noem or Miller, then the left response would be “it’s only a food product, it’s just to make a point - look at what the Trump Administration is doing killing people”. I think it’s fair to let someone off with a warning if it’s something innocuous.
If it was an egg or roten fruit sure - something easily identifiable as harmless - but when you spritz something from a syringe - that does cross a line to me - you could see and hear the panic in the room of people understanding omar was not directly harmed but could be poisoned - that fear, the fear which interrupted and shortened her speech is what is criminal, just shy of terrorism, in my view
If its not illegal, then we’re going to go down a slippery slope of “im not touching you” style games, a line has tk be drawn and i place it here, somewhere between throwing a milkshale at someone as being a basic assult and spritzing someone with an unidentifiable fluid as being more than just assault
Literally terrorism not just shy. It was done to induce terror/fear/anxiety whatever else. Terrorism plain and simple.
Terrorism requires real violence. That term has been so watered down is essentially meaningless.
Remember the cop who got hit by the sandwich? He could’ve thought that was something more dangerous as well, even though it was innocuous.
Kim Jong Un’s brother was killed by squirt guns filled with poison.
The shooters thought they were pranking him. Some guy gave them plastic squirt guns and said “squirt that man we are gonna film it for the internet.”
The real assassin was never caught.
Lots of women have been scarred for life by a splash of strong acid, primarily in the Muslim world.
Squirting someone with a liquid is a terror attack.
Kim Jong Un’s brother was killed by squirt guns filled with poison.
The key factor is “poison”.
Squirting someone with a liquid is a terror attack.
Come on man, this is pretty fucking dishonest. You just equated apple cider vinegar with the acids used in those other attacks.
Well I also don’t believe in Carceral punishment so take that as you will.
Technically this was an acid attack.
Glad she is OK.
A tasty attack
Apple cider vinegar does not taste like apple cider.
What the fuck was that choice? Like… what, kinda smelly but edible enough that you could fool security by taking a little sip or something? Why not go with white vinegar in a water bottle? Actually, why vinegar at all? I have so many questions.
Also obligatory fuck that guy.
Edit: my leading theory is someone sold it to him as something dangerous, or there’s a 4chan rumor that it hurts witches or something.
He likely heard about acid attacks and then saw that vinegar is an acid, without understanding that it’s a very weak acid that is usually then watered down to be safe.
I do know MAGA men have never stepped foot in a kitchen their entire lives, but I find that explanation a little too far fetched. He probably knows what vinegar is from the Lays potato chips he doesn’t buy since they’re too sour and hurt his excessively thin skin.
However, I do like the idea of him walking around with a bottle of vinegar, being too afraid to touch it.
Dude is lucky. She looked like she was about to to unleash fury.
Apple cider vinegar? What a impotent futile gesture.
Under the jail.
But was the ACV with or without the “mother”? /s
Her bodyguard should have let her punch him before the taking him down
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Bodyguard
