Rep. Ilhan Omar was sent a package with suspicious substance and threatening pro-'patriarchy message

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Ilhan Omar talking at a Hillary Clinton crusade occasion at the University of Minnesota in 2016. (Lorie Shaull/Flickr)

The workplace of Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar got a bundle containing a dubious substance on Tuesday.

"Today our office got a bundle with a dubious substance and a danger perusing 'The Patriarchy will rise once more. Joyful f***ing Christmas! Everybody in our group is OK. We announced the bundle to Capitol Police not really set in stone it to be protected," Omar composed on Twitter.

Politico reports that after the bundle was accounted for to Capitol police, different workplaces on the seventh floor of the Longworth House Office Building were told to shield set up.

"The Capitol Police said their on location test was

Negative for anything dangerous, and they expected to resume the region soon," Politico reports.

It's not the initial occasion when Omar, a Muslim who fills in as whip for the House's Progressive Caucus, has been the subject of a danger. In 2019, she detailed that somebody took steps to shoot her at the Mini ta State Fair.

As an individual from the Squad, Omar has additionally often turned into an objective of explanatory assaults by previous president Donald Trump and his allies.

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