Ilhan Omar “attacked?” Here's what the media ISN'T saying

What this episode is about

The discussion focuses on the incident involving Ilhan Omar, where she was approached by an individual who sprayed her with apple cider vinegar, prompting concern and speculation about her safety. The conversation highlights the media's portrayal of the event and examines the nature of the attack, contrasting it with more serious threats faced by public figures while commending Omar's bravery in handling the situation.

Key takeaways

• When apple cider vinegar becomes a weapon, you know political discourse has reached a bizarre new low.
• A near-miss with a syringe highlights the thin line between protest and genuine threat in today's charged climate.
• Elon Omar's incident becomes top news, revealing how narratives can shift based on perceived victimhood and political allegiance.
• The media's selective outrage suggests that some attacks are 'newsworthy' based on the target's political profile.
• Amid chaos, remember: not all attacks are created equal; context matters just as much as the act itself.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Glenn Beck (Guest) · 9 min speaking
• Stu Burguiere (Guest) · 4 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Ilan Omar
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Donald Trump, Minnesota, Detective Inspector Tony Carney
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Ilan Omar, Donald Trump, Minnesota
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Donald Trump, CNN

Notable quotes from "Ilhan Omar “attacked?” Here's what the media ISN'T saying"

• The next paragraph in this story though, Glenn, not long afterward, remember this is about the attacks of Donald Trump and his rally. Not long afterward, at her old event in North Minneapolis, Ms. Omar was attacked by a man who rushed the.

  about Detective Inspector Tony Carney · at 4:44

• Romance novel that you'd pick up at the airport. This is a New York Times news story about this incident. When she was attacked, Ms. Omar reacted with defiance.

  about Ilan Omar · at 7:28

• Reminder. this is all about how Donald Trump is bad and he's causing all this violence. We You do remember him bleeding on stage because a bullet hit him, right? Like is…

  about Donald Trump · at 9:14

• Before you move off of that, I was watching that of course as probably everybody was. I happened to be watching it on CNN. I was at a hotel. I was watching it at C on CNN and…

  about CNN · at 10:57

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Ilan Omar — Person · Primary referenced public figure (subject of incident and media coverage critique) · 3 mentions · first at 0:04
  The segment centers on an incident where she was sprayed with liquid at an event and the hosts' critique of how the New York Times framed her response and linked it to Trump.
• Donald Trump — Person · Referenced political figure (alleged rhetorical catalyst in NYT framing) · 8 mentions · first at 3:01
  Discussed as the person the NYT story claims has 'targeted' Omar; hosts argue the transcript shows no evidence tying his remarks to the incident and contrast coverage with the shooting attempt against him.
• Detective Inspector Tony Carney — Person · Referenced journalist (author of cited NYT story) · 2 mentions · first at 3:18
  Named as the reporter of the New York Times piece the hosts quote and criticize for tone and for implying a connection between Trump's rhetoric and the incident involving Omar.

Companies & orgs

• CNN — Company · Media coverage · 1 mention · first at 10:59
  CNN is mentioned as the network where the coverage of Donald Trump's reaction to being shot was watched.

Places & events

• Minnesota — Place · Setting · 4 mentions · first at 3:36
  Minnesota is the location where the incident involving Ilhan Omar occurred, and it's also her home state.
  She did not cancel other events for the week. SHE ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD TOUR CARMEL MALL in Minneapolis on Wednesday and then hold a news conference. In short, Ms. Omar barely flinched. I'm built that way, Ms. Omar said.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 So, I want to talk to you a little bit about Elon M because um you know, when I saw somebody spraying uh something on Elon Omar, I immediately was thought, boy, she this got to freak her out, honestly, because in in her country uh in some Muslim countries, in some Muslim communities, uh that happens to women and they they spray battery acid on their face and then their face is melted off. And I thought, "Wow, that could be really I mean, she must be concerned because she knows in Muslim communities, uh, some people do that."

0:38 But that's not what this was. Uh, that's not what this was. This was some guy who looked like Fred Flintstone that took a syringe and filled it with, are you ready? This is horrible. Filled it with apple cider vinegar. Now, I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but Stu, correct me if I'm wrong. I believe that can stain. nice sweater like that, it can leave a mark.

0:59 We should be clear, we do not have any evidence of this particular apple cider vinegar attack staining that sweatshirt or discoloring the stripes, but that is a possibility. And that is the the main thing we need to talk about today, her bravery uh in being able to incredibly get through a moment like that. it. I just I think we have to stand here in awe and just appreciate her.

1:27 Hero is what comes to mind. Um now I agree Glenn like legitimately when I first saw that we didn't know what what what this liquid was. It could have been really dangerous. I'm not minimizing like that could have been scary for her. She is a divisive figure. It could have been something terrible, right? It could have been horrible. Um, and the person who did it, uh, is looks completely insane and on something to me in the video. Like just looks completely crazy. A crazy person charges you, gets close to you, gets close to any public figure, there is the possibility

1:58 that it turns into something really, really bad, horrible. That being said, when typically we find out it wasn't something bad, the story pretty much goes away. I could give you dozens of examples

2:12 of conservatives getting hit in the face with a pie, a conservative being glitterbombed, right? These things happen all the time. And when it when they are happening, there is real risk to that person. It can it could have gone much. When you have a person who hates you that much to run up to you and and be that close to you, it could have gone in a very ugly direction. When we find out that it didn't, it is a quick incident that goes away almost immediately with no additional coverage. Not the case with Elon Omar. Elon Omar the next day after this incident was the top story at the New York Times all day long. All day. The top story at the New York Times. And the the story which is called uh a attack on Elon Omar follows years of Trump's targeting her. That is what the the headline of the story is.

3:07 And I looked all around here, Glenn, not analysis. This is a news story. A news story. It's by Annie Carney reporting from Washington. As President Trump riled up a rally crowd on Tuesday night describing immigrants bent on harming and killing Americans, he singled out one person in particular, uh, Elan Omar. The crowd booed. They recognized the name of the Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota whom the president has demonized and dehumanized for years with racist and xenophobic attacks.

3:45 I can't take it. No, I can't I can't take it. I because all I can think of is what they're doing to the ICE every single member of ICE right now. I can't I can't my head will explode

3:54 100%. Like they they are demonizing these they're calling them Nazis every single day on television.

3:59 Every day saying get them. I hope your wife dies. I'll kill your family. All of these things all these Trump has never said anything. And by the way And by the way, who was it that suggested recently to go get a syringe and fill it with a paralytic? H we just saw

4:14 it was a nurse on the left who put it on Tik Tok. This guy didn't fill it with a paralytic. He put apple cider vinegar. Thank god.

4:24 Mhm. But he still had a syringe. Who was the one suggesting get a syringe with a needle and jam it into people's necks with a paralytic. It was a nurse. A nurse from Virginia.

4:38 Now former nurse. Oh, please. Mhm. Uh, and by the way, foreigners, that wasn't covered at all by the media.

4:44 The next paragraph in this story though, Glenn, not long afterward, remember this is about the attacks of Donald Trump and his rally. Not long afterward, at her old event in North Minneapolis, Ms. Omar was attacked by a man who rushed the lect lectern where she was speaking, spraying her with a strong smelling liquid. So, we should note there is literally no evidence whatsoever that these two things are tied to each other. The fact that he was having a rally at another place in the country while he he was she was having this rally in Minnesota, there's no evidence this man was inspired by Donald Trump. In fact, what he says is stop dividing motans, which is a weird thing to say if you're super mega ma. Maybe I don't know. Maybe it's maybe he is. Maybe we'll find that out.

5:30 But there's no evidence that he heard this speech about Elon Omar, that he was inspired by anything Trump has ever said about it. It's just listing two things that occurred. One event where Donald Trump mentions Elon Omar, and another event where Ms. Omar is having a rally. Now, not focused on there is the rally Omar is having is divisive, is targeting Christy Gnome and saying all sorts of terrible things about Christine Gnome. Now, that's apparently completely okay and a heroic act. While Donald Trump criticizing Omar is the cause for this attack, which is fascinating. I will also note that very recent history, Lee Zeldon was almost stabbed on stage during one of his events. This event occurred in the home state of the New York Times and was barely covered at all. It was covered. It was not the front page top story for 24 straight hours.

6:36 Now, let me give you a little bit deeper into the story. One more thing here. Go ahead.

6:39 Well, wait. Just let me just point out this is ridiculous. With the Lee Zelden story, was there apple apple cider vinegar in there?

6:47 No, there was a knife. No, I mean there is a difference between those two. It wasn't a syringe with no need on the front.

6:54 This is like a turkey baster essentially. What is what is what caused the attack on Ilan quote unquote attack on Ilan Omar? And yes, I get you if you're Ilan Omar, you don't know what's happening in that moment. You don't know it's apple cider vinegar. I know a lot of people are talking about maybe she did know and until we have evidence on that, I'm not going to go down that road. Maybe we'll find that out as well. Uh but you know, it's important to understand. Yeah, sure, she probably was freaked out. But listen to the way that her reaction is described by the New York Times. I remind you in a news story, this is this is not like a a romance novel that you'd pick up at the airport. This is a New York Times news story about this incident. When she was attacked, Ms. Omar reacted with defiance.

7:42 She did not cower behind the lectturn. She instinctively lunged at the man, attacking her and insisted on finishing her remarks even as her security detail and staff tried to persuade her to retreat. She did not cancel other events for the week. SHE ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD TOUR CARMEL MALL in Minneapolis on Wednesday and then hold a news conference. In short, Ms. Omar barely flinched. "I'm built that way," Ms. Omar said calmly. That is a quote from a news story in the New York Times about, I remind you, a woman who got vinegar on her shirt.

8:42 How does a civiliz civilization with a supposedly free media exist when people are trying to decipher facts from sources like that? I have no idea. Well, I'm just looking up right now. I'm just looking at the New York Times. I'm trying to find quotes uh uh I'm just looking for quotes from the New York Times and the story and how they describe Donald Trump and his reaction to actually being shot.

9:12 Yeah, that's I mean that's another reminder. You know, this is all about how Donald Trump is bad and he's causing all this violence. We You do remember him bleeding on stage because a bullet hit him, right? Like is anybody like I really thought I didn't really think I really hoped that after that event maybe we'd lose this nonsensical hysteria that the rightwing is responsible for all the violence in this country just because there was yeah we could give you dozens of examples which we've done. Yeah, we could prove this case over and over and over again that the leftists have committed many many violent acts in this country and you know the fact that they you know not that the conservatives have never done anything but the numbers are much much different and when you talk about this we could have done that but like when you have a big event a marquee level event where the president of the

10:03 United States is almost murdered multiple times as he's running for office you'd think maybe that would be included in at least a little bit of context here. Hey, you know, the left also shoots Donald Trump. So, you can see how he might be a little sensitive on these things. Nothing. Nothing. It's just how Elon Omar, the wearer of vinegar, is the real hero in this in this tale. It's unbelievable. Try this. As agents helped him up and escorted off the stage, he raised his fist, pumped it at the crowd, and mouthed the words, "Fight, fight, fight." which some say was a powerful symbol of his reaction, which some say uh Times and other reporters noted after being struck uh and brought to cover by Secret Service Trump as ask agents to let him get his shoes.

10:52 Um okay, well before you move off of that, I was watching that of course as probably everybody was. I happened to be watching it on CNN. I was at a hotel. I was watching it at C on CNN and then I was at an airport uh which of course is the main place where people watch CNN and I'm watching CNN and in the moments directly after this they talked about him standing up and saying fight and they said they were concerned that it would cause escalation. His words of that incident might be a something that would make the right wing get violent.

11:27 This is a man who just took a bullet on stage and the fact that he said fight is a concern that the rightwing might get violent in this country. I I I it's impossible to overstate the depravity of this nonsense. Come on. Look, I I was worried for her when this happened. I was I was nervous like I don't You should never do anything even if it's silly. You shouldn't run up and throw a pie in people's face. You shouldn't throw vinegar on their shirt. But we now know what occurred, which was nothing. Thank god it was nothing. But it was nothing.

12:00 Here's But here's why I wasn't concerned about that. If there was something bad, it looks like she was taken care of right away. Didn't get on her or if it did, it got her sweater. If it was something really, really bad, it could have been a real problem. Yeah. But they caught the guy. I know the guy is going to be prosecuted. I know the guy is going to go to jail. I know the system will work on that. And I know the system would have worked if she was, you know, in trouble and and had some problems. the system would work there. I had no doubt that that guy was going to get, you know, caught and he'll probably, you know, end up saving, you know, spending much more time than anybody who tried to do that to a Republican would spend if, uh, you know, if they spent any time at all. Um, so I wasn't concerned. And, you know, one of the reasons why I wasn't concerned, and this was my honest reaction. I said this when I first saw

12:44 it, you know, on radio. Um, look at her. She's a fighter. It might be because she's from Somalia and grew up in a war zone, but, uh, look at her. I mean, she went after this guy. She was She's not She you know, she's not somebody you don't uh that you just you could count out and say, "Oh, well, she's a softy." She's not a softy. It's Elon Omar.

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Glenn Beck (Guest), Stu Burguiere (Guest).

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The discussion focuses on the incident involving Ilhan Omar, where she was approached by an individual who sprayed her with apple cider vinegar, prompting concern and speculation about her safety. The conversation highlights the media's portrayal of the event and examines the nature of the attack, contrasting it with more serious threats faced by public figures while commending Omar's bravery in…

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5 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Ilan Omar, Donald Trump, Minnesota, Detective Inspector Tony Carney, CNN. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Ilhan Omar “attacked?” Here's what the media ISN'T saying"?

The episode runs 13 min; the transcript is about 2,313 words in 27 timestamped sections.

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