Omar ripped for 'inciting violence' after Minneapolis ICE shooting: 'Make sure these people pay'

By Fox News · Fox News

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is facing backlash from critics for encouraging violence after two separate shootings involving federal immigration agents in Portland and Minneapolis last week. Critics have pointed to comments Omar made in a cable television interview accusing ICE of murder, and other things she said this weekend while protesting in Minneapolis. Along with two other House members, she was seen on video visiting a Minneapolis detention facility over the weekend, flanked by a hoard of protesters and ICE hecklers. Another video from the weekend showed Omar riding in the back of a pickup truck leading protesters through Minneapolis streets and telling folks that "we are going to make sure that these people pay for what they have done to us." Omar's recent rhetoric, such as from this past weekend, has led her conservative critics to cry foul, arguing she is "inciting violence." The complaints come amid what people have lamented – particularly after conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death – is an uptick in political assassinations and assassination attempts the country has seen recently. HOUSE REPUBLICAN CALLS FOR HEARING AFTER DEADLY ICE SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS "Ilhan Omar is now on the ground with left-wing protestors in Minneapolis," conservative influencer and housing policy advisor at America First Policy Institute, Benny Johnson, noted over the weekend as Omar marched with folks. "And you guessed it, she’s encouraging violence against ICE." "We are going to show all of them the door out. And we are going to make sure that these people pay for what they have done to us!" Omar can be heard saying to loud cheers while leading marchers from the truck. "We are committed to this resistance!" Conservative activist and Students for Trump founder Ryan Fournier also alleged that Omar was referring to federal agents as "terrorists" during her weekend protesting in Minneapolis. "Enough is enough. Ilhan Omar committed a crime by lying on her immigration papers and…