Man arrested in the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar is a Trump supporter with a criminal history: The man who sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday night is a convicted felon who had made online posts supportive of Trump. The attack came during a town hall in Minneapolis, right after Omar had called for the abolishment of ICE and for Secretary Noem to resign or face impeachment.