Omar on July 29 shared a post by actor Tom Arnold celebrating the assault against Paul that occurred at his home in 2017.
“Imagine being Rand Paul’s next door neighbor and having to deal with @RandPaul lying cowardly circular whiney bullcrap about lawn clippings. No wonder he ripped his toupee off,” Arnold wrote.
Doug Stafford, a strategist for Paul, said that Omar showed with the promotion of the missive that she supports violence.
Sergio Gor, part of Paul’s team, said on Twitter of Omar retweeting Arnold: “Shameful behavior from one of the LEADING voices & faces of the dem party. Why is @IlhanMN retweeting this abhorrent tweet? We should never tolerate violence or promote it!”
Paul’s Offer
Omar’s promotion of Arnold’s celebration of violence came after Paul offered her money to travel to Somalia, where she was born.He said that Omar was “ungrateful” for what America has given her.
“Well, she came here and we fed her, we clothed her, she got welfare, she got [schooling], she got healthcare, and then, lo and behold, she has the honor of actually winning a seat in Congress, and she says we’re a terrible country? I think that’s about as ungrateful as you can get.”
Paul said that he would chip in for Omar’s plane ticket to Somalia.
“I think she can look and maybe learn a little bit about the disaster that is Somalia—that has no capitalism, has no God-given rights guaranteed in a constitution, and has about seven different tribes that have been fighting each other for the last 40 years,” he said.
“And then maybe after she’s visited Somalia for a while, she might come back and appreciate America more.”