Ilhan Omar shares tweet mocking violence against GOP senator

Hasan alleged that Paul misled his followers by claiming that Omar thinks America is a “terrible country,” and went on to criticize Paul’s family, travel history, and supported policies.

Arnold’s tweet was an apparent reference a 2017 incident, in which Rene Boucher, Paul’s neighbor in Bowling Green, Kentucky, attacked him over a disagreement about lawn refuse. Boucher pleaded guilty to the assault, which left Paul with six cracked ribs, bruised lungs, and a “living hell” of pain.

Boucher, a retired doctor and a Democrat, claimed that the attack was not politically motivated, citing a burgeoning pile of lawn trimmings on their property line that caused him to become “irate.”

Paul missed several congressional sessions in the wake of the attack and sued Boucher for medical and attorney fees. A jury awarded Paul $580,000 in response to the civil suit in January. Boucher was further sentenced in criminal court to 30 days in prison and one year of supervised release.

Some other members of the Republican Party came to Paul’s defense Monday. Among them was New York Rep. Lee Zeldin, who said, “Ilhan Omar’s brilliant Monday idea is RTing this celebration of a violent physical assault on a fellow Member of Congress who was actually attacked. Incredibly gross.”

Zeldin further told the Washington Examiner that “Rep. Omar’s eagerness to help celebrate violent physical assaults on colleagues in Congress is wholly unacceptable. Speaker Pelosi, who is currently on a CODEL with Rep. Omar right now, should speak out and hold her members to the same standards to which she loves to hold others. The double standards at play with which she calibrates her moral compass is sick.”

Donald Trump, Jr. further stated, “Congresswoman Ilhan Omar retweeting calls for political violence against @randpaul. I’m not surprised, and look forward to the forthcoming silence from the media on the issue.”