In Washington, D.C., Minnesota state House Representative-elect Ilhan Omar says she was attacked by a cab driver, who called her ”ISIS” and threatened to rip off her hijab as she was leaving a policy training at the White House. Omar recently made history by being elected to be the nation’s first Somali-American lawmaker. She wrote on Facebook Wednesday that the attack was “the most hateful, derogatory, islamophobic, sexist taunts and threats I have ever experienced. … I am still shaken by this incident and can’t wrap my head around how bold [people] are becoming in displaying their hate towards Muslims.”
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