{"id":1599719,"date":"2022-08-10T17:25:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T21:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599719"},"modified":"2022-08-10T17:25:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T21:25:15","slug":"dem-mayor-blasts-rep-ilhan-omar-for-sending-vitriolic-tweets-and-being-mean-spirited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-mayor-blasts-rep-ilhan-omar-for-sending-vitriolic-tweets-and-being-mean-spirited\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Mayor Blasts Rep. Ilhan Omar For \u2018Sending Vitriolic Tweets\u2019 And \u2018Being Mean-Spirited\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-mayor-blasts-rep-ilhan-omar-for-sending-vitriolic-tweets-and-being-mean-spirited%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599719&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jacob-frey-scaled-e1660164060174.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called out Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s public posture Tuesday, shortly after she narrowly survived a primary challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Frey, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/10\/ilhan-omar-survives-moderate-primary-challenge-minneapolis-minnesota\/\">endorsed<\/a> former Minneapolis City Councilman and Board of Education member Don Samuels in the primary, criticized Omar during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/video\/1103332\">Fox 9 KMSP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a massive shift over these last couple of years. This basically went from 20 points down to about dead even. That should send a message to any elected official, that they have to work with a broad set of their constituency,\u201d Frey said.<\/p>\n<p>Samuels, who ran a campaign centered on public safety, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/08\/09\/us\/elections\/results-minnesota-us-house-district-5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lost by fewer than 2,500 votes<\/a> despite being out-raised by more than $1.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also seemingly called out the behavior of the representative, stating the position is \u201cnot just about sending vitriolic tweets and being mean-spirited,\u201d but rather \u201cworking with people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mayor Jacob Frey did not hold back in an interview with me tonight, after the pro-police democratic candidate he supported <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonSamuelsMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonSamuelsMN<\/a> lost the fifth congressional race tonight to incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IlhanMN<\/a> . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rLWiycPQYs\">https:\/\/t.co\/rLWiycPQYs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Courtney Godfrey (@courtneygodfrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/courtneygodfrey\/status\/1557219729558978561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Frey also alleged that Omar refused to meet with him and his team, even blowing off a planned meeting in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve even gone to visit her in D.C. and she\u2019s stood up meetings. It\u2019s unfortunate,\u201d he said, explaining that it was \u201cone of the reasons\u201d he supported Samuels.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/murder-rate-increase-2020-police-fbi-report-crime\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Murder Increased Nationwide By Record Rate In 2020 As Police Employment Fell, FBI Report Shows)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/rep-omar-endorses-2-frey-opponents-for-minneapolis-mayor\">endorsed<\/a> two different challengers to Frey during the mayor\u2019s successful 2021 re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor did bring up Omar\u2019s support for defunding Minneapolis Police during the interview. Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/ilhan-omar-votes-abolish-minneapolis-police-department\/\">voted<\/a> in November 2021 in support of an amendment to the Minneapolis City Charter that would eliminate a provision requiring a minimum number of police. The amendment was a prerequisite to defunding police.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, Frey faced <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/06\/jacob-frey-defund-minneapolis-police-department\/\">criticism<\/a> from left-wing activists for opposing abolishing the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2021\/11\/02\/minneapolis-police-ballot-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ballot measure<\/a> in 2021 to officially abolish the department failed, but the Minneapolis City Council voted to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/10\/minneapolis-city-council-police-department-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slash $8 millions in funding<\/a> the same year. Minneapolis <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/25\/residents-crowdfunding-cops\/\">tallied<\/a> its highest yearly murder total in more than 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called out Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s public posture Tuesday, shortly after she narrowly survived a primary challenge.Frey, who endorsed former Minneapolis City Councilman and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1599719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1599719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1599719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1599719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1599719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}