d I remember their attorney said, you know,  I've been doing this for decades, and this is the one state I hate to be assigned to because it is the only state [that the DHS attorney had been assigned to] that has a network that is hard to penetrate,'  Omar said.

 Two months prior to that, we had the extent of that network in our office and our conference room, talking and strategizing about, you know, what our response was going to be in case they targeted us,  she continued.

Omar added:  Somalis are not the people to mess with. 

Piker argued  jealousy  was to blame for why Minneapolis has been at the center of so many national issues in recent years.

 White supremacist forces in this country have decided to target Minneapolis because of the successful Somali American community that has been able to thrive here,  he said.

The event drew widespread condemnation from Republicans and Jewish groups.

 Ilhan Omar knows exactly who Hasan Piker is and what he has said,  John Nagel, Omar's GOP opponent in her midterm election race, fumed on X.

Nagel highlighted some of Piker's most outrageous commentary, including his belief that  America deserved 9/11  and that he'd vote for Hamas over Israel  every single time. 

 This is not outreach. It is the normalization of antisemitism, support for terrorists and contempt for America,  Nagel argued, demanding that prominent state Democrats disavow Omar's appearance with Piker.

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 Peggy Flanagan, Keith Ellison and every Minnesota Democrat must answer: Do they stand with Jewish Minnesotans, or with Ilhan Omar and Hasan Piker?  he said.

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC) said it was  appalled  by Omar's decision to share a stage with Piker.

4 Omar takes the stage for  I'm the Host Now with Omar Fateh  and Piker. HasanAbi/Twitch

4 Piker, Omar and Fateh on stage. HasanAbi/Twitch

 Elevating someone with a longstanding record of antisemitic and hateful rhetoric is a betrayal of Jewish Minnesotans and harmful to the broader public,  the group said in a statement.

 Piker's rhetoric dehumanizes Jews and shifts responsibility for antisemitic violence onto its potential victims,  the JCRC continued.   It deserves unequivocal condemnation from everyone who claims to oppose bigotry and antisemitism. 

Republican gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth was astonished that  Democrat leaders invited a vile anti-American left-wing radical to Minnesota … a week before the election. 

 This is the Democrats (sic) closing message to voters,  Demuth said in a statement.

The event also drew backlash from some in Omar's own party.

 As Democrats, we constantly criticize the far-right for their incendiary and discriminatory politics, but we need to hold ourselves to the same standard,  Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) wrote on X.  Hasan Piker's rhetoric is polarizing and dangerous, and embracing him as a party is a mistake. I am disappointed that Minnesota DFLers are hosting an event with him here. 

A spokesperson for Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who is running for governor in the state, told Jewish Insider:  The senator believes that a number of the statements [Piker] has made are reckless and unacceptable.