The congresswoman pledged to keep speaking. People close to her said the substance smelled "terrible" and called on her to "go get checked."

Ilhan Omar was attacked by a man who sprayed a liquid while lunging at her before being detained at a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Omar was speaking to constituents in her district, which includes much of Minneapolis,

A man wearing a black jacket has been tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday

Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar was attacked with an unknown substance at a town hall she was hosting on Tuesday, when an audience member used a syringe to spray liquid at her, Minneapolis police said.

A man charged at Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar and sprayed a foul-smelling liquid on her during a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday (January 27) as she condemned the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota.

A man shouts at U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after spraying her, during a town hall meeting days after a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him,

During a town hall event in Minneapolis, a man sprayed Rep. Ilhan Omar with an unknown substance. LeeAnne Lowry. More Videos

A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance at Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar during a town-hall meeting she was hosting Tuesday in Minneapolis.