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"You and your people are a stain. Shame on you for taking advantage of America. You should return back. That's America and America law."

"Fake [expletive] lying Muslim. You are all of our nightmares. Go be Muslim in Middle East where it belongs."

Those are a sample of some of the tweets and messages directed at state Rep. Ilhan Omar, DFL-Minneapolis, during her first term in the Minnesota Legislature.

Omar told MPR News the tweets are often directed at her identity as a woman, a refugee from Somalia or a Muslim.

"If these conversations were about a piece of legislation that I am working on then we can engage in debate about that," Omar said. "If it is about ideas that I have, we can have conversations about that. But my identity is not up for debate."

Omar said she's also learned not to let the hateful messages affect her. But she has reported some of the more threatening messages to Capitol police. One said, "Your family should have had an honor killing."

Omar responded, "There is no honor in killing. Luckily my family and faith taught me to love, not hate, so I will pray for you."

"It is important for these people to know that their intentions of making me fearful or silencing me are not going to happen."

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Minnesota's first Somali-American state lawmaker says her high-profile status has made her a target of hate for some social media trolls.

"You and your people are a stain."
 
That's one of the tweets that has been directed at a member of the Minnesota Legislature, DFL Rep. Ilhan Omar. Omar is the first Somali-American Muslim lawmaker in state history.  She's gotten some national attention for that - she was in Time magazine and on The Daily Show - which has led to more comments on social media. Rep. Omar also has plenty of supporters who praise her on Twitter, but the negative comments have a striking level of vitriol. 
 
Rep. Omar spoke about this with MPR News' Tom Weber.

Rep. Ilhan Omar won't let social media attacks derail her

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