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A Minneapolis man admitted Thursday that he used a syringe to 

 Rep. Ilhan Omar with vinegar at a town hall event earlier this year.

 with federal prosecutors calls for Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, to spend eight to 14 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer. U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen has the final say on sentencing. 

Omar, a DFLer, was speaking to constituents at the Urban League in north Minneapolis on Jan. 27, where she called for then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign following the killings by immigration agents of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. 

Kazmierczak moved toward the lectern and squirted a liquid on her from a syringe. The substance turned out to be apple cider vinegar. 

“I assume you don’t just walk around at all times with a syringe,” Ericksen said. “Did you bring the syringe to the meeting intending to use it in the manner that you ultimately did?”

“Do you have disagreements with Rep. Omar’s views?” the judge asked. 

Omar was not injured and resumed speaking. Security guards tackled Kazmierczak and police arrested him. Kazmierczak has been held in pretrial detention at the Shurburne County Jail since the incident.

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