By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-09-17 18:56:38 | Updated at 2026-09-17 19:56:29
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A man who sprayed apple cider vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during a town hall event in January was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Friday.
Assailant Anthony Kazmierczak accepted the sentence as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Minneapolis.
The 56-year-old will also serve three years on supervised release, preventing him as well from any contact with the “Squad” congresswoman.
The Minnesota maniac had hinted at the mystery liquid attack in a cryptic exchange with his neighbor, during which he said, “I might get arrested,” when attending an Omar-hosted town hall.
Kazmierczak charged the podium during the Minneapolis event and squirted a mix of water and apple cider vinegar out of a syringe at the Democratic lawmaker, shouting that she was “splitting Minnesota apart.”
Omar’s security detail subdued him, and he was subsequently arrested and charged with assaulting a US officer.
No one was injured, but Minneapolis Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw, who was in attendance and got sprayed with some of the vinegar, ended up vomiting later.
At the time, the Twin Cities were experiencing unrest due to the surge of federal immigration agents conducting removal operations — and civilian demonstrations in response to those actions.
Asked in a subsequent court hearing about the reason for it, the man was only able to tell a federal judge: “It’s fuzzy,” according to the Associated Press. His brother described Kazmierczak as a “right-wing extremist.”
He’d also made online posts supportive of President Trump and antagonistic to former President Joe Biden.
“The man that attacked me was specifically upset that Trump’s order to deport Somalis was not yielding enough deportations of Somalis,” Omar told reporters later at a press conference.
“He wanted to come get the person he thought was protecting the Somalis,” she added.
Kazmierczak has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s and “heavily medicated” following a car wreck that impacted his spine years ago, his neighbor told The Post.
The defendant’s sentencing memo also listed struggles with alcohol abuse and “a history of mental and emotional health concerns,” the AP reported.
