Protesters rally against Ilhan Omar during her speech at LA event

[DonViejo]

Hundreds of people gathered outside a Muslim-American civil rights group's Los Angeles fundraising event where Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was giving a speech Saturday, the Associated Press reports.

The details: The protesters accused Omar of saying anti-Semitic remarks, according to ABC News7. Protesters held signs saying "burn the Koran," "Ilhan Omar go to hell," and “shame on you terrorists" at the Council of American-Islamic Relations of Greater Los Angeles event, a Los Angeles Daily News Ariella Plachta said in a Twitter post.

"A mix of MAGA hats, Jewish community members and Evangelical pro-Israel types," Plachta? tweeted.

A small group of counter-protesters displayed signs at the Woodland Hills event declaring "I stand with Ilhan." They told told ABC News7 the 37-year-old freshman Democrat was being unfairly targeted because she's black and Muslim.

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1. Omar herself addressed the protest and it was awesome

Omar received a standing ovation during her event. She told the crowd she found the protest ironic since many cite her religion as being oppressive to women.

"Today they gather outside to protest a Muslim woman who is in Congress," Omar said.

Indeed, Rep. Omar. Indeed.