Brother labels suspect who attacked Ilhan Omar a 'right-wing extremist' who has hated Somalis for decades

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 28 January 2026 13:33 EST


The man accused of attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Tuesday evening town hall meeting in Minnesota is a “piece of s**t” with lifelong anger issues who has been fixated on the Somali-born lawmaker – and the Somali diaspora in general – for years, his younger brother told The Independent.

“I’m not surprised this happened,” Anthony James Kazmierczak’s brother said Wednesday morning in a phone interview from his home in North Carolina. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”

Kazmierczak, a 55-year-old Minneapolis resident, is “just a different person than I am,” according to the brother, who said he has been estranged from his sibling for the past four years. The Independent agreed not to name the brother, who said he has begun receiving death threats.

“I believe in helping people,” Kazmierczak’s brother, 52, went on. “He believes in blaming people.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/ilhan-omar-attack-anthony-kazmierczak-brother-b2909613.html

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We have seen many DUers describe living with the same situation within their own families.

[Aristus]

1. I keep wondering what this pathetic loser could have accomplished in his life

if he had actually applied himself to something other than 'hating Somalis'.

[erronis]

2. It must be horrible to be the brother and the son of such vile people.

Fortunately my family is all like minded and liberal.

[ybbor]

5. Lucky you

I have a sibling that I’ve blocked, and only say hello at family gatherings. My in-laws keep telling my wife and me that we need to “just wait” to see all the amazing progress that will be made. Unfortunately, I see them fairly often and have to hold my tongue because of my wife’s wish to maintain a relationship with them. So count yourself very lucky.

[erronis]

6. I do. And strength be with you.

[ck4829]

3. Good on the brother, sorry he is going through this.

[BidenRocks]

4. This guy read the tea leaves and got the hell out of Dodge!

Total disconnect. I can respect that.

If every relative reported a relative they felt was capable of violence due to being a nut, we would have 1/2 of the census to investigate. I'm glad he spoke up.