BY JOE KELLY
The FBI is investigating graffiti on a bathroom stall that read "Assassinate Ilhan Omar", which was posted on Instagram on Feb. 22 and retweeted by Rep. Ilhan Omar herself, according to KARE 11.
The graffiti was found in a Holiday gas station bathroom in Rogers, Minnesota, the Instagram poster told the Star Tribune. On Sunday, the FBI said they and other agencies were aware of the matter and are looking further into the case, KARE 11 reported.
The Associated Press reported that Omar came under heavy criticism on Friday for remarks that were deemed anti-Semitic. Omar was also targeted by a poster in Charleston, West Virginia, which depicted her in front of the burning World Trade Center towers on 9/11, according to the Associated Press.
"No wonder why I am on the 'Hitlist' of a domestic terrorist and 'Assassinate Ilhan Omar' is written on my local gas stations," Omar tweeted on Friday. "The GOP's anti-Muslim display likening me to a terrorist rocks in state capitols and no one is condemning them!"
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