Democrat Ilhan Omar sprayed by unknown substance during speech in Minneapolis

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A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground on january 27 during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson tells us more about the current political climate in the country from Washington.