Ilhan Omar Among Many Congressional Leaders Receiving Death Threats

A U.S. Capitol police SWAT team officer escorts members of Congress and congressional staff from the scene after a gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress during a baseball practice near Washington in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 14, 2017. Joshua Roberts/REUTERS

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) shared an anonymous death threat that she received claiming she would most likely be killed at the Minnesota State Fair.

In this polarized political climate, violent threats and attacks against U.S. members of congress have increased.