Don Samuels on Rep. Omar: 'You're Not Cute Enough. You Don't Dress Well Enough. Nothing About You Is Attractive Enough.'

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When former Minneapolis City Council Member Don Samuels announced his 2024 primary rematch against U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar earlier this month, he told WCCO Radio that the Fifth District congresswoman “hasn’t helped herself... she has made missteps.” (Samuels fell just 2% shy of a DFL primary win against Omar last year.) That last election saw Samuels make a cringey gaffe when, confronted by a critic about the accidental 2021 drowning of a North Side child who was under his supervision, he tweeted "Can’t swim but can govern."

Now the veteran politician is back with more unfortunate things to say. Appearing on The Break Down podcast last week, Samuels responded to a question about Omar's "lack of townhalls" with:

To see government not be responsive like that, to the people that pay them, it is offensive to me. And to not be responsive and available to those people, to meet with them and find out what their concerns are and to answer their tough questions? To not get back to people on the phone? Who do you think you are? And who do you think you're working for? You're not cute enough, you don't dress well enough, nothing about you is attractive enough to overcome that deficit.

Co-host Becky Scherr, a former staffer for U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, bravely pushed back by stating… just kidding! She said she "completely agrees" with the aggressively sexist critique.