Rep. Ilhan Omar, who wanted to abolish police, now blames police for 'lawlessness' in Minneapolis

Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) attacked Minneapolis police officers over the weekend, blaming law enforcement for the sustained spike in violent crime in Minneapolis by claiming they have failed to fulfill their job duties.

Omar's head-scratching claim was made during a town hall event on Saturday.

"What we must also recognize is that the reduction in policing currently in our city and the lawlessness that is happening is due to two things," Omar claimed.

The far-left Democrat said the aforementioned lawlessness should be blamed on police officers not doing their jobs and a lack of accountability over law enforcement.

"One, the police have chosen to not fulfill their oath of office and to provide the public safety they are owed to the citizens they serve. Right? It's documented," Omar claimed. "But even before that it was documented: The Minneapolis Police Department is the most dysfunctional police department in our state and probably in the country."

"The second part is that there has to be accountability, and someone that is actually taking responsibility for what the police does [sic] and doesn't [sic] do. And that doesn't exist in this moment," she continued. "And I do believe that the current charter that we have does tie the hands of those who want to have that accountability because we are mandated to have a specific amount of policing. We are mandated to have the kind of this union contract that you have right now."