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Guardian contributor Jared Goyette has a dispatch from Minnesota, where protesters faced off as Donald Trump made a Tax Day visit:

If Minnesota is to be a battleground state in the 2020 election, it felt like the lines were clearly drawn Monday as boisterous, dueling crowds faced off in Minneapolis while Donald Trump made an appearance for Tax Day.

The two crowds – those supporting Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and those backing the president – seemed to have little in common, besides their use of American flags and their state of residency. The Trump supporters were older and whiter and included a contingent of leather clad “Bikers for Trump”, as well as at least three “Q” signs, a reference to the rightwing conspiracy theory.

The president’s fans were relatively subdued, only mustering a few half-hearted yells of “fake news” at the journalists in the crowd.

Young women wearing hijabs led chants on the other side, which was a younger and more diverse crowd that sang and spoke out about the escalating attacks on Omar.

Asma Mohammed, 26, walked in front of the line of Omar supporters, using a bullhorn to lead a chant of “What do we do when Ilhan’s under attack? Stand up, fight back.”

“I came here to support my sister Ilhan,” she told the Guardian. “She’s been under attack and she’s been facing death threats consistently, but even more so after Trump tweeted things about her that make her seem like she sympathizing with terrorists.”

Mohammed said Omar was more than just a political figure to her: “She is my sister, as Minnesotans, she is my sister as another woman of faith, as another woman who wears a hijab and faces that kind of hate on the daily.”