Republican Loren Boebert Apologizes for Anti-Muslim Comment against Ilihan Omar.
Yes, Boebert did make an Anti-Muslim Comment. There is a video somewhere. (Hard to believe that anyone who is a Rep in Congress would do something like this)...I hope someone finds the video...Yes, that's who Republicans are. I guess
this one belongs in latest news. Someone can post it there. (The apology came today, and the comment was a few days ago) I saw the video somewhere, it shows Boebert cares nothing about making a joke about a fellow colleague that is Muslim. And that is who she is, and that is what the Republican Party is.
source: The Hill
https://thehill.com/gop-lawmakers/583219-boebert-apologizes-to-muslim-community-after-omar-called-her-out-for-bigotry
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) tweeted an apology to Muslims on Friday after Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) called her out for "anti-Muslim bigotry" over an anecdote she shared in a recent speech.
Hours later, Democratic leadership released a statement blasting Boebert's "Islamophobic and racist comments" and calling on their GOP counterparts to "finally take real action to confront racism.”
In a video of her speech, Boebert tells a story — which Omar says never happened — in which they are in an elevator together and a Capitol Police officer is hurrying toward the elevator as the door is closing.
"I look to my left, and there she is. Ilhan Omar. I said, ‘Well she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine,’” Boebert told the laughing crowd.
Omar called Boebert a "buffoon" in a tweet about the video on Thursday. “Anti-Muslim bigotry isn’t funny & shouldn’t be normalized. Congress can’t be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation,” she wrote.
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