After US Rep. Lauren Boebert, R- Colo., told a story, US Rep. Ilhan Omar, D- Minn., told CNN "State of the Union" host Jake Tapper that she has received too many death threats to count.
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"There's a general fear that I have, my staff has, and the community at large has," he said. We hear from so many people that their children's hijabs have been pulled off. My daughters have experienced this. I have experienced this as a young person.
A video of Boebert speaking at a campaign event began circulating on social media on November 25 and showed her telling a story about a run-in she had with a person. Boebert said that as she and a staffer stepped into an elevator with Omar, a Capitol Police officer ran toward the elevator with "fret all over his face."
She doesn't have a backpack. Boebert told the officer that they should be fine. "Oh look, the Jihad squad decided to show up for work today," she said.
November 25, 2021.
Boebert apologized to anyone in the Muslim community that she offended with her comments and said she reached out to speak with the person.
Boebert's apology was insincere and she should be reprimanded for her Islamaphobic comments, according to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA.
On Wednesday, a second video surfaced of Boebert suggesting at a September campaign event that he was a suicide bomber.
House Republicans will not take action against Boebert, even though House Democrats have called for her to be stripped of her committee assignments. In her interview with Tapper, she called McCarthy a liar and a hypocrite, and Boebert's comments "shocking" and "unbecoming of a congresswoman."
As leaders, we have a responsibility. Boebert knows that the language that she's using, the audience that she's using it for, is going to cause violence against myself and my community.''
