No Holds Barred in the U.S. Congress? Another video shows Rep. Lauren Boebert suggesting Rep. Ilhan Omar was terrorist

CNN reports that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) suggested to a crowd last September that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), whom she called “black-hearted” and “evil,” was a terrorist. She also said that she felt safe around Omar because the Democrat wasn’t wearing a backpack while they were in an elevator together. It was another instance in which Boebert suggested Omar, who is Muslim and wears a hijab, was a terrorist.

On Monday, the two lawmakers sent dueling statements about a phone call between the pair set up by Boebert after she apologized last week to “to anyone in the Muslim community I offended,” when similar comments surfaced on social media.

The video of Boebert’s anti-Muslim comments, made in New York at a September Staten Island Conservative Party dinner, were posted on Facebook that month by an attendee. Rep. Boebert suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar was terrorist in anti-Muslim remarks at event “One of my I staffers, on his first day with me, got into an elevator in the Capitol. And in that elevator, we were joined by Ilhan Omar,” Boebert told the crowd in September. “It was just us three in there and I looked over and I said, well, lookey there, it’s the Jihad Squad. “She doesn’t have a backpack, she wasn’t dropping it and running so we’re good,” Boebert adds, through laughter and applause from the crowd. At the September event, Boebert also disparaged Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Minnesota, another Muslim member of Congress. “Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. These are just black-hearted evil women,” Boebert said.

Yesterday, Boebert and Omar spoke on the phone. “I have reflected on my previous remarks, now as a strong Christian woman who values faith deeply I never want anything I say to offend someone’s religion,” Boebert said in a video posted to Instagram. Boebert said Omar asked her to publicly apologize which she would not do and instead challenged Omar to issue an apology of her own for some of the comments she has made in the past.

After the call, Omar appeared with Reps. Andre Carson and Rashida Tlaib, the two other Muslim members of the House, calling on Republican leadership to condemn Boebert for her conduct. During the press conference, Omar shared a graphic voicemail she says she received hours after her phone call with Boebert:

“We see you Muslim sand [n-word] b****. We know what you’re up to. You’re all about taking over our country. Don’t worry, there’s plenty that will love the opportunity to take you off the face of this f****** Earth. Come get it, b****, you f****** Muslim piece of s***. You jihadist. We know what you are. You’re a f****** traitor. You will not live much longer,” a male voice is heard saying. The message goes on to talk about “we the people” “rising up” and Omar appearing before a military tribunal.

Representative Omar released the following statement about the controversy.

KJ