Ilhan Omar November 26, 2021īoebert later apologized to “anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment,” but has yet to publicly apologize to Omar, and went on to accuse Omar of anti-American rhetoric in a phone call the two had earlier this week, according to a statement she later made.īoebert’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Congress can’t be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation. Sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout.Īnti-Muslim bigotry isn’t funny & shouldn’t be normalized. (Omar has said she never witnessed Boebert have this exchange with an officer.)įact, this buffoon looks down when she sees me at the Capitol, this whole story is made up. This week, it was reported that Boebert has told this story in public more than once. In her comments at the November event, Boebert said they had nothing to fear from the Democrat because she wasn’t wearing a backpack, insinuating that Omar could have been a suicide bomber. Over the Thanksgiving recess, Boebert again made anti-Muslim remarks in a speech, claiming that once while riding an elevator Omar was on, she saw a worried Capitol Police officer approaching. “The Jihad Squad member from Minnesota has paid her husband, and not her brother husband, the other one, over a million dollars in campaign funds,” she said in her remarks. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), one of three Muslim House lawmakers and the only one to wear a hijab, as a member of the “jihad squad.” Two weeks ago during a floor speech, Boebert referred to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), an uncomfortable reminder of how accepted Islamophobia has become among Republican lawmakers, who’ve broadly been silent in the wake of these statements. Congressional leaders are struggling to respond to anti-Muslim comments made by Rep.
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