03-12-2021, 09:55 AM
Lydia O'Connor
Fri, 3 December 2021, 6:38 am
More than three dozen progressive House Democrats are calling for the chamber to strip Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) of her committee assignments in response to her Islamophobic remarks about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
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During a House debate last month, Boebert called Omar a “jihad squad member,” insinuating she was a terrorist. It wasn’t the first time she made such inflammatory remarks about Omar, who is one of only three Muslim lawmakers in Congress. At an event in September, Boebert joked about she and a staffer being in an elevator with Omar, whom she referred to as “jihad squad”: “She doesn’t have a backpack, she wasn’t dropping it and running, so we’re good.” In Colorado last month, she told constituents a similar tale, this time saying a Capitol Police officer with “sweat all over his face” had recently rushed toward her just after she stepped into an elevator with Omar, who she assumed could be a terrorist.
Better to read full report at: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/house-democrat...31548.html
Fri, 3 December 2021, 6:38 am
More than three dozen progressive House Democrats are calling for the chamber to strip Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) of her committee assignments in response to her Islamophobic remarks about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
......
During a House debate last month, Boebert called Omar a “jihad squad member,” insinuating she was a terrorist. It wasn’t the first time she made such inflammatory remarks about Omar, who is one of only three Muslim lawmakers in Congress. At an event in September, Boebert joked about she and a staffer being in an elevator with Omar, whom she referred to as “jihad squad”: “She doesn’t have a backpack, she wasn’t dropping it and running, so we’re good.” In Colorado last month, she told constituents a similar tale, this time saying a Capitol Police officer with “sweat all over his face” had recently rushed toward her just after she stepped into an elevator with Omar, who she assumed could be a terrorist.
Better to read full report at: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/house-democrat...31548.html