Democratic Congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) called out Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) over an anti-Muslim story she told to her constituents over the Thanksgiving weekend.
According to Boebert she was getting on an elevator at the Capitol with a member of her staff when they saw a worried Capitol Police officer running towards them. Boebert said she looked to her left and saw Omar on the elevator and told the officer, ‘well she doesn’t have a backpack, we should be fine.”
She also called Omar a member of the “jihad squad” because she is Muslim, while her audience laughed.
After the video went viral Omar responded, saying Boebert’s story is “made up.”
“Fact, this buffoon looks down when she sees me at the Capitol, this whole story is made up. Sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout,” Omar said. “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.”
