Posted on 11/26/2021 7:46:22 PM PST by Coronal
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., apologized Friday after video emerged of her suggesting that fellow Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was mistaken for a terrorist in an elevator both were riding in the U.S. Capitol.
Omar, who is Muslim and wears a hijab, immediately criticized the video Thursday as "bigotry," adding that Boebert's description of the two members of Congress riding an elevator together never occurred.
Boebert said she and a staffer were in an open elevator and noticed an alarmed Capitol police officer sprinting for the door as it closed.
“What's happening? I look to my left, and there she is: Ilhan Omar,” Boebert said. “And I said, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine.”
Boebert’s audience can be heard on the video clapping and cheering in approval before she continued her anti-Muslim riff. “So we only had one floor to go,” Boebert added. “I said, ‘Oh look, the jihad squad decided to show up for work today.’”
In a Friday afternoon tweet, Boebert expressed regret for her remarks.
"I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Omar," Boebert wrote. "I have reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction." Boebert, who is known for incendiary rhetoric, appeared in the video to be addressing a group of supporters as she launched into what she said was a “jihad squad” moment at the U.S. Capitol.
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Never apologize (especially to muslims)
Why apologize when you’re right?
I was sure this would be the Bee...
Yep.
Never apologize. Remember 9-1-1. Has Omar apologized?
Now, if she suggested that about a parent challenging a school board member, that would be okay.
It was a joke. Never apologize to a Jihadist.
Pretty funny. Because over the last 50 years, some 95% of suicide bombings have been muslims.
NEVER apologize to that azz wipe, American hating communist!
Thanks a lot Boebart. Now apologize to us for apologizing to enemies foreign and domestic.
I guarantee you by the end of this year Omar or someone else on the Squad is going to say something controversial and not a peep will be uttered.
Leftists are more upset about this than the Wisconsin murders.
She *IS* a terrorist! Don’t apologize!
Hell, she’s worse than a terrorist. Terrorists are usually one and done. Omar’s going to terrorize us over and over.
Mistaken? She is one.
What an embarrassment, what a waste of taxpayer dollars
If the shoe fits….
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