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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Perhaps the word she wanted to use was Psychopath!!!
That's what Boebert should have said.
Primary this pretender!
There it is, in a nutshell!
There is no reason to apologize until Omar apologizes to all the Jews she offends on a daily basis with her antisemetic comments.
(1) The comment was funny
(2) It was funny because it was accurate
(3) Omar has never condemned suicide bombers
If the shoe fits...
Yup.
Do not get on elevators that have turbans, hijabs, hoodies, sagging pants, colored hair, tattooed faces, or rattlesnakes inside.
Why?
I have reached out to her office to speak with her directly.
Again, why?
Idiot apologized your first mistake, now there is blood in the water. see ya!
Should have been one of those “I’m sorry if you’re offended but...”
Boebert’s response to Omar’s outrage should’ve been, “Well, some people said some things....”
No real surprise.
Oh, brother. She apologized to that Muslim freak? Just lost a lot of respect for her.
Some Republicans / Conservatives simply can’t keep focused on being Congress ‘critters.
What a jerk.
How about "Some people did some things," referring to 9/11.
Omar IS a terrorist supporter!
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