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Rep. Boebert apologizes after suggesting Rep. Omar mistaken for a terrorist in Capitol
NBC News ^ | November 26, 2021 | Henry J. Gomez and Garrett Haake

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado; US: Minnesota
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To: Coronal
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41 posted on 11/26/2021 10:18:51 PM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: broken_clock

😀🤗😄


42 posted on 11/26/2021 10:36:47 PM PST by Mark17 (USAF ATCer, Retired. Father of USAF pilot. ATCers & pilots, the quintessential elements of aviation)
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To: Coronal

Perhaps the word she wanted to use was Psychopath!!!


43 posted on 11/26/2021 10:42:17 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: gundog
Somebody said something.

That's what Boebert should have said.

44 posted on 11/26/2021 10:45:56 PM PST by CDB ("Sometimes, even the President of the United States must stand naked--with a diaper"--Bob Dylan)
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To: proust

Primary this pretender!


45 posted on 11/26/2021 11:03:35 PM PST by RetAF_fedUP (Shit Show Joe, "turns his back & abandons Americans" national disgrace! )
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To: Ken H

There it is, in a nutshell!


46 posted on 11/26/2021 11:05:48 PM PST by RetAF_fedUP (Shit Show Joe, "turns his back & abandons Americans" national disgrace! )
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To: Coronal

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...


47 posted on 11/26/2021 11:39:40 PM PST by KingofZion
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To: CDB

Yup.


48 posted on 11/26/2021 11:47:56 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Coronal

Do not get on elevators that have turbans, hijabs, hoodies, sagging pants, colored hair, tattooed faces, or rattlesnakes inside.


49 posted on 11/27/2021 12:45:34 AM PST by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: Manic_Episode
Apologize and then offer Omar the other half of your BLT.

With cheese...


50 posted on 11/27/2021 12:53:59 AM PST by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: Coronal
"I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Omar," Boebert wrote.

Why?

I have reached out to her office to speak with her directly.

Again, why?

52 posted on 11/27/2021 3:40:40 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Coronal

Idiot apologized your first mistake, now there is blood in the water. see ya!


53 posted on 11/27/2021 3:45:12 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Coronal

Should have been one of those “I’m sorry if you’re offended but...”


54 posted on 11/27/2021 3:48:43 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: Coronal

Boebert’s response to Omar’s outrage should’ve been, “Well, some people said some things....”


55 posted on 11/27/2021 3:53:55 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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To: dfwgator
That tells me she’s a phoney.

No real surprise.

56 posted on 11/27/2021 3:56:15 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Coronal

Oh, brother. She apologized to that Muslim freak? Just lost a lot of respect for her.


57 posted on 11/27/2021 4:06:08 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: Coronal

Some Republicans / Conservatives simply can’t keep focused on being Congress ‘critters.

What a jerk.


58 posted on 11/27/2021 5:11:31 AM PST by Fury
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Omar or someone else on the Squad is going to say something controversial

How about "Some people did some things," referring to 9/11.

59 posted on 11/27/2021 6:31:21 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (I'll be good, I will, I will!)
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To: Coronal

Omar IS a terrorist supporter!


60 posted on 11/27/2021 6:55:54 AM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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