Controversial Rep. Lauren Boehbert is under the microscope for implying that Rep. Ilham Omar is a suicide bomber. Omar is among one of two Muslim women in Congress, and she is a frequent target for Republicans, so Boebert thought she’d whip her hateful supporters into a frenzy by making a disgusting joke. Boebert apologized, but the apology rings hollow since she has targeted Omar and other members of ‘The Squad” before. And she said she would reach out to Omar, and apparently, she did, but it didn’t go down well.
Boebert said in an Instagram video Monday that she organized the call with Omar because she “wanted to let her know directly that I had reflected on my previous remarks.”
“Now, as a strong, Christian woman who values faith deeply, I never want anything I say to offend someone’s religion. So I told her that. Even after I put out a public statement to that effect, she said that she still wanted a public apology because what I had done wasn’t good enough. So I reiterated to her what I had just said,” Boebert continued.
“She kept asking for a public apology, so I told Ilhan Omar that she should make a public apology to the American people for her anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti-police rhetoric. She continued to press, and I continued to press back. And then, Representative Omar hung up on me.”
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Omar issued a statement to explain what happened.
“Today I graciously accepted a call from Rep. Lauren Boebert in the hope of receiving a direct apology for falsely claiming she met me in an elevator, suggesting I was a terrorist, and for a history of anti-Muslim hate,” Omar said in a statement.
“Instead of apologizing for her Islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, Rep. Boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. She instead doubled down on her rhetoric and I decided to end the unproductive call.”
You can read her complete statement below:
Rep. Omar’s statement on her conversation with Rep. Lauren Boebert. pic.twitter.com/B5JJVijXKI
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) November 29, 2021
GOP leadership has failed to hold Boebert responsible for her dangerous rhetoric. How do you expect someone to accept an apology after calling them a terrorist, then tell them that they are “anti-American”?
Featured image via Gage Skidmore/Flickr, under Creative Commons license 2.0
