Suggesting her Muslim colleague is a terrorist is apparently regular material in Lauren Boebert‘s pathetic, unfunny standup act. The Colorado lawmaker was filmed in September telling a near-identical story to the one she told over Thanksgiving weekend about riding in a Capitol Hill elevator with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and …
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Democratic leadership condemned Islamophobic remarks made by Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) where she suggested Omar was a terrorist and called her a member of the “jihad squad.” “Racism and bigotry of any form, including Islamophobia, must always be called out, confronted and condemned … …
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Only a handful of House Republicans commented on President Trump’s recent racist attacks against a group of congresswomen of color. On Tuesday, all 197 of them are going to have to weigh in. Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) has introduced a resolution to condemn Trump’s “racist comments toward Members of Congress,” …
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In an interview with the New York Times published Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-NY) dismissed the influence of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the four breakout freshman lawmakers who last month voted against a GOP- and Democratic leadership-backed $4.6 billion …
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