Ilhan Omar has condemned Lauren Boebert for Islamophobic comments and questioned an interaction Boebert claimed occurred in the Capitol building.
At a campaign event, Boebert, who is the Republican representative for Colorado’The Third Congressional District presented a speech where she spoke about an alleged encounter she had with Omar, a fellow congresswoman.
Boebert said: “So the other night on the House floor was not my first jihad squad moment. So I was getting into an elevator with one of my staffers.
“And he and I are – we’re leaving the Capitol. We’re going back to my office and we get in the elevator and I see a Capitol Police officer running hurriedly to the elevator.”
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Boebert stated that the officer looked at him. “fret”on his face, and was reaching for the elevator as the doors were closing.
She continued: “I look to my left and there she is, Ilhan Omar. And I said, well she doesn’t have a backpack. We should be fine.”
Boebert also boasted that Omar was his favorite. “jihad squad”People in the audience could hear them laughing.
However, her version of events have been discredited by Omar who said that no such interaction occurred and she’s making it up because “bigotry gets her clout”.
Omar sent this tweet: “Fact, this buffoon looks down when she sees me at the Capitol, this whole story is made up. Sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout.
“Anti-Muslim bigotry isn’t funny & shouldn’t be normalized. Congress can’t be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation.”
Boebert’s comments have been widely condemned for being racist, Islamaphobic and bigoted.