The resolution follows Boebert’s repeated use of anti-Muslim remarks aimed at Omar, one of the first two Muslim women (along with Tlaib) to serve in Congress.
Nearly a dozen House Democrats introduced a resolution Wednesday to strip Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., of her committee assignments over anti-Muslim remarks aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy declined to punish Boebert for making them., which is being co-sponsored by Reps. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., Cori Judy Chu, D-Calif., Jesús “Chuy” García, D-Ill., Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., Pramila Jayapal D-Wash., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.
The resolution follows Boebert’s repeated use of anti-Muslim remarks aimed at Omar, one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress.that emerged last month, the Colorado lawmaker compared Omar to a terrorist. “Well, she doesn’t have a backpack. We should be fine,” Boebert said about a time she allegedly shared an elevator with Omar. Boebert also called Omar a member of the "jihad squad.
“For a member of Congress to repeatedly use hateful, anti-Muslim rhetoric and Islamophobic tropes towards a Muslim colleague is dangerous,” Pressley said at a press conference announcing the resolution. “This sort of toxic behavior has no place in the halls of Congress and it diminishes the honor of the institution that we all serve in.”“Enough is enough," Pressley continued.
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