Rep. Lauren Boebert appears to suggest that Rep. Ilhan Omar was mistaken for a terrorist in an elevator in the U.S. Capitol both were riding, according to an undated video that surfaced on social media this week.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 27, 2021.Garrett Haake
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. “Anti-Muslim bigotry isn’t funny & shouldn’t be normalized,” she added. “Congress can’t be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation.”
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