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Lauren Boebert and Ilhan Omar Extend Feud After Phone Call and No ‘Direct Apology’
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thewrap.coma video surfaced of Boebert (R-Colo.) discussing the time she stood in an elevator beside Omar (D-Minn.) at the Capitol, and a Capitol police officer fearfully ran toward them. (Omar denies that this ever happened.)“I looked to my left and there she is: Ilhan Omar,” Boebert recounted in front of an audience at an event. “And I said, ‘Well, she does not have a backpack, we should be OK.'” She also referred to Omar, the only member of Congress who wears a hijab, as being part of the “Jihad Squad.”Boebert’s comments implying that Omar could be a suicide bomber did not go over well with Democrats.
Nonetheless, Omar said she agreed to speak with Boebert on Monday in hopes of obtaining a “direct apology.”On Friday, Boebert had tweeted an apology.
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