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November 30, 2021

Rep. Ilhan Omar Hangs Up on Rep. Lauren Boebert, Who Joked Omar Was Suicide Bomber
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Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and other Democratic lawmakers are
calling on Republican leaders to hold Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert
accountable for recent hateful and Islamophobic comments. So far House
Minority leader Kevin Mc Carthy has refused the request. In a video
posted to Twitter last week that's since gone viral, Boebert called Omar
- one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress - a member of
the "Jihad Squad", and joked that she was a suicide bomber. On Monday
Congresswoman Omar confirmed she abruptly ended a phone call with
Boebert,  after Boebert refused to publicly apologize for her remarks.
Omar tweeted QUOTE, "There is only so much grace we can extend to others
as humans before we must learn to cut our losses - or hang up on someone
in this case."


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