"Instead of apologizing for her Islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, Rep. Lauren Boebert Lauren Boebert Photos of the Week: Schumer, ASU protest and sea turtles Omar to accept award Saturday as American Muslim Public Servant of 2021 GOP infighting takes stupid to a whole new level MORE in the hope of receiving a direct apology for falsely claiming she met me in an elevator, suggesting I was a terrorist, and for a history of anti-Muslim hate," Omar said in a statement. "Today, I graciously accepted a call from Rep. Omar has denied that this situation occurred.Īfter video of the Colorado congresswoman's comments last week sparked fierce backlash, the two communicated in what both described as a tense phone call on Monday, issuing very different statements about the conversation. In that story, Boebert also mentioned that Omar did not have a backpack. The Colorado congresswoman said she was in an elevator with Omar and a Capitol Police officer hurried toward the doors as they were closing.
Her comments were met with audible laughter from the audience.īoebert's comments about Omar at the September dinner were similar those she made last week. She wasn't dropping it and running, so we're good," Boebert said. "It was just the three of us in there, and I looked over, and I said, 'Well, looky there. And in that elevator, we were joined by Ilhan Omar Ilhan Omar Sunday shows preview: Multiple states detect cases of the omicron variant Photos of the Week: Schumer, ASU protest and sea turtles Omar to accept award Saturday as American Muslim Public Servant of 2021 MORE ," Boebert said in the video, receiving some groans from the audience.
"One of my staffers, on his first day with me, got into an elevator in the Capitol. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) as "blackhearted, evil women" before describing an incident in which she was in an elevator with Omar and felt safe because the Minnesota congresswoman was not wearing a backpack. In a video shared to Facebook of Boebert's September remarks at a Staten Island Conservative Party dinner, the congresswoman referred to Omar and Rep.