FILE - Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks at a news conference held by members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 29, 2021. Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter she had with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
In her apology, Boebert didn’t address Omar’s criticism that Boebert made up her story about the encounter at the U.S. Capitol.that “I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Omar. I have reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction.”posted by a Twitter account called PatriotTakes, Boebert made the remarks this holiday break.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Boebert’s remarks in a Friday statement urging GOP House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy and other Republican leaders to repudiate Boebert’s remarks.
She should be removed
We gotta stop using this word 'normalized' Holy fuck it came out if nowhere
My question is; how exactly will she be disciplined? What does that even mean with regard to a congresswoman. That’s like how every administration always claims to have created a record amount of jobs, how to we quantify either one of these things.
To late, the damage has been done. GOP Rep. Boebert spoke her truth. Parties accept her truth & her accusation. On a Thanksgiving Day spewing bigotry; a day of grace & gratitude. She’s allowing our children to listen to her BIGOTRY. She’s the a crawling snake & must be stomped.
And then immediately shifted to homophobia. It's like there's conservation of bigotry, as a law, in the Trumpiverse.
She can apologize until the cows come home. It won't change her bigot heart.
She is not sorry
FYI RepBoebert , nobody believes your 'apology.'
Nothing can be said to describe the evil of that religion-
It was not ok even an apology shadowed lack of depth
Apologizing is typical standard restitution for intentional historical violence. Hold her accountable. Ilhan Omar has grounds for defamation and should pursue it. defamation IlhanOmar
She's not half racist ... BUT .... Can women wear the white pointed caps too ... Sorry Lauren but the KKK is ALSO sexist ...you can only wear the Maga Red Russia hat
Idiot is an appropriate term to describe this person...
Tell me, what good has she done while in office to legitimately earn her salary. What?
These people are just blatantly racist.
Get back to us when she apologises to Rep. Omar in person. Until then the only thing she's sorry about is that she got caught.
The words are out there. You can apologize but the words can’t be unsaid.
Right…and I’ll be the next Pope.
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Only RINOs apologize. I hope she gets primaried by a true MAGA patriot.
Who?
Must have offended someone super super special.
Not fit to represent all the people
margbrennan
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What? Was she thinking Cowardly Kevin would finally say something. Not likely
Fine now remove her
There’s plenty of other things to pick on baldy for
Oh, then it’s ok.
Miss Lauren will say and do anything to keep her mug in the newsfeed. She got nothing else. Finis
Apologizes to Muslims. Nah, just sorry she got caught being who she is again. Still can't believe my state elected her. It's crazy.
Too little, too late. Time to throw out the trash.
'Apologized', and the story was a lie in the first place!!
I am sure someone else wrote it. She is incapable of apologizing.
Somebody’s worried about losing her committee assignments if she is censured… ThereAreConsequences
No, she apologized if anyone was offended. She did not apologize for being offensive. There’s a difference.
Lauren Boebert isn't funny and shouldn't be normalized.
This is the new republician party and its belief and mentality-hate/fear and it's reinforced by all the close allies of trump and his personality.
Oh cool. Meanwhile MJT has been calling Ilan and others the ‘Jihad Squad’ for quite some time. She apologized, but only for some remarks she made about the Holocaust (also).
laurenboebert didn’t apologize, she just issued another condescending response avoiding an actual apology.
Sure sure....afraid of retaliation maybe? She doesn't mean one ounce of that apology.
Only trying to cover her butt for crossing an unacceptable line- and didn’t apologize for what she said- she apologized if you were offended… NOT the same thing!
She gave a textbook 101 non-apology. Why are you so bad at this AP?
. repboebert’s statement is NOT an apology
Wtf RepBoebert everybody knows if your going to say something offensive you gotta say it about white folk, that away it's not racist because it can't be racist if it's directed at whitey! Just ask Ilhan
It wasn't an apology!
She's only sorry that she was outed. It's how she really feels.
Censure her too. Cheney got censured for voting to impeach a criminal, Boebert should be censured for this act of hostility
In case anyone has forgotten, Ms. Boebert IS A FUCKING MEMBER OF CONGRESS! WTF is going on that THAT district?
Let me know when Omar apologizes to all the victims of 9/11 families. “Somebody did some things”.
margbrennan Freedom of speech. US
No apology.
margbrennan You consider that word salad an apology? “If Muslims were offended”.............Seriously?
Not an apology
The only acceptable apology is her resignation.
Ah yes, she 'apologized' for fabricating an incident she claimed happened, to use as racist bait for Republican voters.
Ms Omar is a true lady she took the high road and left the trash were it belongs.
That wasn't an apology.
RepBoebert's apology was not sincere. Until she says it out loud, in public to her constituents/ FoxNews she is just pretending to care. What donor did she offend? ExpelLaurenBoebert
If she said it, she meant it. She can shove her apology where the cops checked her for hiding her drugs.
“apologized”
laurenboebert's apology might mean something if it weren't for the ignorant and racist thing she is going to say over the weekend
Republicans need to stop electing racists.
That was barely an apology for a disgusting bigoted attack that shows the level of hate that .GOPLeader will be complicit with as long as he can secure his leadership position. The .GOP is dropping any pretense of not being the party of bigotry and hate
Kick her out of Congress. She is an ongoing disaster.
Muslims may have as much semitic contribution as Judaism has. Probably,
Not enough
Because they usually dig their heels in, and apologizing isn't easy, an apology from a GOP lawmaker can be seen as a giant step forward that ought to be a model for others.
GOP Is it me or are these people the only ones apologizing for dumb shit they do
Considering that it was the first thing to pop into her mind shows how she sees and thinks of others. It’s not, “Oh it’s Ilhan, a fellow representative.”
Has she also apologized to Rep. Omar for completely fabricating a story about the two of them in a Congress elevator?
Her 'apology ' self-serving !!!
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