Omar Hangs Up On Boebert After GOP Rep Repeats Non-Apology For Racist Trolling | Talking Points Memo

The beef between Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) isn’t over.

On Monday, Omar hung up on Boebert after the far-right extremist repeated her non-apology to Omar over the phone after calling the Minnesota Democrat “the jihad squad.”


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1396244

I would have called Boebert a trunt. Omar showed more class.

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Because of Trump the political party formerly known as the Republican Party is just going to keep electing people who push the boundaries of good taste and manners. The only question is when will they decide to reverse course:
3 years
5 years
10 years
or when Hell freezes over?
However long that takes there will be no contrition, and will some how figure out how to blame the Democratic Party, especially the Progressives.

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It’s so much easier to just not be a piece of shit Lauren. You should give it a shot

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The only way to end this feud between Lauren Boebert and Ilhan Omar is if Omar challenged Boebert to spell “Ilhan Omar”.

(h/t Lee Mays)

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“Oh look, the Spreadneck from Y’all’Qaeda forgot to bring her peashooter today.”

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Good for her, Boebert is a racist and Omar shouldn’t allow her to spew her racism without rebuttal. It’s not surprising that the Republicans in Congress won’t stand up to Boebert, they are now dependent on the racists to hold power.

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Omar confirmed the heated exchange in a statement, saying that she hung up on the Colorado Republican.

But, not until after saying “Bye, Felicia.”

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I think Lauren’s unforgivable sin is that we’ve heard this from her before. She has no new material to throw at Rep. Boebert is just a stale piece of white bread moldering in the corner.

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I suspect that Ilhan Omar would win even if the challenge were to spell “Lauren Boebert” and the challenge were presented to Lauren Boebert in writing.

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Looney Boobert, making the racist wingnuts of her district proud.

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OT-This gives “tree hugging” a whole new meaning :evergreen_tree: :heart: :peace_symbol:

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That would reinforce the absurd little kid name calling aspect of this.

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Boebert must have been forced into this by someone in the Republican caucus because otherwise, what was the point? She’s more likely to lose support than not with her base, and it’s not as if she was sincere. Good for Omar for seeing through it and for not having it.

I have to wonder how Boebert explained away to Omar an elevator meeting that never happened. Obviously she didn’t apologize for a gross fabrication.

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They will reverse course when their voters make them.

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“Today, I graciously accepted a call from Rep. Lauren Boebert 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. “Instead of apologizing for her Islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, Rep. Boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. She instead doubled down on her rhetoric and I decided to end the unproductive call.”

Go Team Omar!!!

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She knows her constituents, and acts accordingly.

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Or any word containing at least 7 letters without the assistance of spell check

I hope so, but that’s going hard to turn their ship around.

I think her peashooter was at the tattoo parlor getting a re-up.

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