<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) apologized to the Muslim community on Friday after video of her making a comment about fellow Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) went viral over the Thanksgiving holiday.</p>
<p>During an event in her Colorado district, Boebert described an encounter with Omar in the halls of Congress as “not my first ‘Jihad Squad’ moment.” Her comments were caught on <a href="https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1463903881553920004?s=21">video</a> and posted to Twitter.</p>
<p>“I was getting into an elevator with one of my staffers,” Boebert told the audience, some of whom can be heard laughing along and cheering.</p>
<p>She continued, “You know, we’re leaving the Capitol and we’re going back to my office and we get an elevator and I see a Capitol police officer running hurriedly to the elevator. I see fret all over his face, and he’s reaching, and the door’s shutting, like I can’t open it, like what’s happening. I look to my left, and there she is. Ilhan Omar. And I said, ‘Well, she doesn’t have a backpack, we should be fine.’”</p>
<p>Boebert added that she &#8220;looked over&#8221; and said, &#8220;Oh look, the jihad squad decided to show up to work today.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s not tough in person,&#8221; Boebert said.</p>
<p>Omar responded on Thursday, calling Boebert a &#8220;buffoon&#8221; and saying the anecdote was a fabrication.</p>
<p>“Fact, this buffoon looks down when she sees me at the Capitol, this whole story is made up,” Omar <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1464037767005057024">wrote</a>. “Sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout.”</p>
<p>“Anti-Muslim bigotry isn’t funny &amp; shouldn’t be normalized,” she added. “Congress can’t be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation.”</p>
<p>On Friday, Omar, who is Muslim and wears a hijab, again addressed the viral video, calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to take “appropriate action” against Boebert for her remarks.</p>
<p>“Saying I am a suicide bomber is no laughing matter,” Omar tweeted Friday, adding that “normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all Muslims.”</p>
<p>Also on Friday, Boebert tweeted an apology for her remark, saying she has reached out to Omar about it.</p>
<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; Boebert tweeted.</p>
<p>Boebert was lambasted by Democrats and some Republicans for her comments on Twitter.</p>
<p>Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) claimed the congresswoman&#8217;s &#8220;slur&#8221; would &#8220;inspire more death threats to Ilhan and her family.&#8221; Swalwell also pointed the finger at McCarthy, saying he &#8220;condones&#8221; such remarks and must also be held accountable.</p>
<p>Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamkinzinger/status/1464251917253718022?s=21">tweeted</a> &#8220;Boebert is TRASH&#8221; and then retweeted Boebert&#8217;s Republican primary challenger Marina Zimmerman, who <a href="https://twitter.com/Marina4Colorado/status/1464252727094034453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1464252727094034453%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fkinzinger-boebert-trash-primary-challenger-anti-muslim-tale-ilhan-omar-2021-11">piggybacked</a> on Kinzinger&#8217;s remark and asked followers to &#8220;help me take out the trash.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a fellow member of the &#8220;Squad,&#8221; a group of progressive congresswomen including Omar, chimed in to criticize Boebert as well.</p>
<p>&#8220;The continued silence &amp; inaction towards this hate-filled colleague and others is enabling violence. It must stop,&#8221; Tlaib tweeted.</p>

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