Reps. Boebert, Omar engage in contentious phone call

Republican Rep. Lauen Boebert and Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar spoke implicit the telephone Monday.

Boebert reached retired to Omar aft a video surfaced of the Republican making anti-Muslim remarks.

Boebert claimed she encountered Omar successful an elevator and said, "Well, she doesn't person a backpack, we should beryllium fine."

Facing backlash, Boebert issued a connection wherever she apologized "to anyone successful the Muslim assemblage I offended."

During their telephone Monday, Omar said Boebert would not hold to publically apologize for the comment.

"I graciously accepted a telephone from Rep. Lauren Boebert successful the anticipation of receiving a direct apology for falsely claiming she met maine successful an elevator, suggesting I was a terrorist, and for a past of anti-Muslim hate," Omar said successful a statement. "Instead of apologizing for her Islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, Rep. Boebert refused to publically admit her hurtful and unsafe comments.

Boebert posted a video that said she reached retired to Omar due to the fact that she ne'er wants to offend someone's religion.

However, she said their telephone became contentious erstwhile Omar was insistent that the Colorado typical marque a nationalist apology contempt already issuing a nationalist statement.

"So I told Ilhan Omar that she should marque a nationalist apology to the American radical for her anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti-police rhetoric," Boebert said.

That's erstwhile Boebert said Omar hung up connected her. Omar said she ended the telephone erstwhile Boebert "doubled down on her rhetoric."

The House has yet to instrumentality enactment connected Boebert's comments. It's unclear whether the Republican congresswoman volition look immoderate disciplinary action.