A video on Twitter showed Boebert at a campaign event using anti-Muslim rhetoric against Omar. She responded by saying the 'whole story is made up.' 'Congress can’t be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation.'
It wouldn't be the first time the House has taken action against GOP lawmakers this year for derogatory actions or comments.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., was also stripped of her committee assignments after she espoused multiple dangerous conspiracy theories. Additionally, McCarthy recently said if Republicans take control of the House in the 2022 midterm elections and he was voted the chamber's speaker, he would reinstate Gosar and Greene.
Pelosi and other members of House Democratic Leadership called on Boebert "to fully retract these comments and refrain from making similar ones going forward" in a Friday statement.
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