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Ocasio-Cortez doubles down on Boebert in new video

By: The Horn editorial team

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. D-N.Y., has been making headlines for her feud with Rep. Lauren Boebert, R.-Colo. On Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez slammed Boebert’s Christmas photo on Twitter.

Later that day, she spoke at a press conference about a resolution to remove Boebert from her committees over Boebert’s past comments.

In a video last month, Boebert made a joke about Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., blowing up the Capitol.

“I see a Capitol police officer running hurriedly to the elevator. I see fret all over his face,” Boebert said, to laughter. “I look to my left, and there she is: Ilhan Omar. I said, well, she doesn’t have a backpack. We should be fine… Oh, look. The jihad squad decided to show up for work today.”

Watch the video here —

Boebert said on Twitter, “I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Omar.”

Still, the House Democrats introduced a bill to strip Boebert from her committee assignments. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., introduced the measure on Wednesday, and then Ocasio-Cortez spoke at the press conference.

Ocasio-Cortez blamed Boebert’s comments for alleged assaults in her district. She said:

You know, I think a lot of times people deduce these threats and the result of what happens from this incredibly violent, incredibly racist rhetoric that is accepted. And I would argue that this point the pattern that is now established, that Leader McCarthy encourages and is accepting of this targeting, particularly of women of color, in the United States Congress.

You know, people think this is just emails. They think it’s just angry voicemails. They don’t have to ride around in a 20,000-pound armored truck and need six people to go with them to the grocery story because so many people are not trying to target a member, due to the Republican Caucus’s acceptance of this targeting.

Rep. Gossar, just last month, aired all of this about trying — you know, aired something incredibly violent. We all know what happened, and almost the entire caucus voted to protect him, except for two Republican members.

So many women will have their hijabs ripped off on public transit because of the example that Leader McCarthy and the Republican Caucus is setting right now.

Ocasio-Cortez went on to call for politicians to enforce these standards of politeness. She said:

We have a responsibility to show this country that bigotry is unacceptable and to treat the hallowed halls of this Capitol with the bare respect that any corporate H.R. office would do anywhere else in this country.

This shouldn’t be about politics. This shouldn’t be about Democrat or Republican. This should be about what is completely unacceptable in any context anywhere in this country. Rep. Boebert, whatever her intentions may be for her racism and flagrant bigotry, needs to experience a consequence for her actions…

When we inconsistently consequences to bigotry, we invite more people to test those boundaries. It’s pretty simple… You don’t have committees. This should be simple. This should be easy. Unfortunately, the Republican caucus is not making it easy, but we should.

Republican Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California has declined to meddle in this dispute between Omar and Boebert. He prefers for them to keep it among themselves. He told reporters last month, “She apologized.”

Boebert and Omar spoke privately about the video, although they reached a stalemate.

Boebert said on Instagram in November, “I was able to connect with [Omar] he phone, because I wanted to let her know directly that I had reflected on my previous remarks. Now, as a strong Christian woman who values faith deeply, I never want anything I say to offend someone’s religion. So, I told her that, even after I put out a public statement to that effect. She said that she still wanted a public apology, because what I had done wasn’t good enough.”

Boebert then took issue with Omar’s rash statements.

“I told Ilhan Omar that she should make a public apology to the American people for her anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti-police rhetoric,” Boebert said. “She continued to press, and I continued to press back.”

Watch Ocasio-Cortez’s speech here —

 

 

The Horn editorial team