{"id":1066377,"date":"2021-11-29T21:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T02:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1066377"},"modified":"2021-11-29T21:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T02:44:10","slug":"rep-boebert-ilhan-omar-hung-up-on-me-when-i-asked-her-to-apologize-for-antisemitic-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-boebert-ilhan-omar-hung-up-on-me-when-i-asked-her-to-apologize-for-antisemitic-rhetoric\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Boebert: Ilhan Omar Hung Up on Me When I Asked Her to Apologize for Antisemitic Rhetoric\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-boebert-ilhan-omar-hung-up-on-me-when-i-asked-her-to-apologize-for-antisemitic-rhetoric%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1066377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/lauren-boebert-llhan-omar-ap-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reportedly hung up on Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) after Boebert asked Omar to apologize for her antisemitic rhetoric during a phone call between the two regarding Boebert\u2019s alleged anti-Muslim rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Boebert said in a&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CW3uGwJgeks\/?utm_medium=copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video:<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>She kept asking for a public apology, so I told Ilhan Omar that she should make a public apology to the American people for her anti-American, antisemitic anti-police rhetoric. She continued to press, and I continued to press back, and then Representative Omar hung up on me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRejecting an apology and hanging up on someone is part of cancel culture 101, and a pillar of the Democrat Party,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Omar came under fire for&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=partner-pub-9229289037503472:6795176714&amp;q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/08\/17\/report-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-share-antisemitic-cartoon\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiU0Yji3r70AhXlGTQIHcQrDxkQFnoECAIQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw1yifPggQ4A9ji9Hm_tRVqb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posting<\/a>&nbsp;an antisemitic cartoon by an artist who participated in Iran\u2019s Holocaust denial contest to her Instagram account. She also&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/03\/03\/ilhan-omar-doubles-down-on-antisemitic-slur-no-allegiance-to-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a>&nbsp;pro-Israel Americans of having an \u201callegiance to a foreign country,\u201d a common antisemitic trope used by both the far left and far right.<\/p>\n<p>Further, Omar falsely&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/02\/11\/jewish-leaders-outraged-by-democrats-ilhan-omar-antisemitic-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged<\/a>&nbsp;that members of Congress support Israel because they are paid to do so, which is a classic anti-Jewish stereotype.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The feud between Boebert and Omar began on Thanksgiving after a video of Boebert surfaced where she joked that a Capitol Hill police officer mistakenly identified Omar as a terrorist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018Well, [Omar] doesn\u2019t have a backpack, we should be fine,\u2019\u201d Boebert said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Boebert made a public apology for her remarks on Friday. She&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBoebert\/status\/1464289590282498050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.4237288135593\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBoebert\/status\/1464289590282498050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/27\/politics\/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-race-moderates\/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1I_8hgTukYirZPasFRJ-ds1P0wvgr8VvjjoA74gTCIPUb79nzwhmHdayg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worked<\/a>&nbsp;with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) to facilitate a meeting between Boebert and Omar \u201cso that Congress can get back to talking to each other and working on the challenges facing the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Rep. Omar issued a conflicting statement about the reason she ended the phone call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead 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,\u201d Omar&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/omar.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-ilhan-omar-statement-conversation-rep-lauren-boebert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not about one hateful statement or one politician; it is about a party that has mainstreamed bigotry and hatred. It is time for Republican Leader McCarthy to actually hold his party accountable,\u201d said Omar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reportedly hung up on Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) after Boebert asked Omar to apologize for her antisemitic rhetoric during a phone call between the two regarding &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1066377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1066377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1066377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1066377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1066377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}