{"id":1067951,"date":"2021-11-30T10:28:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T15:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1067951"},"modified":"2021-11-30T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T15:28:45","slug":"infighting-grows-among-house-republicans-amid-fight-between-reps-boebert-omar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infighting-grows-among-house-republicans-amid-fight-between-reps-boebert-omar\/","title":{"rendered":"Infighting Grows Among House Republicans Amid Fight Between Reps Boebert, Omar"},"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\">22<\/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%2Finfighting-grows-among-house-republicans-amid-fight-between-reps-boebert-omar%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=1067951&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--><p>Infighting among House Republicans is only growing after a verbal fight between Reps. Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Colorado, and Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, broke out last week.<\/p>\n<p>The feud sparked after Boebert suggested that a Capitol Police officer appeared concerned that Omar was a terrorist, to which the Republican replied that \u201c[Omar] doesn\u2019t have a backpack,\u201d so \u201cwe should be fine.\u201d Boebert\u2019s comments were widely seen as Islamophobic, and Omar shot back, saying that the entire story was false.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Boebert\u2019s comments, House Democrats pressured Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to discipline her, with several floating censure and committee removal. But after Boebert <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/26\/lauren-boebert-apologizes-muslim-community-ilhan-omar-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apologized<\/a>, the feud quickly grew after she posted a video Monday detailing how she and Omar demanded public apologies from one another, resulting in Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/29\/hung-up-on-me-lauren-boebert-releases-video-detailing-phone-call-ilhan-omar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hanging up on her<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/17\/house-censures-paul-gosar-strips-committee-seats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: House Votes To Censure And Strip Gosar Of Committees)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7328827\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7328827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks with a reporter as she leaves the U.S. Capitol Building on November 16. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One Republican who weighed in was South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2021\/11\/29\/rep-nancy-mace-lauren-boebert-reaction-intv-sot-nr-vpx.cnn\/video\/playlists\/this-week-in-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">went<\/a> on CNN and criticized Boebert\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have time after time condemned my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for racist tropes and remarks that I find disgusting and this is no different than any others,\u201d Mace said. \u201cWe have a responsibility to lower the temperature, and this does not do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh absolutely, 100%,\u201d Mace added when asked if she condemned Boebert\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, however, Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took to Twitter to criticize Mace for condemning Boebert, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1465669580496400386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling<\/a> her \u201cthe trash in the GOP Conference.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/04\/house-votes-remove-marjorie-taylor-greene-committee-assignments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: House Votes To Strip Greene Of Committee Seats)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMace you can back up off of [Boebert] or just go hang with your real gal pals, the Jihad Squad,\u201d Greene said, invoking the group of left-wing Democrats. \u201cYour out of your league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mace quickly shot back, defending her conservative credentials. \u201cWhat I\u2019m not is a religious bigot (or racist),\u201d she replied. \u201cYou might want to try that over there in your little \u2018league.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.43137254902\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">*you\u2019re<\/p>\n<p>And, while I\u2019m correcting you, I\u2019m a pro-life fiscal conservative who was attacked by the Left all weekend (as I often am) as I defied China while in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>What I\u2019m not is a religious bigot (or racist). You might want to try that over there in your little \u201cleague.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nIbqjiJaFH\">https:\/\/t.co\/nIbqjiJaFH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NancyMace\/status\/1465677124254195716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infighting among House Republicans is only growing after a verbal fight between Reps. 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