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“Squad” leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday blasted House Democratic leadership for not stripping Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., from her committee assignments, calling it an embarrassment.
The New York Democrat’s swipe at her own party is the latest development in the feud between Boebert and Ocasio-Cortez’s fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
“It’s embarrassing that there is any hesitation on this,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “How can we have different consequences for different kinds of bigotry or incitement?”
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“This should be treated equally and consistently,” the self-described democratic socialist continued. “Incite against a member and you’re stripped. End of story. She refuses to even apologize.”
Boebert called Omar on Monday to apologize in what turned into a tense phone call centered around Boebert’s recent controversial remarks about the Minnesota Democrat’s religion that saw Omar hang up on the Colorado Republican.
Boebert said she organized the call with Omar because she “wanted to let her know directly that I had reflected on my previous remarks.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks at a news conference held by members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021, to complain about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. and masking policies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
“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. So I reiterated to her what I had just said,” Boebert continued.
“She kept asking for a public apology so I told Ilhan Omar that she should make a public apology to the American…
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