(Hill) Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is offering a resolution condemning Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) use of [Islamophobic] rhetoric — including her recent comments directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — that would also remove her from her current committee assignments.
The effort by a member of the so-called Squad of liberal lawmakers that also includes Omar follows widespread criticism of a joke offered by Boebert, who compared Omar to a terrorist. Omar is Muslim and wears a hijab.
The Washington Post first reported the Pressley resolution.
It’s not clear whether the move will have the support of Democratic leaders in the House, though there have been talks about a resolution broadly condemning Islamophobia. There have been growing cries among Democrats to take action against Boebert as separate videos of her making remarks about Omar have circulated.
