Ilhan Omar Calls Kevin McCarthy ‘Liar’ and ‘Coward’ For Defending Lauren Boebert

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) criticized House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Sunday, calling the top Republican a “liar” and a “coward” for refuse to condemn Islamist attacks carried out by Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO).

In an apparent attempt to downplay the increasingly inflammatory rhetoric coming from the most extreme members of his caucus, McCarthy last week defended Boebert after video clips emerged of the founder. Colorado law likens Omar to a terrorist suicide bomber while mocking her Muslim faith.

“She apologized publicly, she apologized personally,” McCarthy told reporters, referencing the far-right congresswoman’s tweet in which she said she apologized “to anyone in Muslim community that I have offended.” At the same time, Boebert refused to directly apologize to Omar in public.

Appeared on CNN’s Sunday broadcast State of the Union, Omar addresses Boebert’s remarks, the lack of condemnation from the GOP leadership, and congresswoman doubled down on her obstinate attacks.

“It’s shocking and unacceptable,” Omar told host Jake Tapper. “It is very inappropriate for a congresswoman to use offensive, dangerous, inflammatory language against a colleague. Many of us thought after 9/11 that we were fixing. “

Tapper then turns to McCarthy’s Boebert. Despite the minority leader’s insistence that Boebert wanted to “personally apologize” to Omar in their recent phone call, both Boebert and Omar acknowledged that the Muslim congresswoman hung up after Boebert refused to ask. apologized directly and instead asked Omar to apologize for his “act against the US Position”.

“Just to be clear, after her conversation with you, Boebert took to social media and said equally harsh things,” commented the CNN host. “What was your reaction to McCarthy and how did he describe it?”

“McCarthy is a liar and a coward,” Omar exclaimed. “He is incapable of condemning the kind of Muslim fanatics and anti-Muslim rhetoric trafficked by a member of his caucus.”

When asked why Republican leaders aren’t able to do that, Omar said it’s because “this is who they are.” Additionally, Omar said it was imperative to “push them to consider” the fact that the GOP is “normalizing anti-Muslim bigotry.”

At the end of last month, Omar calls on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to “take appropriate action” against Boebert. Asked on Sunday if she thought the speaker would strip the right-wing lawmaker of her duties on her committee, Omar said she was “very confident” Pelosi would take “action.” decisive action” next week.

Finally, after playing the sound of a chilling death threat recently received by Omar, Tapper wondered how many similar threats had come to her following the attacks of Boebert’s “jihadist squad”.

“We get too many to count,” Omar replied. “There is a common fear that I have, that my employees and the community at large have.”

She added: “Words matter. Words can cause violence. She knew that the language she was using—the subjects she was using—would incite violence against myself and my community.”