Pressley Offers Resolution Condemning Boebert for Islamaphobic Rhetoric

Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is offering a solution condemning Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) for Islamaphobic rhetoric.

“For a Member of Congress to repeatedly usage hateful, anti-Muslim rhetoric and Islamophobic tropes towards a Muslim workfellow is dangerous. It has nary spot successful our nine and it diminishes the grant of the instauration we service in,” Pressley said.

She added: “Without meaningful accountability for that Member’s actions, we hazard normalizing this behaviour and endangering the lives of our Muslim colleagues, Muslim staffers and each Muslim who calls America home. The House indispensable unequivocally condemn this incendiary rhetoric and instantly walk this resolution. How we respond successful moments similar these volition person lasting impacts, and past volition retrieve america for it.”

It is not wide if the solution has the enactment of different Democratic members of the House, though it is apt astatine slightest immoderate bash considering the disapproval leveled astatine Boebert successful caller weeks.

Boebert was accused of expressing anti-Muslim sentiment aft she called Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) a subordinate of “the Jihad Squad,” making the remarks during a House solution to censure Representative Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), who’d shared an altered, animated video that depicted him sidesplitting Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and threatening President Joe Biden.

“The Speaker has designated the level to sermon members’ inappropriate actions, shall we?” she said astatine the time. “The Jihad Squad subordinate from Minnesota has paid her husband, and not her member husband—the different one, implicit a cardinal dollars successful run funds. This subordinate is allowed connected the Foreign Affairs Committee portion praising terrorists.”

.@laurenboebert loses it during the statement to censure Paul Gosar, ranting astir everything from “the Jihad Squad” to accusing a Democratic congressman of “sleeping with the enemy.” pic.twitter.com/Y9bhGtnlgt

— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) November 17, 2021

Pressley is among a radical of progressive lawmakers who person advocated for Boebert to beryllium stripped of her committee assignments.