Requested if she believes the speaker will transfer to strip Boebert of her committee assignments, Omar stated she’s had a dialog with Pelosi and is “very assured” she is going to take motion.
“As you recognize, once I first received to Congress, I used to be fearful that I wasn’t going to be allowed to be sworn in as a result of there was a ban on the hijab,” Omar instructed CNN host Jake Tapper. “She promised me she would deal with it. She fulfilled that promise. She’s made one other promise to me she is going to deal with this, and I consider her.”
The ratcheting up of tensions within the Home comes within the wake of the censure of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), who got here beneath hearth for an anime video that portrayed him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
On Sunday, Omar known as Boebert’s remarks a part of a sample, saying such language places her colleagues and, extra extensively, Muslims within the U.S., in danger.
