Politics: Marjorie Taylor Greene picks a fight with fellow House Republican in defense of Lauren Boebert

Ilhan Omar Calls Lauren Boebert 'Buffoon' Over Jihad Squad Remarks

The Minnesota representative called out Boebert who told a "made up" story many have condemned for being anti-Muslim.Anti-right-wing-extremism website PatriotTakes shared a video it said had been filmed in Boebert's home state of Colorado over the Thanksgiving break.

Why does Marjorie Taylor Greene look like a male serial killer who is wearing the skin of one of his victims? The only thing that crosses my mind is that old South Park episode with Russell Crowe fighting around the world. Hope Colbert and Kimmel pick this up. Would be very funny. Lauren Boebert paid rent and utilities with campaign money, FEC filings show.

Marjorie Taylor Greene , R-Ga., taking issue with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., for her reaction to another GOP firebrand, Rep. Lauren Boebert , R-Colo. After Boebert was seen in a video likening Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who is Muslim, to a terrorist, Mace went on CNN and condemned Boebert 's remarks. Greene accused Mace of being aligned with Omar and other left-wing Democrats instead of her fellow Republicans .

© Provided by Salon Marjorie Taylor Greene; Nancy Mace; Lauren Boebert

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took to Twitter Tuesday morning and set off the latest round of a public intraparty squable, attacking fellow freshman Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina over her criticisms of Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's anti-Muslim attacks on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

On at least two separate occasions,  Boebert tells two slightly varying stories about an encounter she claims she had with Omar on or near a Capitol elevator. In the latest version of her retelling, Boebert told a crowd last week that a Capitol police officer once came running towards the elevator with "fret all over his face." When she saw Omar, Boebert exclaimed, "Well, she doesn't have a backpack. We should be fine!"

Rep. Adam Kinzinger retweets Lauren Boebert's primary challenger after calling the Colorado lawmaker 'TRASH' for her anti-Muslim story about Ilhan Omar

"Help me take out the trash," Marina Zimmerman, a Republican primary challenger to Boebert, wrote on Twitter. Kinzinger retweeted her message.A video posted on Twitter on Thursday by PatriotTakes — an organization that researches and monitors "the extremism and radicalization of the far right" — showed Boebert at a campaign event recounting a supposed run-in with Omar at the US Capitol.

Boebert , for her part, spent the day toiling over a statement. A staffer in her office told The Daily Beast Friday morning that Boebert would be issuing one on a public forum and refused to send out a statement to individual reporters or her press list. Eventually, a statement appeared in a CNN story Again, the legislation doesn’t actually spend money, and the bills that avoid committee markups but make it to the House floor are typically only the least controversial ones—like measures to help people fight cancer. A similar bill passed the House last Congress 414-0, and the Senate gave voice vote

The House is grappling with yet another fight between a far-right Republican and a member of the progressive “squad” — this time Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Boebert also reached out to Omar’s office to speak with her directly. But any effort to patch things up quickly unraveled when Boebert and Omar finally connected over the phone on Monday. Omar issued a statement saying that she accepted Boebert ’s call “in the hope of receiving a direct apology for falsely claiming she met me in an elevator, suggesting I was a terrorist, and for a history of anti-Muslim hate.”

Over the Thanksgiving break, Lauren Boebert said she was recently in a Capitol elevator with Ilhan Omar when a fretful Capitol police officer ran up.

Lauren Boebert said: “Well, she doesn’t have a backpack. We should be fine.”

Boebert then called Ilhan Omar, “jihad squad.” pic.twitter.com/Y7f0nFbnud

— PatriotTakes ???????? (@patriottakes) November 25, 2021

In September, Boebert said: "One of my I staffers, on his first day with me, got into an elevator in the Capitol. And in that elevator, we were joined by Ilhan Omar." She adds her kicker to laughter from the crowd: "She doesn't have a backpack, she wasn't dropping it and running so we're good."

The evolution of this dangerous tale is frightening. Trying to come up with the most bigoted ways to traffic Islamophobic tropes is the brand of the Republican party.

Lauren Boebert Apologizes to Muslims for Ilhan Omar Comment, Calls It a 'Distraction'

"There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction," the congresswoman tweeted on Friday.Boebert referred to her Democratic colleague as a member of the "Jihad Squad" during a discussion about the censure of fellow Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona earlier this month. Boebert received further criticism this week after a video surfaced in which she discussed riding an elevator with Omar.

Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed articles of impeachment against Joe Biden the day after he was inaugurated as president. Republican officials who oversaw the election in Georgia have repeatedly debunked her false claims of voter fraud and Mr Biden’s win was confirmed after a string of checks and hand recounts. Ms Greene won her house seat in November and represents Georgia's 14th Congressional District, which includes almost all of the northwestern part of the state.

Boebert , Gosar and Greene . “These are not quality people let them dwell in their own stupidity,” he said. Carville, who advised former President Bill Clinton, said Democrats should instead focus on promoting what they’re trying to do for their districts and the country because a “volley” with the far-right Republicans is “not the place you want to be.” The response cannot be, “We see your crazy and we’ll raise you another crazy,” Carville continued.

It should be clear by now that there needs to be real consequence for this hateful anti-Muslim rhetoric. Enough! https://t.co/QoZXBud3zH

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 30, 2021

In both versions, Boebert said she referred to Omar as "the Jihad Squad."

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In an appearance on CNN Newsroom this past weekend, Mace said she "100 percent" condemned Boebert's comments and called on all members of Congress to "lower the temperature and try to work together."

"I have time after time condemned my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for racist tropes and remarks that I find disgusting and this is no different than any others," she told Kaitlan Collins of Boebert's racist remarks.

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So Greene took to Twitter to air out her complaints, referring to Mace as "trash in the GOP conference."

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The Illinois Republican knocked the House GOP leader, writing in a sarcastic tweet: "Here is real strength."Greene, a staunchly pro-Trump Republican from Georgia, on Thursday said that McCarthy doesn't have the "full support to be speaker" if the GOP takes control of the House in the 2022 midterms. The congresswoman made the remark during an episode of Florida GOP Representative Matt Gaetz's podcast.

House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing a backlash that includes colleagues from her own party after she compared being required to wear a mask to the Holocaust. Ms Greene made the statement last week while also calling House speaker Nancy Pelosi “mentally ill” for trying to enforce mask mandates, leading to widespread criticism from both other politicians and Jewish groups. The Georgia congresswoman was responding after Ms Pelosi announced that the mask requirement on the House floor would remain in place until all members are vaccinated.

"Never attacked by Democrats or RINO's (same thing) because she is not conservative, she's pro-abort," the Georgia Rep. said in the tweet. "Mace you can back up off of [Boebert] or just go hang with your real gal pals, the Jihad Squad."

"Your out of your league," concluded Greene. She later quoted the tweet, saying Mace is "[s]o trashy not worth a spelling correction."

.@NancyMace is the trash in the GOP Conference.

Never attacked by Democrats or RINO’s (same thing) because she is not conservative, she’s pro-abort.

Mace you can back up off of @laurenboebert or just go hang with your real gal pals, the Jihad Squad.

Your out of your league.

— Marjorie Taylor Greene ???????? (@mtgreenee) November 30, 2021

Mace quickly shot back with a series of corrections – both grammatical and political. "What I'm not is a religious bigot (or racist)," she wrote. "You might want to try that over there in your little 'league.'"

*you’re

And, while I’m correcting you, I’m a pro-life fiscal conservative who was attacked by the Left all weekend (as I often am) as I defied China while in Taiwan.

What I’m not is a religious bigot (or racist). You might want to try that over there in your little “league.” https://t.co/nIbqjiJaFH

Boebert and Omar fight leaves GOP scrambling

The House is grappling with yet another fight between a far-right Republican and a member of the progressive "squad" - this time Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).The war of words between the two lawmakers escalated on Monday when they clashed in a heated phone call over Islamophobic remarks Boebert made suggesting Omar could be a terrorist.For Republicans, the battle marked yet another headache in which a member of its far-right flank attacked a prominent progressive lawmaker of color less than two weeks after House Democrats moved to censure and take away committee assignments from Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) November 30, 2021

This is what ???? ???? ???? looks like. https://t.co/nIbqjiJaFH

Another video shows Lauren Boebert suggesting Ilhan Omar was terrorist

Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado suggested to a crowd in September that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, whom she called "black-hearted" and "evil," was a terrorist.Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado suggested to a crowd in September that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, whom she called "black-hearted" and "evil," was a terrorist.

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) November 30, 2021

Following the video of Boebert, Omar quickly responded to the "made up" story and condemned the racist tropes. "Anti-Muslim bigotry isn't funny & shouldn't be normalized," she wrote. "Congress can't be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation."

Fact, this buffoon looks down when she sees me at the Capitol, this whole story is made up. Sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout.

Anti-Muslim bigotry isn’t funny & shouldn’t be normalized. Congress can’t be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation. https://t.co/S1APT7RbqW

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 26, 2021

On Monday, Boebert and Omar held a phone call in which Omar hoped for a "direct apology" for the false claims. However, Omar promptly ended the call when it proved that Boebert was simply doubling down on "outright bigotry and hate."

"Instead of apologizing for her Islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, Rep. Boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments," wrote Omar in a statement. "She instead doubled down on her rhetoric and I decided to end the unproductive call."

She also called on Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy to "hold his party accountable" following his silence on the matter.

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There is only so much grace we can extend to others as humans before we must learn to cut our loses or hang up on someone in this case. ????????‍♀️ https://t.co/bTro64opTu

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 29, 2021

Boebert followed up the call with a video posted to Twitter, in which she claimed that she would "never want to say anything to offend someone's religion" and called on Omar to "make a public apology to the American people."

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Here is my full statement regarding my call earlier with Ilhan Omar: pic.twitter.com/DLLtp54gAF

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) November 29, 2021

"Make no mistake, I will continue to fearlessly put America first, never sympathizing with terrorists," Boebert said.  "Unfortunately, Ilhan can't say the same thing. And our country is worse off for it."