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i'm telling you now, lauren boebert makes all of them look like gandir. >> this is lauren boebert, a congresswoman from colorado. she was at a hearing and her background on her zoom is a whole bunch of guns. >> republican wong woman lauren boebert decided it to copy one of her republican colleagues and posted a photo of herself with her children, some of them rather young here, holding what appear to be semiautomatic rifles in front of their christmas tree. >> on the day she was sworn in, she released this flashy video. >> declaring she will be bringing her 9 millimeter glock to the halls of congress and streets of dsm krvment. >> it is our job in congress to defend your right including your second amendment and that is exactly what i'm here to do. >> boebert has attracted national attention for awhile. she owns a gun themed restaurant where she encourages her employees to be armed. >> i'm guessing you haven't had any sort of altercations or any attempted robbers or anything like that, since the girls started packing heat. >> no, we have had no altercations like that, nothing physica
i'm telling you now, lauren boebert makes all of them look like gandir. >> this is lauren boebert, a congresswoman from colorado. she was at a hearing and her background on her zoom is a whole bunch of guns. >> republican wong woman lauren boebert decided it to copy one of her republican colleagues and posted a photo of herself with her children, some of them rather young here, holding what appear to be semiautomatic rifles in front of their christmas tree. >> on the day she...
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lauren boebert suggesting to her supporters that congresswoman ilhan omar was mistaken by capitol police for a suicide bomber. a terrorist in the halls of congress. boebert issued a nonapology apology, sorry for anyone she offended, not sorry to omar, and the two talked and things got worse. boebert doubled down on her islamophobic comments after the call, said she doesn't sympathize with terrorists like omar. this isn't like when my 3 and 5-year-old are culpable in a spat. lauren boebert is in the wrong here and so are republicans who are sticking up for her or republican leaders like kevin mccarthy who is sitting by doing effectively nothing about this bigotry and therefore enabling and encouraging it. >> she wants attention and mayhem. so these are just some of the adjectives that lawmakers are using lately to describe each other and public official liar, tattle tale, grifter, communist, murderer, suicide bomber, terrorist, sympathizer, buffoon.
lauren boebert suggesting to her supporters that congresswoman ilhan omar was mistaken by capitol police for a suicide bomber. a terrorist in the halls of congress. boebert issued a nonapology apology, sorry for anyone she offended, not sorry to omar, and the two talked and things got worse. boebert doubled down on her islamophobic comments after the call, said she doesn't sympathize with terrorists like omar. this isn't like when my 3 and 5-year-old are culpable in a spat. lauren boebert is in...
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boebert must be held accountable for her shameful and despicable words. i am proud to be standing with my colleagues in calling for her to be stripped of her committee assignments, and enough is enough. thank you congresswoman presley, and now i will turn this over to my colleague and fighter for justice from southern california, congressman gomez. >> thank you so much, congresswoman lee. and to congresswoman presley for leading -- sorry, there is a thread of hate and rhetoric in the gop caucus. one of my colleagues being called the b word as i walked by, i had a republican tell me that you people are running this country. there is a segment of the republican caucus that is using rhetoric in order to try to tell us you don't belong here. you don't represent our values, that you should go back to where you came from. and it is something that continuously occurs inside the building and outside the building, but the leadership of the republican party here in the house, specifically mccarthy is giving them a free pass. and that doesn't have to be. all of us k
boebert must be held accountable for her shameful and despicable words. i am proud to be standing with my colleagues in calling for her to be stripped of her committee assignments, and enough is enough. thank you congresswoman presley, and now i will turn this over to my colleague and fighter for justice from southern california, congressman gomez. >> thank you so much, congresswoman lee. and to congresswoman presley for leading -- sorry, there is a thread of hate and rhetoric in the gop...
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lauren boebert is a bigot and her comments are reprehensible. but do you think pelosi is concerned this vote doesn't put food on anyone's table, doesn't help bring down inflation, doesn't help provide day care. what's going on? >> particularly at a time when the president and democrats are trying to get his build back better agenda across the finish line before the end of the year and you have congress expected to leave town in the next few days, potentially to come back for the debt limit vote. but this is certainly not what they, democrats, even want to be focused on at this point. >> and olivia, progressive congresswoman priscilla is leading this. she said this about why she's taking this route. >> inaction is to be complicit. so we need accountability. representative boebert should be stripped of her committees. as i said, the world is watching. this is not just about representative omar. it's about every muslim that calls this country home. and i might add also a formidable voting bloc. >> traditionally would something like this be sent to
lauren boebert is a bigot and her comments are reprehensible. but do you think pelosi is concerned this vote doesn't put food on anyone's table, doesn't help bring down inflation, doesn't help provide day care. what's going on? >> particularly at a time when the president and democrats are trying to get his build back better agenda across the finish line before the end of the year and you have congress expected to leave town in the next few days, potentially to come back for the debt...
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boebert reached out on monday, seemingly to apologize. but omar said the colorado republican only doubled down. instead of apologizing for her islam islamicphobic comments, she refused to acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. omar adding, she hung up on boebert. >> i never want anything i say to offend someone's religion. so, i told her that. >> reporter: boebert responded on social media. >> she kept asking for a public apology. i told ilhan omar, she should make a public apology to the american people for her anti-american, anti-semitic, anti-police rhetoric. >> reporter: omar is now calling on republicans to condemn boebert's remarks. so far, few have. one democrat is demanding boebert be stripped of her committee assignments. omar took heat for comparing israel and hamas and the taliban. she said her comments were misunderstood and apologized. >>> coming up, why dr. oz is running for the u.s. senate. running for the u.s. senate. >>> and actor jesse my nunormal? fewer asthma attacks with nucala. a once-monthly add-on injectio
boebert reached out on monday, seemingly to apologize. but omar said the colorado republican only doubled down. instead of apologizing for her islam islamicphobic comments, she refused to acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. omar adding, she hung up on boebert. >> i never want anything i say to offend someone's religion. so, i told her that. >> reporter: boebert responded on social media. >> she kept asking for a public apology. i told ilhan omar, she should make a...
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reporter: representative boebert's comments. why do you have a hard time condemning something that's wrong. mr. mccarthy: let me be very clear. this party is for anyone and everyone who craves freedom and supports religious liberty. lauren boebert, i called her when it came forward, we talked. she apologized publicly. she apologized personally. i contabted steny hoyer -- i contacted steny hoyer, maybe steny and i should be in the room. we should lower the temperature of this congress. we should work together and talk to one another. disagreements something goes astray, you apologize for t exactly what lauren boebert did. what's interesting to me, i didn't get to watch speaker pelosi's press conference, did any of you raise the question when someone on their side of the aisle said i work with the ku klux klan, referring to republicans? did anyone on your side of the aisle talk about when omar said the only reason i rise in supporter israel is about the benjamins, i never got a public apology or phone call. did anybody on your sid
reporter: representative boebert's comments. why do you have a hard time condemning something that's wrong. mr. mccarthy: let me be very clear. this party is for anyone and everyone who craves freedom and supports religious liberty. lauren boebert, i called her when it came forward, we talked. she apologized publicly. she apologized personally. i contabted steny hoyer -- i contacted steny hoyer, maybe steny and i should be in the room. we should lower the temperature of this congress. we should...
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talking of course about lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene. they have no real accomplishments. they have done no real work in congress. they are -- understanding of how washington works. really, what would be called back-bench nobodies back in the day. yet, they have managed to somehow kow most their party, especially the leadership, into silence. for that, they have been praised by the former president, of course, and have managed to raise more campaign dollars than the average lawmakers. in greene's case, roughly six times the average. so for them, this is a payday made even fatter, no doubt, by the continuing coverage. but to the extent that it matters who speaks for one of the two major political parties in this country, they sort of can't be ignored. and once again tonight, it's people like congresswoman greene and boebert who were doing the talking, not their leadership. greene today attacking south carolina republican nancy mace just for calling out boebert's bigotry. quote, mace she tweeted, you can back up off of @lauren boebert or ju
talking of course about lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene. they have no real accomplishments. they have done no real work in congress. they are -- understanding of how washington works. really, what would be called back-bench nobodies back in the day. yet, they have managed to somehow kow most their party, especially the leadership, into silence. for that, they have been praised by the former president, of course, and have managed to raise more campaign dollars than the average...
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to be clear, lauren boebert deserves punishment like gosar and greene. but not censure or loss of committee assignments. these efforts may carry weight in congress but for the average person they just ensure the offender becomes more relevant. in the cable world and a punch line on late night tv. censure is not as severe as expulsion but it's stronger than a reprimand. censure used to mean something and be feared by members. like when in 1983, representatives gerry studs and daniel crane were censured for having sex with 17-year-old congressional pages. yeah, that happened. in 2010, representative charlie rangel, then the chair of ways and means, was censured after having been found to have committed multiple violations of ethics rules. for rangel, that was a big deal. giving censure to boebert or greene are like handing car keys to a teen who just misbehaved. it presumes these members are there to legislate, which they are not. today, they are there to evoke passion and raise money. the best punishment for that trio is to ignore them. make them the vold
to be clear, lauren boebert deserves punishment like gosar and greene. but not censure or loss of committee assignments. these efforts may carry weight in congress but for the average person they just ensure the offender becomes more relevant. in the cable world and a punch line on late night tv. censure is not as severe as expulsion but it's stronger than a reprimand. censure used to mean something and be feared by members. like when in 1983, representatives gerry studs and daniel crane were...
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exactly what lauren boebert did. what's interesting to me, i didn't get to watch speaker pelosi's press conference, did any of you raise the question when someone on their side of the aisle said i work with the ku klux klan, referring to republicans? did anyone on your side of the aisle talk about when omar said the only reason i rise in supporter israel is about the benjamins, i never got a public apology or phone call. did anybody on your side of the aisle, i think you might ask speaker pelosi about this one, when congresswoman omar referred to american taliban as equal, because i remember speaker pelosi saying something to the effect, i could be wrong, it was to the effect that she did not denounce her for saying that. i think when somebody does something, that is wrong, they apologize. lauren boebert apologized publicly and picked up the phone and -- it took a lot of effort. she wanted to meet personally. denied the ability to meet personally. she picked up the phone and called congresswoman omar. she said i want
exactly what lauren boebert did. what's interesting to me, i didn't get to watch speaker pelosi's press conference, did any of you raise the question when someone on their side of the aisle said i work with the ku klux klan, referring to republicans? did anyone on your side of the aisle talk about when omar said the only reason i rise in supporter israel is about the benjamins, i never got a public apology or phone call. did anybody on your side of the aisle, i think you might ask speaker...
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boebert's tweet came after a similar photo thomas massie tweeted of his fam little. still house speaker nancy pelosi won't commit to disciplining her yet saying it's the republican's responsibility to deal with their people. >> i don't feel what the republicans are doing ability the disgraceful, unacceptable behavior of their members. >> reporter: sources on capitol hill tell cnn privately democrats are struggling over whether to discipline boebert. concerned that it would different her more oxygen. >> she can use this to create more attention to generate more buzz, it's a very real concern. this? a part of her brand. this is who she is. she has hundreds of thousands of followers on twitter. >> reporter: boebert and other members of the republican freedom caucus exhibited controversial behavior, like marriagery taylor green and paul go sar have been called out as posers by dan crenshaw, who says they project themselves as loyal trump supporters but don't always vote with trump's agenda. >> members of congress, there is performance artists, there is legislators, and p
boebert's tweet came after a similar photo thomas massie tweeted of his fam little. still house speaker nancy pelosi won't commit to disciplining her yet saying it's the republican's responsibility to deal with their people. >> i don't feel what the republicans are doing ability the disgraceful, unacceptable behavior of their members. >> reporter: sources on capitol hill tell cnn privately democrats are struggling over whether to discipline boebert. concerned that it would different...
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to be clear, lauren boebert deserves punishment like gosar and greene. but not censure or loss of committee assignments. these efforts may carry weight in congress but for the average person they just ensure the offender becomes more relevant. in the cable world and a punch line on late night tv. censure is not as severe as expulsion but it's stronger than a reprimand. censure used to mean something and be feared by members. like when in 1983, representatives gerry studs and daniel crane were censured for having sex with 17-year-old congressional pages. yeah, that happened. in 2010, representative charlie rangel, then the chair of ways and means, was censured after having been found to have committed multiple violations of ethics rules. forma for rangel, that was a big deal. giving censure to boebert or greene are like handing car keys to a teen who just misbehaved. it presumes these members are there to legislate, which they are not. today, they are there to evoke passion and raise money. the best punishment for that trio is to ignore them. make them th
to be clear, lauren boebert deserves punishment like gosar and greene. but not censure or loss of committee assignments. these efforts may carry weight in congress but for the average person they just ensure the offender becomes more relevant. in the cable world and a punch line on late night tv. censure is not as severe as expulsion but it's stronger than a reprimand. censure used to mean something and be feared by members. like when in 1983, representatives gerry studs and daniel crane were...
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made, greene jumps to boebert's defense. she tweets nancy mace is the trash in the gop conference. mace, you can back up off lauren boebert or just go hang with your real gal pals, the jihad squad. mace responds to that a few moments ago. here she is. >> make no mistake. mar marjorie taylor greene is a liar. she is crazy, she's insane. she's bad for the party. >> i want to be clear. she did say that on fox news, congressman, and i they that's, you know, important. she didn't have -- she didn't mince her words over there. um, but -- but what do you make of this? i mean right now, it's a lonely fight. it's a lonely situation. she is the one saying it's wrong. not kevin mccarthy. >> no and that's a real problem. like i said, our leadership is not stepping up to define what we stand for from a big picture point of view. they are hiding behind trump. i call it trump-domination syndrome. they are all cowering to trump and they're empowering these people, like the two congre congresswomen that you just mentioned that have made ethn
made, greene jumps to boebert's defense. she tweets nancy mace is the trash in the gop conference. mace, you can back up off lauren boebert or just go hang with your real gal pals, the jihad squad. mace responds to that a few moments ago. here she is. >> make no mistake. mar marjorie taylor greene is a liar. she is crazy, she's insane. she's bad for the party. >> i want to be clear. she did say that on fox news, congressman, and i they that's, you know, important. she didn't have --...
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i want to start with those comments, boebert comparing you to a terrorist suicide bomber. what is it like to hear that kind of blatant bigotry, coming from a fellow member of the house of representatives? >> it's shocking and unacceptable. it's very unbecoming of a congresswoman to use that kind of derogatory, dangerous, inciting language against a colleague. many of us thought post 9/11 that we were on the mend. when i first won, i remember getting phone calls from across the world from heads of states and prime ministers and foreign ministers congratulating me because they thought america was past its sort of post 9/11 islamaphobia. and to see this happen right now in the halls of congress really is damaging not just to the muslim community, to myself, but to the kind of country we want to be. >> republican leader kevin mccarthy has still not publically condemned boebert's comments. on friday, he was asked, why not? take a listen to what he said. >> she apologized publically. she apologized personally. she wanted to meet personally. denied the ability to meet personally.
i want to start with those comments, boebert comparing you to a terrorist suicide bomber. what is it like to hear that kind of blatant bigotry, coming from a fellow member of the house of representatives? >> it's shocking and unacceptable. it's very unbecoming of a congresswoman to use that kind of derogatory, dangerous, inciting language against a colleague. many of us thought post 9/11 that we were on the mend. when i first won, i remember getting phone calls from across the world from...
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i want to start with those comments, boebert comparing you to a terrorist suicide bomber. what is it like to hear that kind of blatant bigotry, coming from a fellow member of the house of representatives? >> it's shocking and unacceptable. it's very unbecoming of a congresswoman to use that kind of derogatory, dangerous, inciting language against a colleague. many of us thought post 9/11 that we were on the mend. when i first won, i remember getting phone calls from across the world from heads of states and prime ministers and foreign ministers congratulating me because they thought america was past its sort of post 9/11 islamaphobia. and to see this happen right now in the halls of congress really is damaging not just to the muslim community, to myself, but to the kind of country we want to be. >> republican leader kevin mccarthy has not publically condemned boebert's comments. on friday, he was asked, why not? take a listen to what he said. >> she apologized publically. she apologized personally. she wanted to meet personally. denied the ability to meet personally. she p
i want to start with those comments, boebert comparing you to a terrorist suicide bomber. what is it like to hear that kind of blatant bigotry, coming from a fellow member of the house of representatives? >> it's shocking and unacceptable. it's very unbecoming of a congresswoman to use that kind of derogatory, dangerous, inciting language against a colleague. many of us thought post 9/11 that we were on the mend. when i first won, i remember getting phone calls from across the world from...
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she's worried you give boebert more attention and raise more money. can she get the progressives essentially to just swallow their pride? >> i think part of it from democratic leadership is one you don't want to give too much attention to congresswoman boebert. on the other hand, kevin mccarthy has talented democratic members. he's threatened swalwell, waters, omar for previous comments they've made essentially say figure republicans regain the majority, there will be a vote to strip them of their committee assignments. i think that speaker pelosi has to weigh those considerations and look out for the entire congress, not just the one member being targeted. >> i think what they need to balance is they have punished republicans before saying that it's up to republicans to deal with lauren boebert -- they have dealt with it before when it comes to paul gosar and marjorie taylor green. the issue they're balancing that with is they don't want to have to punish a republican or go through this ever time they think a republican says something offensive soor
she's worried you give boebert more attention and raise more money. can she get the progressives essentially to just swallow their pride? >> i think part of it from democratic leadership is one you don't want to give too much attention to congresswoman boebert. on the other hand, kevin mccarthy has talented democratic members. he's threatened swalwell, waters, omar for previous comments they've made essentially say figure republicans regain the majority, there will be a vote to strip them...
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boebert has never met a gun she didn't want to marry and make love to. black folks and muslims and the democratic party is tokenizing us and the centrist voter that drinks real coffee and has not voted for them in the 1950s and forget the '90s and i'm talking about the strategy in the '50s and '60s and instead will, have the virginia election of terry mcauliffe and they blame the squad. some people blame the squad for that loss. it was terry ran a weak campaign. so they're internalizing this language and this type of bad faith attacks on the squad to win over some white voters and not realizing that it's affecting the rest of us and it is a losing messaging because instead they have to flip the script and attack them for being radicals and extremists and if you're not telling people that, you are losing. >> raj, his book is currently available for pre-order and jean, thank you both so much. >>> when we return, the omicron variant and what real vaccine equity can do to slow the spread. in our next hour the trump remain in mexico policy is going back into
boebert has never met a gun she didn't want to marry and make love to. black folks and muslims and the democratic party is tokenizing us and the centrist voter that drinks real coffee and has not voted for them in the 1950s and forget the '90s and i'm talking about the strategy in the '50s and '60s and instead will, have the virginia election of terry mcauliffe and they blame the squad. some people blame the squad for that loss. it was terry ran a weak campaign. so they're internalizing this...
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it appears that boebert's little made-up story about omar is not an isolated incident. in a video reportedly shot in colorado last week, boebert calls congresswoman omar part of the, quote jihad squad, and then tells this vile false story about seeing omar and a capitol police officer in an elevator. like i said, it's really offensive but i'm going to play a short bit of it. >> i look to my left and there she is. ilhan omar. and i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack. we should be fine. >> so you get it there, right? the suggestion is that she's a terrorist and she's going to blow them all up. but she doesn't have a backpack, so phew. thanks to cnn's andrew kozinski we now know this appears to be part of a little routine boebert does. here's a video of her at an event in staten island in september. >> one of my staffers on his first day with me got into an elevator, in the capitol, and in that elevator we were joined by ilhan omar. well, it was just us three in there. and i looked over and i said, well, lookey there, it's the jihad squad. [ applause ] i do have to sa
it appears that boebert's little made-up story about omar is not an isolated incident. in a video reportedly shot in colorado last week, boebert calls congresswoman omar part of the, quote jihad squad, and then tells this vile false story about seeing omar and a capitol police officer in an elevator. like i said, it's really offensive but i'm going to play a short bit of it. >> i look to my left and there she is. ilhan omar. and i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack. we should be...
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this is always the challenge with someone like representative lauren boebert. really the challenges democrats are trying to grapple with in their own caucus. these are the kind of stunts that get media attention, that get you fund-raising, that get you noticed from your republican base. but obviously this is happening in the context of a horrible school shooting that occurred and representative thomas massie of kentucky faced a lot of backlash for a similar photo that he posted of his family holding firearms, holding long guns in a christmas card. she basically is just jumping on that bandwagon, but it goes without saying that this is something that she views as essential to her brand, this is something she views really as going to win her points with the conservative base. this is the challenge right now for the republican party. >> lauren fox, appreciate it as always. thank you. >>> just ahead, not exactly what you're going for when you light up a tree. this happened overnight here in new york city outside fox news headquarters. what happened? those details j
this is always the challenge with someone like representative lauren boebert. really the challenges democrats are trying to grapple with in their own caucus. these are the kind of stunts that get media attention, that get you fund-raising, that get you noticed from your republican base. but obviously this is happening in the context of a horrible school shooting that occurred and representative thomas massie of kentucky faced a lot of backlash for a similar photo that he posted of his family...
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now you have congresswoman lauren boebert with her even younger children. there's one kid that the gun looks bigger than that child. they're posing around the christmas tree. shermichael, i know you're a gun rights guy, but you have to draw the line somewhere, right? these are children, the timing of it seems in very poor taste. >> yeah, alex, i can understand how people would say god, guys, come on, i don't think the timing is good on this. growing up in the south, i think i got my first rifle at maybe 6 or 7. my grandfather taught my brother and myself how to shoot. my sisters were quickly behind us. that's sort of a normal tradition of anyone who grew up in the south to be quite honest. were we taking pictures and putting them on postcards, no we were not. you know and the viewers know we're all living in this viral shock moment. everyone's trying to get more tweets, more re-tweets, everyone wants to be in the news headlines. that's really what this was, members of congress wanting to get their supporters riled up, is and quite honestly have us talking a
now you have congresswoman lauren boebert with her even younger children. there's one kid that the gun looks bigger than that child. they're posing around the christmas tree. shermichael, i know you're a gun rights guy, but you have to draw the line somewhere, right? these are children, the timing of it seems in very poor taste. >> yeah, alex, i can understand how people would say god, guys, come on, i don't think the timing is good on this. growing up in the south, i think i got my first...
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it is lauren boebert. it is lauren boebert. the source of it is someone who spewed hate, vile hate about a fellow member of congress, a fellow human being, about a fellow -- and the leadership does nothing, does nothing. they didn't do anything benz paul gosar when he tweeted a video, says it was a cartoon. he threatened to kill a colleague in a video, nothing done about it. not repudiated, rewarded, the leader of the house republican said he'll get his committee assignments back if they take the majority. marjorie taylor greene puts phone numbers online. that's hate speech too for republicans who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure plan, she gets rewarded. kevin mccarthy has not publicly called out hate within his ranks. that's the source of this. >> john, i want to ask you about a massachusetts connection to all of this. i want to ask you about the fact that the red sox traded for jackie bradley jr. before the lockout. i just learned that moments ago. we're not going to talk about jackie bradley jr.,
it is lauren boebert. it is lauren boebert. the source of it is someone who spewed hate, vile hate about a fellow member of congress, a fellow human being, about a fellow -- and the leadership does nothing, does nothing. they didn't do anything benz paul gosar when he tweeted a video, says it was a cartoon. he threatened to kill a colleague in a video, nothing done about it. not repudiated, rewarded, the leader of the house republican said he'll get his committee assignments back if they take...
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i think lauren boebert views her job as a member of congress to troll the left. most members of congress see their job as legislating, getting things done pore their district. unfortunately, brianna, these sorts of things, boebert, matt gates does this, marjorie taylor green, or these things animate the base of the republican party at the moment, which means you will see more of it. but trolling whoever you like is not a part of the job as a member of congress. we seem to have forgotten that. the main job is to represent your constituents and get things done for the country. this isn't that. . >> i look at that and i see, look, four beautiful kids. but i think of four beautiful kids in michigan who are not there with their parents. . >> yep. . >> who were on the other end of the gun. i just wonder about the indecency of a member of congress putting this out there as they are suffering ahead of not having their kids for the holiday. it's just unbelievable, chris. . >> totally agree. . >> thank you. >>> and "new day" continues right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar alon
i think lauren boebert views her job as a member of congress to troll the left. most members of congress see their job as legislating, getting things done pore their district. unfortunately, brianna, these sorts of things, boebert, matt gates does this, marjorie taylor green, or these things animate the base of the republican party at the moment, which means you will see more of it. but trolling whoever you like is not a part of the job as a member of congress. we seem to have forgotten that....
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deserves. >> steve, lauren boebert is not dissuaded by the criticism. she's encouraged by it. she's trying to compete with congressman massy tweeting out her little children holding firearms, which someone should call child protective services. i know people have have guns. people don't do that. it's a weird play of violence. you think i'm violent? she's calling congresswoman omar a terrorist but she's cosplaying terror ris tick behavior. >> she's certifiable. period.istic behavior. >> she's certifiable. period. she has no business serving in the house of representatives by any standard of dignity or comportment which all of us attached to this institution. when you look at that building, it's awe inspiring. that dome, it's awesome. lit up at night, the honor to be able to serve under it in this year where we've seen the capitol, the floors out house, the floors of the senate desecrated and so i'm sympathetic to nancy pelosi here. you figure out this when you're a parent, which is that punishing your children, which sometimes is necessary is more work f
deserves. >> steve, lauren boebert is not dissuaded by the criticism. she's encouraged by it. she's trying to compete with congressman massy tweeting out her little children holding firearms, which someone should call child protective services. i know people have have guns. people don't do that. it's a weird play of violence. you think i'm violent? she's calling congresswoman omar a terrorist but she's cosplaying terror ris tick behavior. >> she's certifiable. period.istic behavior....
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>> number one, they could censure lauren boebert just like they did with paul gosar. they could also strip her of her committee assignments which was done to marjorie taylor greene. and speaker pelosi could put a resolution on the floor that condemned islamaphobia. there was some internal debate about this last week, and some democrats are reluctant to have to constantly police the bad behavior of their gop colleagues. they really feel like the onus should be on house minority leader kevin mccarthy. but clearly that's not going to happen. so, momentum has grown in the democratic ranks to take matters into their own hands and hold lauren boebert accountable in some manner. >> and then, olivia, minority leader mccarthy says, oh, wait, he is still capable of leading. listen. >> the clashes that you've seen within your caucus earlier this week, if you're speaker, would that make it difficult for you to govern? >> um, no. we're going to be quite fine. >> what does that mean? >> look, i think mccarthy is basically saying you're always going to have certain members who are p
>> number one, they could censure lauren boebert just like they did with paul gosar. they could also strip her of her committee assignments which was done to marjorie taylor greene. and speaker pelosi could put a resolution on the floor that condemned islamaphobia. there was some internal debate about this last week, and some democrats are reluctant to have to constantly police the bad behavior of their gop colleagues. they really feel like the onus should be on house minority leader...
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congress woman boebert, we have to run. we appreciate your clearing things up and coming on the show. that debate would be fun. democratic senators are now threatening the supreme court over roe and biden's vaccine mandates hit another wall. ken starr weighing in next. new vazalore is the first liquid-filled aspirin capsule clinically shown to cause fewer ulcers than plain aspirin. vazalore is designed to help protect... releasing aspirin after it leaves your stomach... where it is absorbed to give you the benefits of life saving aspirin... to help prevent another heart attack or stroke. heart protection with your stomach in mind. try new liquid-filled vazalore. aspirin made amazing! our retirement plan with voya, keeps us moving forward. try new liquid-filled vazalore. hey, kevin! hey, guys! they have customized solutions to help our family's special needs... hey, graduation selfie! well done! and voya stays by our side, keeping us on track for retirement... ...giving us confidence in our future... ...and in kevin's. you r
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how do you solve a problem like lauren boebert? she's not the only one but how do you solve a problem like that? kicking people off committees could be a double-edged swords. vulnerable democrats telling cnn they don't want to vote on that. they're worried it's an unnecessary distraction as they fight to hold onto the majority. look, a lot of this stuff crosses the line. sometimes losing their committee assignments is warranted, but you could also be playing right into their hands by giving them more attention, which is something that we struggle with every single night on this program. can we put the crazy grifty tweets of lauren boebert up because shaes e's trying to mak money off an appeal to the crack pot wing nut part of her party. do we put that up? does that actually help americans? in some ways i guess you need to know about it, but it's just playing right into her hands because she wants it out there. because she thinks it's cool and funny and it's going to help her, and maybe it will. who knows? the real problem here, tho
how do you solve a problem like lauren boebert? she's not the only one but how do you solve a problem like that? kicking people off committees could be a double-edged swords. vulnerable democrats telling cnn they don't want to vote on that. they're worried it's an unnecessary distraction as they fight to hold onto the majority. look, a lot of this stuff crosses the line. sometimes losing their committee assignments is warranted, but you could also be playing right into their hands by giving...
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that after mace condemned anti-muslim bigotry from gop congresswoman lauren boebert against ilhan omar. >>> a deadly shooting at a michigan high school. three students killed. i want to turn to cnn's adrian br broad does. three teenagers are dead, many more injured and a 15-year-old sophomore in custody. a lot of new information from that sheriff in that press conference a short while ago. give us the latest, please. >> reporter: don, lots of new information, including the names of the three deceased. i'd like to share them with our viewers tonight. 16-year-old male died today. his name was tate meyer, and he died in the patrol car while deputies were transporting him to the hospital. the other two victims were females, a 14-year-old, hannah saint julienne as well as a 17-year-old female, madison baldwin. in addition to the three deceased, eight others were injured including a teacher. and their injuries range from critical to we know the teacher was released this afternoon. she sustained a gunshot wound, but the sheriff told us a 14-year-old is in critical condition tonight fighting f
that after mace condemned anti-muslim bigotry from gop congresswoman lauren boebert against ilhan omar. >>> a deadly shooting at a michigan high school. three students killed. i want to turn to cnn's adrian br broad does. three teenagers are dead, many more injured and a 15-year-old sophomore in custody. a lot of new information from that sheriff in that press conference a short while ago. give us the latest, please. >> reporter: don, lots of new information, including the names...
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mace, you can back up off of lauren boebert or go hang with your real gal pals, the jihad squad. so mace responded this way saying -- >> make no mistake. marjorie taylor greene is a liar. she's crazy, she's insane. she's bad for the party. >> well, greene, of course, returned fire tweeted she had spoken with trump about mace, responded saying this is about greene's anti muslim rhetoric. >> what it says to me is if you say something that's bat shit crazy, you're going to raise money. that's the only reason she does that. she's a grifter of the first order and she does that to raise money. >> cnn's melanie zen known nah joining us from capitol hill. nobody said congress was neat and polite, not sure you thought you'd be spending your days this way. how is, if at all, minority leader kevin mccarthy handling this public feud? it was a little quiet in the beginning when it was dealing with boebert and her comments about ilhan omar. where do you stand this morning. >> reporter: kevin mccarthy is working behind the scenes. he knows this is a huge distraction for republicans. they would
mace, you can back up off of lauren boebert or go hang with your real gal pals, the jihad squad. so mace responded this way saying -- >> make no mistake. marjorie taylor greene is a liar. she's crazy, she's insane. she's bad for the party. >> well, greene, of course, returned fire tweeted she had spoken with trump about mace, responded saying this is about greene's anti muslim rhetoric. >> what it says to me is if you say something that's bat shit crazy, you're going to raise...
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how do you solve a problem like lauren boebert? she's not the only one but how do you solve a problem like that? kicking people off committees could be a double-edged swords. vulnerable democrats telling cnn they don't want to vote on that. they're worried it's an unnecessary distraction as they fight to hold onto the majority. look, a lot of this stuff crosses the line. sometimes losing their committee assignments is warranted, but you could also be playing right into their hands by giving them more attention, which is something that we struggle with every single night on this program. can we put the crazy grifty tweets of lauren boebert up because she's trying to make money off an appeal to the crack pot wing nut part of her party. do we put that up? does that actually help americans? does it inform our viewers and our electorate? in some ways i guess you need to know about it, but it's just playing right into her hands because she wants it out there. because she thinks it's cool and funny and it's going to help her, and maybe it
how do you solve a problem like lauren boebert? she's not the only one but how do you solve a problem like that? kicking people off committees could be a double-edged swords. vulnerable democrats telling cnn they don't want to vote on that. they're worried it's an unnecessary distraction as they fight to hold onto the majority. look, a lot of this stuff crosses the line. sometimes losing their committee assignments is warranted, but you could also be playing right into their hands by giving...
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>>> then it has been over two weeks since congresswoman boebert's anti-muslim remarks. we're going to take a look. i'm ayman mohyeldin. let's get started. >>> all right, as we have been throughout the hour we want to bring you up-to-date on that breaking news following the dozens of catastrophic tornados which have left devastation across six states. as i mentioned a state of emergency declared in kentucky whereas many as 100 people are feared dead as search and rescue operations continue. there's a curfew that has been implemented in the hardest hit locations to allow first responders to search for any survivors and to try and begin the cleanup operation. president biden says that he plans to visit the affected areas while offering the full assistance of the federal government. >> they lost their homes. they lost their businesses, and it's a tragedy. it's a tragedy. and we still don't know how many lives are lost or the full extent of the damage, but i want to emphasize what i told all the governors. the federal government will do everything, everything it can possibly
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but would you support a resolution to strip congresswoman boebert of the committee assignments? >> i support a resolution to take some action and i trust the speaker and hakeem jeffries'jeffries' ability to get consensus. i think what the speaker is weighing is how do we take decisive action to say that this was wrong, but not give a bigger platform to representative boebert. >> and as you said, you'll do what they come up with essentially. but is there anything in your mind that would achieve that? >> i think there are a number of things in terms of the actions. it could be clearly condemning the comments and making it clear that they're unacceptable, there are other things being considered. i think what is important is we come to a consensus and then we move on and deal with what the american people care about, getting more money in their pockets, inflation, gas prices. >> so as you focus on that, last question on this, are you concerned as part of that calculus, this promise of payback? if republicans retake the house in 2022? >> i'm not concerned in terms of an individual on
but would you support a resolution to strip congresswoman boebert of the committee assignments? >> i support a resolution to take some action and i trust the speaker and hakeem jeffries'jeffries' ability to get consensus. i think what the speaker is weighing is how do we take decisive action to say that this was wrong, but not give a bigger platform to representative boebert. >> and as you said, you'll do what they come up with essentially. but is there anything in your mind that...
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one lauren boebert from colorado saying islamic things about ilhan omar, we-- is all of this kind of part of the political legacy here of bob dole? >> you know, what was interesting about the era that bob dole was in congress, there were also most members, who had served in the military. 75 percent of the members of congress in the early '70s had some level of military service. and i think there was something really important about that era because they could, as tamed said, fight on the floor, fight over issues, even get into, you know, prettee acerbic back and forth but fundamental fundamentally understand thed were on the same team, i may have a blue scrersee or red jersey, one of the powerful moments of bob dole's life, especially his later life, that in a way, liberal democrat from hawaii, also served in world war ii, also was grievously injured,
one lauren boebert from colorado saying islamic things about ilhan omar, we-- is all of this kind of part of the political legacy here of bob dole? >> you know, what was interesting about the era that bob dole was in congress, there were also most members, who had served in the military. 75 percent of the members of congress in the early '70s had some level of military service. and i think there was something really important about that era because they could, as tamed said, fight on the...
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boebert, i.e. marjorie taylor greene. this is just the beginning of this confederacy of dunces. >> susan, your thoughts on omar's thoughts about mccarthy and republican leadership. >> i agree with david and don. she correctly points out that kevin mccarthy, he's not even a leader anymore. let's just call him a spokesperson for himself. he's just out there for himself. he is in fact a liar. he's a coward because he's scared of his own conference. and that just shows that this is not a man in any position to have any leadership position whatsoever. and it is greatly disappointing to see that this is how the republicans choose and who the republicans currently choose to support. >> real quickly, i want to ask each of you, we're tight on time, but if roe v. wade is overturned by the supreme court, does it help or hurt republicans' chances in 2022? don? >> to be determined. >> all right. david, what are you thinking? >> i think it's a wash. i think the issue is much more complex than the fierce advocates on both sides. >> and
boebert, i.e. marjorie taylor greene. this is just the beginning of this confederacy of dunces. >> susan, your thoughts on omar's thoughts about mccarthy and republican leadership. >> i agree with david and don. she correctly points out that kevin mccarthy, he's not even a leader anymore. let's just call him a spokesperson for himself. he's just out there for himself. he is in fact a liar. he's a coward because he's scared of his own conference. and that just shows that this is not...
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house progressives are pushing to strip lauren boebert of her committee assignments. boebert has implied on several occasions that congresswoman ilhan omar is a terrorist. lauren fox is on capitol hill. speaker pelosi hasn't committed to taking any action. why not? >> reporter: well, i think she's in the middle of a dispute right now among democrats a little bit about what the best action is to take right now. she has repeatedly said that what she wants to happen is she wants republican leaders like kevin mccarthy to take care of their own conference. and when a member like this makes these kinds of racist remarks, she wants him to stand up and decide what to do with his own members. that is a step that former speakers and former leaders have taken among members of their own conferences and caucuses. yet, pelosi is arguing that it's not clear exactly what the direction is going to be. she said earlier today at her press conference that she wanted mccarthy to handle this, and other people who are close to her say that there is really a discussion right now as to whethe
house progressives are pushing to strip lauren boebert of her committee assignments. boebert has implied on several occasions that congresswoman ilhan omar is a terrorist. lauren fox is on capitol hill. speaker pelosi hasn't committed to taking any action. why not? >> reporter: well, i think she's in the middle of a dispute right now among democrats a little bit about what the best action is to take right now. she has repeatedly said that what she wants to happen is she wants republican...
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>>> still to come, discipline action called against lauren boebert for her anti-muslim rhetoric targeting a fellow member of congress. >>> plus an emotional day in court as the former police officer charged with killing daunte wright gets underway. stay with us. wow... that's so nice! is that a photo of tepechitlan? yeah! the gift of ancestry®, is a walk through your history. do you remember who this is? it's a gift that surprises you, moves you, and bonds you. ...papa? i can see the nose and everything. she was the original strong woman. i know. this holiday, give the gift of family. give the gift of ancestry®. ♪ air wick air wick scented oils are infused with natural essential oils to create authentic seasonal scents that fill your home
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. ♪ ♪ >>> outrage growing for lauren boebert's unhinged behavior. they want to strip her committee assignments citing anti muslim comments towards congresswoman ill han omar. >> it's shameful we had to wait this long for meaningful action, for meaningful accountability but here we are. for a member of congress to repeatedly and unapologetically use hateful, racist and islam phobic tropes is dangerous. >> the day after boebert put out this christmas photo showing her four children holding semiautomatic style weapons. ana navarro and scott jennings here. good evening to both of you. this is getting out of control. kevin mccarthy nowhere to be found and the leadership is absolutely astounding. >> it is. obviously kevin mccarthy wants to be the speaker of the house and he know he has a problem on his right flank and trying not to rile them up. what is being shown is a lack of a moral compass. it should not be hard to admonish somebody for making discriminatory statements. >> let me get both of you to respond to this. when you have people who do this wac
. ♪ ♪ >>> outrage growing for lauren boebert's unhinged behavior. they want to strip her committee assignments citing anti muslim comments towards congresswoman ill han omar. >> it's shameful we had to wait this long for meaningful action, for meaningful accountability but here we are. for a member of congress to repeatedly and unapologetically use hateful, racist and islam phobic tropes is dangerous. >> the day after boebert put out this christmas photo showing her...
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and extremists in the republican party, people like lauren boebert who has been arrested more than any other congress person, a person who has talked about law and order and who has ignored court orders and a person whose husband exposed himself to a bowling alley and matt gaetz, mr. family values, being investigated madison cawthorn who beats up trees and when he's not beating up trees he has been credibly accused of a sexual assault and who, by the way, told his viewers and audience, be armed and dangerous after the rittenhouse verdict, and marjorie taylor greene who believes in jewish space lasers that are causing wildfires and today, she compared cancer to coronavirus, realizing that basically she doesn't understand cancer, how cancer works because it's not contagious and 60,000 people wo die of cancer every year, how come we haven't shut down the government or the schools or this country over
and extremists in the republican party, people like lauren boebert who has been arrested more than any other congress person, a person who has talked about law and order and who has ignored court orders and a person whose husband exposed himself to a bowling alley and matt gaetz, mr. family values, being investigated madison cawthorn who beats up trees and when he's not beating up trees he has been credibly accused of a sexual assault and who, by the way, told his viewers and audience, be armed...
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lauren boebert likes to go from offense to offense. she fund-raisies out of it, and we're talking about it. that being said, how do you not respond to an islamicphobic attack? what message does that send to little muslim boys and girls all over this countrisome >> i just don't know. at some point you have to be above the craziness and let them spin and toil and look bad. and you take the high road. scott, i don't know, am i wrong? what do you think of that? >> i think as a strategic matter, you raise exactly the point. the reason someone would tell this kind of a joke, the reason someone would fabricate this kind of a story is because they're trying to attract attention. and when you elevate it to the extent that it's been elevated in our public discourse, we have obviously been discussing it now for days and days and days and days. this is what they want, and the idea that we're going to strip someone of their committee hearings, i mean, do we think lauren boebert wakes up every day desperate to get over to a committee meeting? of cou
lauren boebert likes to go from offense to offense. she fund-raisies out of it, and we're talking about it. that being said, how do you not respond to an islamicphobic attack? what message does that send to little muslim boys and girls all over this countrisome >> i just don't know. at some point you have to be above the craziness and let them spin and toil and look bad. and you take the high road. scott, i don't know, am i wrong? what do you think of that? >> i think as a strategic...
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a week ago i talked to senior democrats reluctant to do anything, and the reason is because boebert in this instance unlike past instances with republicans actually issued an apology. people will say it was a phony apology, it wasn't sincere. a lot of democrats feel that way but there was a fear of rebuking and doing something against a member who did make an effort, tweeted an apology and reached out to ilhan omar, they obviously got in an ugly spat on that phone call but there was a reluctance to do that. we have to see if this pressure is enough to sort of push pelosi this week to do something. there's certainly a lot of members talking about it on the hill. >> so this tweet you're familiar with, sparking a lot of reaction this week and understandable. one, why a republican member of congress would consider this christmas appropriate, we can show this image on screen and coming days after a school shooting in oxford, michigan. let's show that picture. so this is his family, "santa, please bring ammo." i want to draw attention to the weapon thomas massey is holding either an m-60 or
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>> i think we're sending a message to lauren boebert. if you can spew out this kind of vitriol, i would support stripping her of her committees. i'm not at that point right now, but if she continues this kind of conduct, then she should be censored and stripped of her committees. >> okay, but look, republicans have been reluctant to take action. that's something the speaker has said that needs to be done. kevin mccarthy, do you have any confidence that he will take any sort of action and push back against lauren boebert and the kind of things she's said? >> so historically it's always been the caucus. speaker pelosi made no -- had no qualms about stripping congressman rangel of his authority as ways and means chair when he was censured. so the fact that kevin mccarthy is unwilling to do that suggests that these fringe members of his party control him, that he has no ability to control them, that he has a precarious hold on his caucus because of his bid to try to become speaker. in many respects he has a ring in his nose now and the marjo
>> i think we're sending a message to lauren boebert. if you can spew out this kind of vitriol, i would support stripping her of her committees. i'm not at that point right now, but if she continues this kind of conduct, then she should be censored and stripped of her committees. >> okay, but look, republicans have been reluctant to take action. that's something the speaker has said that needs to be done. kevin mccarthy, do you have any confidence that he will take any sort of...
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of boebert's friends. the question is this the best way to deal with that? >> it is certainly the way that speaker nancy pelosi has chosen to deal with this issue because obviously in response to the islamophobic comments, you know, congressman omar and others in the democratic caucus wanted to go much further, they wanted to punish congresswoman boebert, censure her and strip her off committees but that's a tactic making democratic leaders nervous. democrats have done that for two other republicans this career and whether they believe this is justified or not, and they clearly believe that it is than those horrible islamophobic comments should be condemned, they are worried about setting some sort of a precedent for next year when or if the republicans take back the majority that democrats in power start stripping democrats off their committees so this is a solution that pelosi has landed on for now, and she felt it was the best path forward. >> the fact of the matter is congresswoman omar will likely be
of boebert's friends. the question is this the best way to deal with that? >> it is certainly the way that speaker nancy pelosi has chosen to deal with this issue because obviously in response to the islamophobic comments, you know, congressman omar and others in the democratic caucus wanted to go much further, they wanted to punish congresswoman boebert, censure her and strip her off committees but that's a tactic making democratic leaders nervous. democrats have done that for two other...
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and kevin mccarthy has yet to comment on boebert's remarks. the latest from cnn in an event in september. in it she told the same bigoted joke we heard from the november 20th event where she implied that congresswoman omar could be. and then giving an apology, anyone in the community i've offended but of note did not apologize to omar directly. the two spoke on the phone monday and both admit the covering did not go well. in a conversation monday night, congresswoman omar said she played a phone call with boebert. we want to warn you it's extremely graphic. >> we've seen [ bleep ] we know what you're about to, don't worry there is plenty that would love the opportunity to take you off the face of [ bleep ] earth. come get it [ bleep ] you jihadist. >> that disgusting message went on to say that she will, quote, not live much longer. congresswoman boebert went on to say that anyone that holds accountable silent. joining us co-founder of punchbowl news, jake, let's start there. what are you hearing on the ground about leadership's next steps if
and kevin mccarthy has yet to comment on boebert's remarks. the latest from cnn in an event in september. in it she told the same bigoted joke we heard from the november 20th event where she implied that congresswoman omar could be. and then giving an apology, anyone in the community i've offended but of note did not apologize to omar directly. the two spoke on the phone monday and both admit the covering did not go well. in a conversation monday night, congresswoman omar said she played a...