Rep. Pressley to introduce resolution to condemn Rep. Boebert and strip her committee assignments

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Nearly a dozen House liberals want Democratic leadership to act against the Colorado Republican for anti-Muslim remarks

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/07/rep-pressley-introduces-resolution-condemn-rep-boebert/

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) plans to introduce a resolution Wednesday to strip Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) of her committee assignments for repeatedly making anti-Muslim remarks aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), hoping the action forces House Democratic leadership to punish the lawmaker before the end of the year.

Pressley’s resolution, first obtained by The Washington Post, comes amid mounting pressure by House Democrats for Boebert to be reprimanded for her Islamophobic attacks that surfaced via video of the Colorado Republican suggesting at an event in her district over Thanksgiving break that Omar was a suicide bomber.

Nearly a dozen House liberals, including Democratic Reps. Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Judy Chu (Calif.), Jesús “Chuy” García (Ill.), Jimmy Gomez (Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), have co-sponsored the resolution.

“For a Member of Congress to repeatedly use hateful, anti-Muslim rhetoric and Islamophobic tropes towards a Muslim colleague is dangerous. It has no place in our society and it diminishes the honor of the institution we serve in,” Pressley said in a statement.

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[Skittles]

1. what I don't get is....

I would be terminated if I behaved the way Boebert does......don't they have a code of conduct? I understand they are elected but.......WTF.

[Celerity]

2. I'm just waiting until the Rethugs start to openly drop n-words & other raw slurs on a daily basis

we all know it is coming

[BeckyDem]

3. Absolutely, and they must.