(CNN) 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. It's another instance in which Boebert suggested Omar, who is Muslim and wears a hijab, was a terrorist. And in that elevator, we were joined by Ilhan Omar," Boebert told the crowd in September. In her statement, Omar said Boebert refused to apologize to her. "I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep Omar," Boebert said in a statement posted on Twitter.

Source: CNN December 01, 2021 00:08 UTC