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During debate on a resolution tocensure Rep. Paul Gosarfor posting ananime video depicting violenceagainst another member of Congress, fellow Republican Rep.Lauren Boebertdelivered a diatribe Wednesday that included a racist comment directed at Rep.Ilhan Omar.
An unabashed progressive Democrat who is part of “The Squad” of six left-wing members, Omar is the first Somali-American and one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress. She isalso a refugeeand the first naturalized U.S. citizen from Africa to be elected to the House of Representatives
In her speech, Boebert also briefly referenced the right-wing conspiracy that Omar previously married her brother — a claim Omar has called “absurd and offensive.”
The Minnesota lawmaker responded to Boebert’s insults with her own.
“Luckily my dad raised me right, otherwise I might have gone to the floor to talk about this insurrectionist who sleeps with a pervert,“she tweeted. “I am grateful I was raised to be a decent human and not a deprived person who shamefully defecates & defiles the House of Representatives.”
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Boebert has beenaccused of meeting with organizersof pro-Trump rallies on Jan. 6 but denied any involvement in the deadly riot that followed. Hertweets during the attack— “Today is 1776,“one said— are also controversial.
Boebert’s husbandreportedly pleaded guiltyto public indecency and lewd exposure in connection with a 2004 incident.
Swalwell, who launched a brief presidential campaign in 2019, had what he said was unwitting contact with a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, also known as Christine Fang, who allegedly targeted promising politicians between 2011 and 2015.
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Swalwell is not accused of any wrongdoing. He said he cut off ties with Fang after U.S. intelligence officials briefed him on their concerns about her.
AfterAxios broke the spying story, Swalwell said in a statement that he cooperated with the FBI in their investigation of Fang and that six years had passed since he was in touch with her.
His contact with Fang reportedly included her help in raising funds for a 2014 campaign and placing an intern in his congressional office.
The back-and-forth between Boebert and Omar was the latest example of the increasingly confrontational tone in the House after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, as some of the Republican minority’s most right-wing members have been punished for conduct like Gosar’s.
source: people.com
