Omar and Boebert have ?unproductive? call after anti-Muslim remarks

Ilhan Omar said she had an "unproductive" call with Lauren Boebert on Monday regarding the Colorado rightwinger's Islamophobic comments that she made towards the Minnesota Democrat last week.

In a new statement released on Monday, Omar said she "graciously accepted a call from Rep. Lauren Boebert 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".

Omar added: "She instead doubled down on her rhetoric and I decided to end the unproductive call. I believe in engaging with those we disagree with respectfully, but not when that disagreement is rooted in outright bigotry and hate."

"So I was getting into an elevator with one of my staffers. You know, we're leaving the Capitol and we're going back to my office and we get an elevator and I see a Capitol police officer running to the elevator. I see fret all over his face, and he's reaching, and the door's shutting, like I can't open it, like what's happening. 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.'"

The audience laughed and applauded.

"We only had one floor to go," Boebert continued. "I said, ‘Oh look, the Jihad Squad decided show up for work today.'"