Massachusetts Democrat Ayanna Pressley has launched a decision to “condemn” Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert and strip her of her committee assignments. The decision was co-signed, so to talk, by 38 different anti-American Home leftists. The pretense for the decision is Boebert stating habits by Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar that might get a lesser mortal ostracized by her colleagues if not indicted. Right here is Boebert utilizing her flooring speech defending her colleague Paul Gosar to name out Omar for monetary shenanigans, a fraudulent (we hope) and incestuous marriage, and for being a member of the “Jihad Squad.”
That is the textual content of the decision filed by Pressley.
“Rep. Boebert has repeatedly weaponized harmful, anti-Muslim bigotry at our colleague Consultant Ilhan Omar (MN-05). As a substitute of apologizing, Rep. Boebert has continued her Islamophobic rhetoric and chosen to unfold hateful speech even additional. Within the face of demise threats and vitriol being spewed at Rep. Omar, Consultant Kevin McCarthy (CA-23)’s choice to permit and embolden continued hostility from his members speaks clearly to the Republican social gathering’s willingness to permit hate and division to develop on the expense of our individuals, our values, and our establishments.
“However we refuse to face by as Islamophobia, anti-Blackness, anti-immigrant sentiment, and xenophobia are trafficked into the halls of Congress by members of the Republican social gathering. At the moment, we’re calling for Rep. Boebert to be faraway from her committee assignments. Our response to habits that creates a harmful work surroundings and furthers a local weather of toxicity and intolerance can’t be silence. Congress can not forgo accountability when a Member engages in hate speech that dehumanizes not solely a colleague’ however a complete individuals. We can’t be complicit as members of this physique, who swore an oath to guard and defend the structure of the US, trample on the basic proper of non secular freedom.
“Muslims throughout the nation need to Congress at this second, watching to see if these they despatched to characterize their pursuits in Washington are going to face up within the face of blatant, vicious Islamophobia. We owe it to them, and to each one that has been the recipient of harassment and verbal abuse primarily based on their faith, race, gender, sexuality, or different identification, to face up and present them that their votes to ship us right here imply one thing — that our values imply one thing, and are price defending. We stand in solidarity with Rep. Omar, and urge each single certainly one of our colleagues to affix us in demanding motion.”
Factually, there was nothing “Islamophobic” about Boebert mocking Omar’s incest and terrorist fangirling, except you need to make the case that these are quintessentially Islamic behaviors.
It wasn’t with out drama. Right here we’ve Omar’s fellow Jihad Squad member, Rashida Tlaib, slinging snot over the ache of the known as out as a terrorist-simp.
When she mentioned that, she was evoking violence on Muslims all throughout our nation. We shouldn’t need to beg and urge Republicans to do what’s proper right here. They’ve Muslims of their communities. I do know they do.
As I’ve identified in earlier posts (see, for example, Ilhan Omar Brags That Nancy Pelosi Will Strip Lauren Boebert of Her Committee Assignments and She’s Most likely Proper, that is merely a operate of progressive Democrats making an attempt to push a story that claims “all Republicans are racists” after which utilizing their energy within the Home to create the “info” to help it. They’ve already performed this with Marjorie Taylor Greene and with Paul Gosar. It really works for exactly two causes: Kevin McCarthy is a wuss who can not or won’t defend his members, and the GOP caucus is riddled with quislings who will fortunately vote with Democrats to smear a fellow Republican as a result of that will get them congratulatory Twitter direct messages from Jake Tapper or one thing.
It isn’t in any respect clear that Pelosi will take any motion on this case.
My guess is that she suspects that subsequent November will usher in a Republican majority within the Home, and new Home management may be inclined to manage payback. She’s gone to the nicely twice by instantly punishing GOP members; she may really feel {that a} third chunk of the apple could be neither forgotten nor forgiven by a brand new Home GOP caucus.
Listed here are the co-signers of the decision.
Arizona
Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03)
California
Barbara Lee (CA-13)
Judy Chu (CA-27)
Ted Lieu (CA-33)
Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)
Sara Jacobs (CA-53)
hmmm…the place is Fang Fang’s boyfriend? Keepi9ng his head down in anticipation of January 2023?
Georgia
Hank Johnson (GA-04)
Nikema Williams (GA-05)
Hawaii
Kai Kahele (HI-02)
Illinois
Marie Newman (IL-03)
Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)–Schakowsky’s identify is spelled “Schakowksy” within the unique doc exhibiting each her significance and the intelligence stage of Pressley’s employees.
Indiana
André Carson (IN-07)
Maine
Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Massachusetts
Lori Trahan (MA-03)
Michigan
Andy Levin (MI-09)
Rashida Tlaib (MI-13)
Missouri
Cori Bush (MO-01)
New Jersey
Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)
New Mexico
Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03)
New York
Nydia M. Velazquez (NY-07)
Yvette Clarke (NY-09)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-12)
Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
Ritchie Torres (NY-15)
Jamaal Bowman (NY-16)
Mondaire Jones (NY-17)
North Carolina
Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12)
Pennsylvania
Brendan Boyle (PA-02)
Dwight Evans (PA-03)
Mary Homosexual Scanlon (PA-05)
Texas
Veronica Escobar (TX-16)
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
Washington
Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)
Wisconsin
Mark Pocan (WI-02)
This post was last modified on December 9, 2021 10:04 am
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