Global News published this video item, entitled “Illhan Omar gets choked up recalling incidents of Islamophobia she’s faced since entering Congress” – below is their description.
On Tuesday, United States Rep. Illhan Omar alongside Reps. Tlaib, and Carson, held a press conference Tuesday denouncing Islamophobia following comments made by Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert (R).
Omar outlined incidents of Islamophobic behaviour she has faced since entering Congress, including a fellow member joking on her first day that her hijab could be used to hide C4 explosives.
“On my first day as I got sworn in. My colleague, my then colleague, Stephen King claimed another member said of my hijab that there might be four pounds of C-4 under it that would wipe out half of Congress,” Omar told reporters in Washington Tuesday.
During the briefing she played a threatening voicemail she received by an unknown caller, threatening that she wouldn’t live much longer.
Boebert – an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump – has previously referred to Omar as a member of a “jihad squad” and said it would be safe to ride with her in a Capitol elevator – if she was not wearing a backpack.
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