Omar and Boebert have ‘unproductive’ call after anti-Muslim remarks

Ilhan Omar says she ended the call after Lauren Boebert doubled down on her rhetoric'

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".