Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) plans to introduce a resolution Wednesday to strip Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) of her committee assignments for repeatedly making anti-Muslim remarks aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), hoping the action forces House Democratic leadership to punish the lawmaker before the end of the year.
Pressley’s resolution, first obtained by The Washington Post, comes amid mounting pressure by House Democrats for Boebert to be reprimanded for Islamophobic attacks that surfaced in a video in which the Colorado Republican, speaking at an event in her district over Thanksgiving break, likened Omar to a suicide bomber.
“Leadership of the Republican Party here in the house — specifically McCarthy — is giving them a free pass, and that doesn’t have to be,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) said during a press conference to introduce the resolution to strip Boebert of her committee assignments on Wednesday. “There is a way to diffuse the tension and the divisiveness of our politics if the Republican leader chooses to do so but consistently he is more concerned about whether he’ll be leader in the future.”
Source: Rep. Pressley to introduce resolution to condemn Rep. Boebert