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'This has to stop': GOP congressman slams Lauren Boebert's 'high-school level' behavior

On Monday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) fiercely condemned the remarks by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is a terrorist.

"You know, this really went from ugly to uglier, just when you thought it couldn't get more ridiculous in the House of Representatives," said anchor Kate Bolduan. "I mean, what — what do you think of this?"

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'Crazy' Lauren Boebert isn't worth censuring -- even though she and her allies 'are just bad people': Dem strategist

Democratic strategist James Carville on Monday told CNN's Anderson Cooper that he doesn't think Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is worth censuring, even though he admitted that she's "crazy."

While talking with Cooper, Carville advised Democrats against getting into a fight with Boebert, whom he said just wanted more media attention.

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'Rep. Omar hung up on me': Lauren Boebert's apology phone call to Ilhan Omar ends with angry clash

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) revealed on Monday that she had contacted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after insulting her in a racist rant.

In an Instagram video, Boebert explained what happened when she called Omar to apologize for suggesting that the Muslim lawmaker could have been a terrorist when she saw her in a Capitol elevator.

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Boebert’s apology complicates efforts to punish her bigotry — even if few Democrats believe she’s sorry

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is facing blowback for her anti-Muslim remarks about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), but her apology may complicate efforts to formally punish her.

A Democratic faction wants to strip the Colorado Republican of her committee assignments for suggesting that Omar could be a terrorist, but Boebert issued an apology over the weekend and has reached out to the Minnesota Democrat's office, unlike previous GOP lawmakers who faced consequences for their bigoted remarks, reported Politico Playbook.

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Morning Joe: ‘Desperate’ Kevin McCarthy ‘begging on hands and knees’ for support from GOP’s worst bigots

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped House minority leader Kevin McCarthy for letting "Republican extremists" to take over the party in his "desperate" bid to hold onto his authority.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) issued an apology for publicly suggesting Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has ties to terrorism, and McCarthy asked House majority leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) to help broker a meeting between the pair, but Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) inserted herself into the drama by doubling down on attacking her Democratic colleagues as the "Jihad squad."

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Top Missouri paper calls on Senate to investigate Josh Hawley over his Jan 6th actions

On Sunday, the editorial board of the St Louis Post-Dispatch called on the U.S. Senate Ethics Panel to investigate Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) over any possible involvement he may have had in the Jan 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Hawley, whose political future will be haunted by a photo of him giving a raised fist to insurrectionists as they stormed the halls of Congress has been excoriated by the paper's editors multiple times, but Sunday's call for an investigation ramps up their attacks on the home state senator.

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Lauren Boebert needs to be subpoenaed to explain her 'violent revolution' Jan 6th tweets: MSNBC contributor

During an MSNBC "The Sunday Show" panel on the chaos being created by far-right Republican Party lawmakers, SiriusXM radio host and political commentator Dean Obeidallah suggested it is about time the House committee investigating the Jan. 6th Capitol riot to subpoena Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and grill her over her suspicious tweets she made that day.

With host Jonathan Capehart wondering who is next to be subpoenaed, Obeidallah immediately mentioned the controversial Boebert who is currently under fire for inflammatory comments she made about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

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Former GOP lawmaker lays out plan to boot Boebert and Taylor Greene from Congress

Appearing on CNN to talk about the conduct of Republican lawmakers who have been threatening and disparaging their Democratic colleagues to the point where they have been censured, former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) discussed the work she is doing to oust Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from Congress.

Speaking with host Jim Acosta, Comstock slammed Boebert for her highly-publicized and vile comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN) where the Colorado Republican compared the Democrat to a terrorist.

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​'Not the brightest bulb on the Capitol Christmas tree': CNN's Jim Acosta mocks Lauren Boebert ​

CNN host Jim Acosta on Saturday took aim at Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and other members of the "freak show caucus" — including GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.

"You might be feeling all filled up after Thanksgiving, but unfortunately we got an extra helping of turkey from Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who proudly displayed her ignorance and bigotry in comments about Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar," Acosta said.

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'Pathetic' Kevin McCarthy blasted for issuing statement on Lauren Boebert that fails to condemn her

House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy issued a statement Saturday in response to backlash over Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's islamophobic rant targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

"I talked to Congresswoman Lauren Boebert today," McCarthy said in the statement. "She has apologized for what she said and has reached out to Congresswoman Omar to meet next week. I spoke with (Majority) Leader (Steny) Hoyer today to facilitate that meeting so that Congress can get back to talking to each other and working on the challenges facing the American people."

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GOP silence on Charlottesville was a 'dress rehearsal' for blowing off Trump's Jan 6th insurrection: conservative

In a column for MSNBC, conservative commentator and Bulwark founder Charlie Sykes claims that Republicans used the lessons they learned after the deadly Charlottesville protest -- when Donald Trump praised the white nationalists -- to duck responsibility to condemn the Jan 6th Capitol rioters.

Coming just days after organizers of the "Unite the Right" rally lost a multi-million dollar civil suit for the damage they fomented in Virginia, Sykes claimed that -- looking back at the GOP response -- it should be evident that Republicans' silence on Charlottesville was a "dress rehearsal" for dealing with the fall-out of the insurrection that threatened to topple the 2020 presidential election results and throw the country into chaos.

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QAnon leader was accused by wife of 'blind rage' in domestic violence arrest: report

According to a report from Mother Jones, a QAnon leader who has been promising fellow conspiracists that John F. Kennedy Jr. will soon return from the dead -- or hiding -- to lead the movement and help Donald Trump become president again, has a history of violence that includes an arrest for a domestic assault.

Michael Brian Protzman, who is known to QAnon adherents as Negative48, was arrested in Washington state's King County in 2019 for an "unlawful imprisonment – domestic violence" charge filed by his wife that led her to flee their home to a neighbor's house where she called 911.

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