明尼苏达州众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔(Ilhan Omar)表示，周一，她与科罗拉多州众议员劳伦·博伯特(Lauren Boebert)就她的反穆斯林言论进行了一次“无效”的通话，并声称这位科罗拉多州共和党人拒绝就暗示她是恐怖分子一事公开道歉。
相反，奥马尔在一份新的声明博伯特“对她有害和危险的评论加倍让步”，这导致奥马尔“结束了徒劳的呼吁。”
在上周发布在推特上的一段视频中，博伯特称奥马尔是“圣战小组”的成员，并声称在国会山的一次电梯遭遇中，一名国会警察认为她是恐怖分子。
她因这些言论遭到民主党人和一些共和党人的谴责，并于周五在推特上“向我冒犯的穆斯林社区的任何人”道歉，并补充说，她已经联系到奥马尔的办公室，与她直接交谈。
我向穆斯林社区中因我对众议员奥马尔的评论而受到冒犯的任何人道歉。我已经去她的办公室和她直接谈了。在没有这种不必要的干扰的情况下，有大量的政策分歧需要关注。
——众议员劳伦·博伯特(@RepBoebert)2021年11月26日
显然，那通电话不太顺利。
根据奥马尔和博伯特对电话的描述，在科罗拉多州共和党人拒绝向她公开道歉后，奥马尔挂断了博伯特的电话。
奥马尔说:“我相信尊重那些我们不同意的人，但当这种不同意根植于彻底的偏见和仇恨时，我就不会这样做了。”她补充说，博伯特对她的评论“加倍了”。
在Instagram中录像博伯特重述了他们的谈话，她说她拒绝直接向奥马尔公开道歉，而是要求明尼苏达州民主党人为她的“反美”言论道歉。
“拒绝道歉并挂断某人的电话是取消文化101的一部分，也是民主党的支柱。毫无疑问，我将继续把美国放在第一位，绝不同情恐怖分子，”博伯特在她的视频中说。“不幸的是，伊尔汉不能说同样的话，我们的国家因此变得更糟。”
奥马尔和民主党领导人上周发表了一份罕见的联合声明，呼吁众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡和其他共和党人让共和党人为反穆斯林言论负责，但这位加州共和党人没有公开谈论这次交流。
奥马尔在周一的声明中要求麦卡锡“实际追究他的政党的责任”，因为“反穆斯林仇恨和骚扰的事件一再发生。”她的办公室还表示，她经常受到骚扰和死亡威胁。
奥马尔在周五的一条推文中补充道，“使这种偏见正常化不仅危及我的生命，也危及所有穆斯林的生命。”
Rep. Lauren Boebert refuses to publicly apologize to Rep. Ilhan Omar for anti-Muslim remark
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, said she had an "unproductive" call with Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., on Monday over her anti-Muslim remarks and claimed the Colorado Republican refused to publicly apologize for suggesting she was a terrorist.
Instead, Omar claimed in a newstatementthat Boebert "doubled down on her hurtful and dangerous comments," which led Omar to "end the unproductive call."
In a video posted to Twitter last week, Boebert referred to Omar as a member of the "Jihad Squad" and claimed that a Capitol Police officer thought she was a terrorist in an encounter in an elevator on Capitol Hill.
She was condemned by Democrats and some Republicans for the remarks and apologized on Twitter Friday "to anyone in the Muslim community I offended," adding that she had reached out to Omar's office to speak with her directly.
I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Omar. I have reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction.
— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert)November 26, 2021
Apparently, that call did not go well.
Omar hung up on Boebert after the Colorado Republican refused to make a public apology to her, according to a statement from Omar and Boebert's account of the call.
"I believe in engaging with those we disagree with respectfully, but not when that disagreement is rooted in outright bigotry and hate," Omar said, adding that Boebert "doubled down" on her comments.
In an Instagramvideorecapping their conversation, Boebert said she refused to make a public apology directly to Omar and instead demanded the Minnesota Democrat apologize for her "Anti-American" rhetoric.
"Rejecting an apology and hanging up on someone is part of cancel culture 101, and a pillar of the Democrat Party. Make no mistake, I will continue to put America first, never sympathizing with terrorists," Boebert said in her video. "Unfortunately, Ilhan can't say the same thing, and our country is worse off for it."
Omar and Democratic leaders, issuing a rare joint statement last week, have called on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans to hold Republicans accountable for the anti-Muslim rhetoric, but the California Republican has said nothing publicly about the exchange.
In her statement on Monday, Omar demanded McCarthy "actually hold his party accountable" for "repeated instances of anti-Muslim hate and harassment." Her office also said she is routinely subjected to harassment and death threats.
Omar added in a tweet on Friday that "normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all Muslims."
