众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)周三表示，共和党众议员劳伦·博伯特(Lauren Boebert)对身为穆斯林的民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔(Ilhan Omar)的基于信仰的攻击是“不雅”和“危险的”，并暗示这是一种宣传策略。

“看到一名国会议员攻击另一名议员不是一件好事。对吗?在任何情况下。无论是种族，世代，性别，还是性别认同，无论如何。但是看到所谓的有信仰的人谴责别人的信仰...很不雅观。据一位熟悉佩洛西言论的消息人士透露，佩洛西在闭门会议上对众议院民主党人说:“这是不体面的。

“所以，这很难，因为这些人这么做是为了宣传。我们必须做出判断，我们如何为他们的筹款做贡献，如何宣传他们有多讨厌和恶心。但我确实认为，必须明确的是，这是没有位置的，”佩洛西说。

“这些人不尊重他们服务的众议院。我们必须确保公众理解我们这样做，”佩洛西说。

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，并声称国会大厦的一名警察在国会大厦的一部电梯里遇到了一名自杀炸弹手。

博伯特周五在推特上“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，但电话并不顺利。

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。

民主党领导层现在正在研究如何应对波伯特的反穆斯林袭击，尽管佩洛西在周三的讲话中指出，核心小组对适当的回应有“不同的观点”。

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在新闻发布会上，众议员拉希达·特拉伊布在众议员安德烈·卡森和众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔旁边发言...

一名民主党高级助手向美国广播公司证实，众议院领导层讨论了一项谴责仇视伊斯兰教的可能决议，但在周二晚上的会议上没有做出任何决定。

其他选择可能包括指责伯特，剥夺她的委员会任务。

上个月晚些时候，众议院投票谴责亚利桑那州共和党众议员保罗·戈萨尔，因为他在推特上发布了一段视频，描述了针对民主党众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥·科尔特斯和总统乔·拜登的暴力行为。他也被解除了委员会的任务。

今年早些时候，众议院民主党人还投票决定解除共和党众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林的委员会任务，因为她在社交媒体上发表了针对民主党人的暴力帖子。

在周三的新闻发布会上，众议院民主党党团主席哈基姆·杰弗里斯指责共和党“彻底垮台”，并抨击共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡无法在交战成员中执政。

“共和党正在彻底崩溃。互相攻击。“骗子”、“小丑”、“垃圾”、“骗子”、“疯子，”杰弗里斯说，使用了共和党众议员格林和南希·梅斯在过去24小时里互相攻击的一些术语。

在梅斯谴责博伯特发表反穆斯林言论后，格林和梅斯公开争吵。格林随后谴责梅斯批评了伯特。

据知情人士透露，麦卡锡周二晚些时候在国会大厦分别会见了格林和梅斯，并告诉他们两人停止公开争吵。

麦卡锡没有公开对此事发表评论，也没有公开指责博伯特对奥马尔的偏执攻击。

美国广播公司新闻要求梅斯和格林发表评论，但他们都没有立即回复。

“更仁慈、更温和的共和党怎么了?它不存在。他们正在经历一场彻底彻底的崩溃，”杰弗里斯说。

他在谈到麦卡锡时说:“所谓的领导人无法控制正在发生的事情，美国人民因此受到伤害。

“如果我们在过道的另一边有一个功能党，可以专注于经济、通胀和美国人民的问题，那就太好了，但相反，他们专注于互相攻击，并试图证明对邪教的忠诚。为他们感到羞耻。这在那里是一种耻辱，”他补充道。

“凯文·麦卡锡还需要看到什么?这家伙还需要看什么?”杰弗里斯说。

美国广播公司新闻已经联系麦卡锡的办公室请其置评，但尚未收到回复。

民主党众议员奥马尔、拉希达·特拉伊布和安德烈·卡森强烈谴责博伯特周二晚间的反穆斯林言论。

奥马尔、特拉伊布和卡森是国会中仅有的三名穆斯林。

“我们可能只是数百名国会议员中的三名，但我们是坚定的倡导者，不会回避为我们的社区要求更好。没有人值得仅仅因为自己的信仰而感到仇恨或种族主义。这是完全不可接受的，”Tlaib说。

震惊的奥马尔讲述了她作为一名美国穆斯林的艰难经历——从那个告诉她永远不会因为戴头巾而被选入国会的人，到她第一次当选时受到一些共和党成员的偏执接待。

奥马尔在谈到博伯特时说:“因此，当一名现任国会议员称一名同事为“圣战小组”成员，并伪造一个故事暗示我将炸毁国会大厦时，这不仅仅是对我的攻击，而是对全国数百万美国穆斯林的攻击。

奥马尔周二表示:“我们不能假装主要政治家的仇恨言论没有真正的后果。“事实是，国内和世界各地的反穆斯林仇恨都在上升。”

奥马尔说，她收到了“数百个”死亡威胁，这些威胁通常是由共和党的攻击引发的。

她拿起手机对着麦克风，播放了一段令人不安的语音邮件，这是她在周一与博伯特通完电话几小时后收到的一名身份不明的男性发来的，突出了她说自己经常收到的威胁类型。

该男子对奥马尔发表了一些种族主义和偏执的言论，并威胁她的生命。

奥马尔说:“谴责这不应该是党派问题。“这是关于我们的基本人性和庄严载入我国宪法的宗教自由的基本权利。然而，尽管一些共和党成员对此进行了谴责，但迄今为止，共和党领导层没有采取任何措施让他们的成员承担责任。”

奥马尔说，她希望对博伯特采取“适当的行动”，但将让领导层来决定这意味着什么。她似乎对谴责伊斯兰恐惧症的决议不感兴趣，并指出这种事以前就有过。

“这种可恶的言论和行动离不开惩罚。必须有问责制，”她说。

杰弗里斯说，目前正在进行“积极的讨论”，以确保博伯特承担责任。

杰弗里斯说:“我们正在继续进行讨论——领导层、众议院民主党核心小组——以确保我们支持我们的同事，因为很明显，这种危险的言论正在危及伊尔汉·奥马尔，也危及本届国会的其他成员。

杰弗里斯说:“我们需要采取行动，因为这与保罗·戈萨尔的情况有关，我们需要采取行动，因为这与马乔里·泰勒·格林的情况有关，我们需要确保劳伦·博伯特为她的仇恨、偏执、仇视伊斯兰教以及危及一名国会议员的健康、安全和福祉负责。”。

Pelosi denounces faith-based attacks on Omar as 'indecent' and 'dangerous'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert's faith-based attacks on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is Muslim, are "indecent" and "dangerous" and suggested it is a publicity ploy.

"To see a member of Congress attacking another member is not a good thing. Right? Under any circumstance. Whether it's ethnic, generational, gender, or gender ID, whatever. But to see the supposed people of faith denouncing other people's faith...it's indecent. It's indecent," Pelosi said to House Democrats during a closed-door meeting, according to a source familiar with her remarks.

"So, this is hard because these people are doing it for the publicity. There's a judgment that has to be made about how we contribute to their fundraising and their publicity on how obnoxious and disgusting they can be. But I do think it has to be clear that there is no place for that," Pelosi said.

"These people do not respect the House that they serve in. We have to make sure that the public understands that we do," Pelosi said.

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 suicide bomber in an encounter in an elevator on Capitol Hill.

Boebert 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, but the phone 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.

Democratic leadership is now figuring out how to respond to Boebert's anti-Muslim attacks, though Pelosi noted in her remarks Wednesday that there are "different views" among the caucus regarding the appropriate response.

A senior Democratic aide confirmed to ABC News that House leadership discussed a possible resolution condemning Islamophobia but didn't make any decisions during a meeting Tuesday night.

Other options could include possibly censuring Boebert and stripping her of her committee assignments.

Late last month, the House voted to censure GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona over a video he tweeted depicting violence against Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and President Joe Biden. He was also removed from his committee assignments.

Earlier this year, House Democrats also voted to remove GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments over her violent social media posts aimed at Democrats.

During a press conference Wednesday, House Democratic caucus chairman Hakeem Jeffries accused the Republican Party of having a "total meltdown," and he pummeled Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy over his inability to reign in warring members.

"Republicans are having a complete and total meltdown. Attacking each other. 'Liar,' 'clown,' 'trash,' grifter,' 'nuts,'" Jeffries said, using some of the terms GOP Reps. Greene and Nancy Mace have flung at each other in the last 24 hours.

Greene and Mace are publicly feuding after Mace condemned Boebert for making the anti-Muslim remarks. Greene then denounced Mace for having criticized Boebert.

McCarthy met separately with both Greene and Mace late Tuesday night at the Capitol and told them both to stop the public feuding, according to sources familiar with the conversations.

McCarthy has not publicly commented on the matter, nor has he publicly rebuked Boebert for her bigoted attack on Omar.

ABC News requested comment from Mace and Greene, but neither of them immediately replied.

"What happened to the kinder and gentler Republican Party? It doesn't exist. They are having a complete and total meltdown," Jeffries said.

"The so-called leader has no control over what's happening, and the American people are hurt as a result," he said of McCarthy.

"It would be nice if we had a functional party on the other side of the aisle that could focus on the economy, on inflation, on the problems of the American people, but instead, they're focused on attacking each other and trying to prove loyalty to the cult. Shame on them. It's a disgrace over there," he added.

"What more does Kevin McCarthy need to see? What more does this guy really need to see?" Jeffries said.

ABC News has reached out to McCarthy's office for comment but has not heard back.

Democratic Reps. Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Andre Carson forcefully condemned Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks late Tuesday night.

Omar, Tlaib and Carson are the only three Muslims in Congress.

"We may only be three among hundreds serving in Congress, but we are strong advocates that won't shy away in demanding better for our communities. No one deserves to feel hate or racism solely based on one's faith. It's completely unacceptable," Tlaib said.

A shaken Omar spoke of her difficult experiences as a Muslim American -- from the person who told her she would never be elected to Congress for wearing a hijab, to the bigoted reception she received from some Republican members when she was first elected.

"So, when a sitting member of Congress calls a colleague a member of the "jihad squad" and falsifies a story to suggest that I will blow up the Capitol, it is not just attack on me, but on millions of American Muslims across this country," Omar said of Boebert.

"We cannot pretend that this hate speech from leading politicians doesn't have real consequences," Omar said Tuesday. "The truth is that anti-Muslim hate is on the rise both here at home and around the world."

Omar said she has received "hundreds" of death threats often triggered by Republican attacks.

She held up her phone to the mics and played out a disturbingly graphic voicemail she received from an unidentified male just hours after she got off the phone with Boebert on Monday -- highlighting the types of threats she said she regularly receives.

The man made several racist and bigoted remarks about Omar, and also threatened her life.

"Condemning this should not be a partisan issue," Omar said. "This is about our basic humanity and fundamental rights of religious freedom enshrined in our Constitution. Yet, while some members of the Republican Party have condemned this, to date, the Republican Party leadership has done nothing to hold their members accountable."

Omar said she wants "appropriate action" taken against Boebert but will leave it to leadership to decide what that means. She did not seem keen on the idea of a resolution that would condemn Islamophobia, noting that it's been done before.

"This kind of hateful rhetoric and actions cannot go without punishment. There has to be accountability," she said.

Jeffries said there are "active discussions" underway to make sure Boebert is held accountable.

"We're continuing to have discussions -- leadership, House Democratic Caucus -- to make sure that we support our colleague, because clearly, this type of dangerous rhetoric is endangering Ilhan Omar and it endangers other members of this Congress," Jeffries said.

"We needed to act as it related to the situation with Paul Gosar and we needed to act as it related to the situation with Marjorie Taylor Greene and we're going to need to make sure that Lauren Boebert is held accountable for her hatred, for her bigotry, for her Islamophobia and for jeopardizing the health and safety and wellbeing of a fellow member of Congress," Jeffries said.