Dear John,
Sign the petition: Lauren Boebert must be removed from committees in Congress for her anti-Muslim, violence-inducing hate speech!
During a recent press conference, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar played a voicemail she had just received in which a man called her the most vile, racist, and Islamophobic slurs imaginable before threatening to kill her.1 Rep. Omar received this threat shortly after video surfaced of Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert referring to her as a member of the "jihad squad" and accusing Rep. Omar of being a potential suicide bomber.2
And yet, after Rep. Omar made the potential for deadly violence in response to these statements clear, Boebert has refused to apologize (unsurprisingly, she has doubled-down on her statements), and the GOP leadership has refused to take any action.
Boebert's disgusting, hateful, and racist attacks on Omar and on the millions of other Muslims who practice Islam in America must not be tolerated.
Will you sign the petition calling on leaders in Congress to hold Boebert accountable?
Sign if you agree: Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy must remove Lauren Boebert from her committee assignments for her racist, anti-Muslim, violence-inducing hate speech. And if he refuses to act, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democrats must do so for him.
Sign Now
"It's simple: You threaten a colleague, or you incite incredibly racist rhetoric against a specific colleague of yours in the United States Congress, you should not have committees," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in a press conference on December 8 announcing a resolution to hold Rep. Boebert accountable.3
"Without meaningful accountability for [Boebert's] actions, we risk normalizing this behavior and endangering the lives of our Muslim colleagues, Muslim staffers, and every Muslim who calls America home," Rep. Ayanna Pressley said at the press conference.4
We cannot watch idly as members of Congress dehumanize an entire community of people. We cannot and will not allow those who spew hate to win. Our multiracial, multi-faith, people-powered movement must stand together to fight against these bigots and build a country where everyone can thrive.
Join the fight: Click here to sign this petition calling for Lauren Boebert to be removed from committees for her anti-Muslim, violence-inducing hate speech, and then pass it along to your friends.
Thanks for all you do,
– MoveOn
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Sources:
1. "Ilhan Omar plays death threat left on voicemail during press briefing – video," The Guardian, December 1, 2021
hhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2021/dec/01/ilhan-omar-plays-death-threat-left-on-voicemail-during-press-briefing-video
2. "Ilhan Omar Plays Voicemail of Vile Death Threat She Received After Boebert Video," Rolling Stone, December 1, 2021
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ilhan-omar-voicemail-death-threat-boebert-1265226/
3. “'This Should Be Simple': AOC, Progressives Say Lauren Boebert Must Be Punished,” Newsweek, December 8, 2021
https://www.newsweek.com/this-should-simple-aoc-progressives-say-lauren-boebert-must-punished-1657565
4. Ibid.
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