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To: Rep. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader; Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House

Remove Lauren Boebert from her congressional committees for using hate speech

Representative Lauren Boebert (R, CO-3) must be held accountable for her vile, anti-Muslim hate speech directed at Representative Ilhan Omar (D, MN-5). We must show solidarity with Rep. Omar, her staff, and everyone who is endangered by this irresponsible, bigoted rhetoric. There must be consequences for Rep. Boebert’s words and actions.

We ask all representatives to support removing Rep. Boebert from her committee assignments by co-sponsoring H. Res. 845, and we request that Speaker Pelosi bring it up for a vote immediately. Each day that passes without meaningful accountability, we risk normalizing this behavior and endangering the lives of our Muslim colleagues, Muslim staff, and every Muslim who calls this country home.

Why is this important?

Representative Lauren Boebert's disgusting, hateful attacks on Representative Ilhan Omar, and on millions of others who practice Islam, must not be tolerated. For a member of Congress to repeatedly and unapologetically use hateful, racist, and Islamophobic tropes to attack a Muslim colleague is deeply dangerous. Rep. Omar and her staff receive threats of violence on a regular basis, fueled by comments like Rep. Boebert’s. This sort of toxic behavior has no place in the halls of Congress, and it diminishes the honor of the institution we serve in. It has no place in our public discourse. It has no place in our society. It has no place in any workplace, period.

Republican leadership has refused to act to hold members like Boebert accountable. Minority Leader McCarthy has consistently normalized extremists in his party, like Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who have personally attacked Democrats, as well as the seditionists who tried to overturn the results of our free and fair election. It is clear that Democrats must act, because inaction is complicity, and each day that passes without meaningful accountability further endangers the lives of our Muslim colleagues, Muslim staff, and every Muslim who calls this country home.

I have worked with my colleagues to introduce a resolution, H. Res. 845 that will hold Rep. Boebert accountable by removing her from her committee assignments. Please join me in asking your representative to co-sponsor this resolution and send a powerful message to every Muslim and every marginalized person who has ever questioned their place in this country or in the halls of power: We see you. You belong. You are powerful. You deserve a life free from fear, and we will hold accountable those who would threaten that freedom.

How we respond in moments like these will have a lasting impact, and history will remember us for it.

Updates

2021-12-06 19:08:41 -0500

20,000 signatures reached

2021-12-04 08:26:47 -0500

10,000 signatures reached

2021-12-03 20:37:22 -0500

5,000 signatures reached

2021-12-03 18:04:24 -0500

1,000 signatures reached

2021-12-03 17:33:24 -0500

500 signatures reached

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100 signatures reached

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50 signatures reached

2021-12-03 17:19:27 -0500

25 signatures reached

2021-12-03 17:18:39 -0500

10 signatures reached