Lauren Boebert branded Ilhan Omar the 'Jihad Squad member' and screamed that Eric Swalwell was 'sleeping with the enemy' on Wednesday as she took to the House floor to rail against Democrats for censoring Republican Rep Paul Gosar.
Omar has since hit back at Boebert who she claims 'defecates (and) defiles the House of Representatives' and accused her husband of being 'a pervert' in a tweet on Monday night.
The remark towards Boebert's husband Jayson seemingly refers to a January 2004 incident when 24-year-old Jayson Boebert exposed himself to two young women at a Colorado bowling alley.
Lauren Boebert, then 17, was there at the time and reportedly is no longer welcome at that bowling alley along with her future husband, who pleaded guilty to 'public indecency and lewd exposure' and was sentenced to four days in jail followed by two years on probation.
Boebert, the Republican Colorado representative, spoke as the House deliberated over a censure vote on Gosar, who posted a video with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (AOC) face edited onto an amine clip, which showed her getting killed.
'This is a dumb waste of the House’s time but since the Speaker has designated the floor to discuss members’ inappropriate actions, shall we?' she said as the House deliberated over a censure vote.
Republican Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert (pictured) railed against Democratic Congress members while taking the floor in front of the House of Representatives as they deliberated over a censure vote following Republican Rep Paul Gosar's controversial tweet
Boebert then referred to Minnesota Rep Ilhan Omar (pictured) as a 'Jihad Squad member (who) has paid her husband - and not her brother-husband - the other one, over a million dollars in campaign funds,' which points to a report from the 2019-2020 election cycle that showed Omar paid her husband's political consultancy firm more than $2.8million
In response to Boebert's jabs, Omar said that the Republican Rep 'defecates (and) defiles the House of Representatives' and accused her husband of being 'a pervert' in a tweet on Monday night
The remark Omar made towards Boebert's husband Jayson (pictured with Boebert) seemingly refers to a January 2004 incident when 24-year-old Jayson Boebert exposed himself to two young women at a Colorado bowling alley
Boebert claimed that Swalwell was 'sleeping with the enemy' after it was revealed he had an intimate relationship with Fang Fang, who has been accused of being a Chinese spy, while she laid into Omar who she claimed gave campaign funds to her husband.
'The Jihad Squad member from Minnesota has paid her husband - and not her brother-husband - the other one, over a million dollars in campaign funds,' she said.
'This member is allowed on the Foreign Affairs Committee while praising terrorists.'
While she didn't name the actual member, it was clear she was referencing Omar, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, and a report from the 2019-2020 election cycle that showed Omar paid her husband's political consultancy firm more than $2.8million.
The report showed that most of the money went towards digital advertising services provided by her husband Tim Mynett's company E Street Group and cost between $50,000 and $400,000.
The Minnesota Rep also reportedly paid $12,000 to E Street Group every other month and sent two hefty checks - for $38,000 and $44,000 - for mail advertising and production, according to the Washington Examiner.
The rest of the so-called 'Squad,' which is made up of a group of House Democrats, includes AOC, Massachusetts' Ayanna Pressley, Michigan's Rashida Tlaib, New York's Jamaal Bowman and Missouri's Cori Bush, as reported by Yahoo! News.
'A Democrat chairwoman incited further violence in the streets outside of a courthouse,' Boebert continued, addressing California's Maxine Waters, who notoriously told protestors at former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin's trial to 'get more confrontational' if the jury didn't find him guilty of murdering George Floyd.
Liberal California Rep Eric Swalwell (left) was also slammed for his short stint running for the presidential nomination in 2020 and having an intimate relationship with Fang Fang (right), a woman accused of being a Chinese spy. Swalwell's position on the Intelligence Committee means he has access to classified information and has never commented on whether rumors of the relationship were true
There was a subsequent effort to censure Waters but it failed in the House.
She also called out liberal California Rep Swalwell for his short stint running for the presidential nomination in 2020 and having an intimate relationship with a woman accused of being a Chinese spy.
'And then the cherry on top - my colleague and three-month presidential candidate from California who is on the Intelligence Committee slept with Fang Fang, a Chinese spy.'
Swalwell's position on the Intelligence Committee means he has access to classified information and has never commented on whether rumors of the relationship were true.
'Let me say that again, a member of Congress who received classified briefings was sleeping with the enemy! This is unacceptable!' Boebert barked.
In the explicit video Gosar tweeted, which was edited as a spin on the popular Japanese anime show Attack On Titan, Boebert herself was seen battling a naked 'Titan.'
The original tweet has since been taken down but Boebert used her minute to speak during deliberations to support Gosar while slamming Omar and the Democratic policies, which she said are 'so pathetic and have done so poorly'.
Gosar's tweet from last Sunday (pictured) featured a 92-second video with liberal US Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (AOC) face edited onto an amine clip and getting killed. It has since been taken down
Boebert defended Gosar (pictured) and said that 'the left has nothing else to do but troll the internet looking for ways to get offended and then try to target members and strip them of their committees'
'A Democrat chairwoman incited further violence in the streets outside of a courthouse,' Boebert continued, addressing California's Maxine Waters (pictured), who notoriously told protestors at former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin's trial to 'get more confrontational' if the jury didn't find him guilty of murdering George Floyd
'The left has nothing else to do but troll the internet looking for ways to get offended and then try to target members and strip them of their committees.
Attack On Titan follows a small post-apocalyptic society living in a closed-off city trying to keep giants - referred to as Titans - away. In Gosar's homemade version the Titans were left-winged lawmakers being killed by right-winged lawmakers.
Gosar's character executed AOC and later battled a character with President Joe Biden's face on it.
Although Boebert supported Gosar in front of the House, other politicians on social media weren't happy with the video, which Gosar tweeted from his personal and professional accounts captioned: 'The creativity of my team is off the hook.'
Congressman Ted Lieu called the tweet 'sick behavior'.
'In any workplace in America, if a coworker made an anime video killing another coworker, that person would be fired,' he added.
Meanwhile, AOC said she 'was en route to Glasgow (when) a creepy member I work with who fundraises for Neo-Nazi group shared a fantasy video of him killing me'.
But she claimed he'll 'face no consequences' cited GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, adding McCarthy will 'cheer him on with excuses' and won't 'protect woc (women of color)'.
Politicians on social media weren't happy with the video, which Gosar tweeted from his personal and professional accounts and captioned: 'The creativity of my team is off the hook'
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