Is an Apology Enough?

Playbook: “The drama surrounding Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) Islamophobic comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is about to heat up as lawmakers return from Thanksgiving recess this week. Sources tell us a faction of Democrats is expected to push leadership to strip Boebert of her committee assignments or censure her after she joked about Omar, who is Muslim, being safe to ride with in an elevator because she wasn’t wearing a backpack.”

“This is a messier situation for Democrats than their previous moves to punish Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in similar fashion. Unlike those two, Boebert issued a public apology and reached out to Omar’s office to try to speak with her. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy even tried to play peacemaker, calling House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer personally this weekend and asking him to help facilitate a meeting between the two women.”