Lauren Boebert’s Apology Shows That House Democratic Punishments Are Working

Rep. Boebert is intelligibly disquieted astir being censured and losing her committee assignments, truthful she tried a non-apology apology to Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Boebert tweeted:

Rep. Madeline Dean (D-PA) connected Boebert's apology and the Republican Party, "Of people she talks astir this unnecessary distraction, a distraction of her ain making. But what we are seeing is the slightest superior legislators successful the Republican conference, they are lifted up." pic.twitter.com/OOc64KYwvC

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 27, 2021

I apologize to anyone successful the Muslim assemblage I offended with my remark astir Rep. Omar. I person reached retired to her bureau to talk with her directly. There are plentifulness of argumentation differences to absorption connected without this unnecessary distraction.

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) November 26, 2021

Rep. Madeline Dean pointed retired that Boebert astatine slightest attempted an apology:

Dean said connected MSNBC, “I person to archer you, fig one, I’ll look for the good. Representative Boebert really attempted an apology. That’s precise uncommon coming from anybody who is simply a Trump acolyte, so I’ll springiness her recognition for actually attempting an apology. Of course, she talks astir this unnecessary distraction, a distraction of her ain making. But what we are seeing, Alex is the slightest superior legislators successful the Republican conference, they are lifted up. They rise wealth connected absurd indecent bigoted tropes and statements, and the serious members of the Republican conference are shunned.”

The lone crushed wherefore Boebert attempted specified an insincere apology was that she does not privation to extremity up censured and tossed disconnected of her committee assignments.

The House Democratic enactment has jointly called connected Minority Leader McCarthy to punish her, and if helium fails to do, the House is apt to instrumentality action.

The House Democratic punishments are working, but they would beryllium unnecessary if Kevin McCarthy would enactment connected his large lad pants and subject the members of his caucus.