should be a good year for republican candidates nationally because of joe biden s low approval rating, and so i still think it s advantage gop in the upcoming mid-term gubernatorial election in georgia nas other states, but to the extent that republicans are fighting, that can only accrue to the benefit of the democrats. let s pivot to the ongoing outrage in washington right now over congresswoman lauren boebert s rates of remarks about congresswoman ilhan omar. here was omar on cnn yesterday. mccar think is a liar and a coward. he doesn t have the ability to condemn the kind of bigoted islamophobia and anti-muslim rhetoric that are being traffic by a member of why doesn t he have the opportunity do that? because this is who they are. is she right about mccarthy and the gop? well, look, i know kevin mccar think.
condemn the kind of bigoted islamophobia and rhetoric trafficked by a member of his conference. why doesn t he have the ability to do that? because this is who they are. i want to get straight to capitol hill on more, and mel, i ve had a difficult time keeping up with this story and all sorts of stories that seem to be like this on a nearly we we weekly basis. what else is congresswoman omar saying today? reporter: it was revealed that house leadership is planning to take action potentially as soon as this week. take a look at what else she told jake tapper today. i ve had a conversation with this speaker and i m very confident that she will take a decisive action next week. as you know, when i first got to congress, i was worried that, you know, i wasn t going to be allowed to be sworn in because there was a ban on the hijab. she promised me she d take care of it, she fulfilled that
the host country s human rights abuses, the spotlight will be on the athletes who go. they will not only have to talk about what china has done but what the u.s. has done. and maybe even be in a position to defend that. i m not sure that s why a lot of athletes get into the business of being athletes. now to the fallout we are continuing to see from boebert s comments about ilhan omar. we heard omar taking specific aim at the house leader for not really doing anything about this. here s what she said. mccarthy is a liar and a coward. he doesn t have the ability to condemn the kind of bigoted islamophobia and muslim rhetoric being trafficked by a member why doesn t he have the
important to and advantageous for him politically to jump into this race, and obviously he didn t jump in the he didn t think he was going to win. in the short term it does show that donald trump has staying power, but the real answer will be when we see the results of the primary. let s also, mia, discuss the feud on going on now between democratic congresswoman ilhan omar and republican congresswoman boebert. listen what she said yesterday about mccarthy s leadership. mccarthy is a liar and a coward. he doesn t have the ability to condemn the kind of bigoted islamophobia and anti-muslim rhetoric. i have to say, first of all, the american people are really tired of this type of language.
prohibits individual states from enacting their own laws. and after all, that s really what the founding fathers intended. ye, i will do everything i can to protect the lives of those children. and new reaction from congresswoman ilhan omar responding to anti-muslim attacks from congresswoman lauren boebert. today congresswoman omar slamming republican leadership after republican leader mccarthy came to boebert s defense. mccarthy is a liar and a coward. he doesn t have the ability to condemn the kind of bigoted islamophobia and anti-muslim rhetoric that are being trafficked by a member of his conference. why doesn t he have the ability to do that? because this is who they are. and we have to be able to stand up to them. let s go right to nbc s julie tsirkin on capitol hill. julie, what else is congresswoman omar saying this