Rep. Omar Plays Racist Death Threat Left On Her Voicemail

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a news conference Tuesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar played a racist death that that was left on her office voicemail this week.

Omar says that death threats against her spiked following Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks.

Content advisory: The voicemail includes racist and violent language

In a video that surfaced last week, Boebert suggested that Omar was a suicide bomber. Boebert also said that Omar was a member of a "jihad squad."

Omar is the first Somali American member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent Minnesota, and one of the first two Muslim American women elected to Congress.

After the video surfaced, Boebert issued an apology.

Boebert later called Omar on the phone, but the call was "unproductive."

"Today, I graciously accepted a call from Rep. Lauren Boebert in the hope of receiving a direct apology for falsely claiming she met me in an elevator, suggesting I was a terrorist, and for a history of anti-Muslim hate," Omar said in a statement Monday.

"Instead of apologizing for her Islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, Rep. Boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. She instead doubled down on her rhetoric. I decided to end the unproductive call."

The Minneapolis Democrat also called for Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "to take appropriate action."

Boebert Monday released a video lashing out at "anti-Americanism."

On Tuesday, another video in which Boebert attacks Omar surfaced.