Dozens of Muslim congressional staff members have denounced US Representative Lauren Boebert’s recent Islamophobic comments against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, saying a “heightened climate of Islamophobia” on Capitol Hill has created “a feeling of anxiety and fear”.In an open letter to the US House of Representatives leadership on Wednesday, the group said “hateful rhetoric by public officials directly impacts us and puts our safety at risk, both at the workplace and in our everyday lives”.“Witnessing unchecked harassment of one of only three Muslim members of Congress – and the only visibly Muslim member – we feel that our workplace is neither safe nor welcome,” reads the letter, signed by 62 Muslim staff members in the House and the Senate and 378 allied staff.
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