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Posted: 2021-12-01T08:09:54Z | Updated: 2021-12-01T13:26:02Z

The Denver Post editorial board did what Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has so far refused to do: It offered a sincere apology to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).

The newspaper has mostly tried to ignore the antics of conspiracy theory-endorsing Boebert since she was elected to Congress in 2020 because they add little to the public discourse, the editorial board wrote in a stinging editorial Monday.

But the Donald Trump acolytes recent Islamophobic attacks on Omar and her subsequent non-apology to her fellow congresswoman had crossed a line, it said. The board said it was embarrassed a Colorado representative is engaged in widening divisions in the country.

Boebert is clearly incapable of remorse or reflection, so as her fellow Coloradans a beautiful place of tolerance and respect, diversity and freedom we will help her, the board wrote, noting that Omar deserved nothing short of a full apology.

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We apologize to the Congresswoman and to the Muslim community for Boeberts insensitive remarks, it added. Such remarks, no matter how innocently intended, have no place in American discourse.