Rep. Bustos on Rep. Omar: It Took 16 Years of Steve King for the Republicans to Officially Call Him Out

‘I will take her at her word that she was sorry that she did this and that we move on’

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BUSTOS: "Well, you know, I guess we hold our own, so to speak, accountable. You know, within a matter of hours we had asked Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to apologize for her tweet. Probably within less than an hour Congressman Max Rose, a fellow freshman with Congresswoman Omar called her out and said that he -- he highly was -- you know, wanted to make sure that she corrected this. And then it was within probably hours of our calling her out that she apologized. You know, if you want to compare what’s going on here, it took what, 16 years of Steve King’s horrible comments and -- and behavior for the Republicans to officially call him out? So, I mean, I think we’re pretty good as Democrats of when we have one of our own saying something, doing something that is offensive, that -- that we want to make that right."

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