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Omar said on Thursday that Boebert made up the story, and said that anti-Muslim racism should not be allowed in Congress.

\"Fact, this buffoon looks down when she sees me at the Capitol, this whole story is made up,\" Omar tweeted on Thursday night. \"Anti-Muslim bigotry isn't funny & shouldn't be normalized. Congress can't be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation.\"

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Omar received support from some fellow representatives, including Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), who called Boebert's remarks \"shameful, deeply offensive and dangerous.\"

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), another Muslim member of Congress, wrote on Thursday night, \"These pathetic racist lies will not only endanger the life of @IlhanMN, but will increase hate crimes towards Muslims. The continued silence & inaction towards this hate-filled colleague and others is enabling violence. It must stop.\"

One representative across the aisle, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois), retweeted the video with the comment, \"Boebert is TRASH.\" Republican congressional leaders have not commented yet on Boebert's remarks.

Edward Mitchell, deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told CNN on Friday morning that Boebert's comments were \"beyond the pale.\"

\"You've gotta remember, Lauren Boebert is not some comedian at a club. She is a sitting member of Congress speaking to her constituents... I will say the more disturbing thing is that the audience applauded, and laughed, and that Republican leaders did not condemn this yet,\" Mitchell said.

ABC News' Lauren Minore contributed to this report.

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