JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select class="generic-widget" id="phone_line" name="phone_line">    
    <option value="00-11">Line 1</option>
    <option value="AA-22">Line 2</option>
    <option value="AA-33">Line 3</option>
    <option value="00-44">Line 4</option>
</select>

JavaScript

//$('#phone_line option').filter(' option[value="00-44"] ').remove();


$("#phone_line > option").each(function () {    
    if (this.value.substring(0, 2) === 'AA') {
        $("#phone_line option[value='" + this.value +"']").remove();
    }
});