Earlier this year, she became co-chair of Rural Colorado United, a super PAC created in 2020 for the sole purpose of defeating Boebert and promoting her then-opponent, former state Sen. Diane Mitsch Bush. With about 99% of the vote counted as of Friday . She was there", "Inconsistencies in Rep. 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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) slammed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday for being "absent on the job," following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. [162] Conversely, Boebert opposes sustainable energy initiatives because she considers green energy unreliable and believes that decreasing the extraction of fossil fuels in her district will "regulate our communities into poverty". [117][118] She was accused of endangering members' safety and faced calls to resign, but refused, defending her actions because Pelosi's evacuation was also publicly broadcast live on TV;[110][119][120] academic Zac Parker opined that it was still a potential security threat since C-SPAN did not focus on Pelosi, and had it not been for Boebert's tweet, the protesters might have not noticed it. [131] During a press conference, she asserted that it was a lie, that it was racist,[132] and that it would lead to children hating each other. Look at Colorado's 3rd Congressional race", "Boebert rally in Cortez draws dozens concerned about individual liberty", "Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are lone votes against reauthorizing bill to help Leukemia patients", "Why Holocaust comparisons by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. are grossly inaccurate", "Lauren Boebert accuses Dr Fauci of 'bullying' for telling people to 'get over' politics and get vaccinated", "Yes, Lauren Boebert Tweeted That 'Turning Off CNN' was the 'Easiest Way' to Make the Delta Variant Go Away", "Rep. Lauren Boebert threw a mask at a staffer who asked her to wear one, as some GOP lawmakers refused to follow the House's new mask mandate", "Rep. Lauren Boebert rails against mask-wearing mandate in D.C.", "Gardner Joins Maskless, Gun-Toting Boebert in Western Colorado Campaign Stop", "PolitiFact - Texas has recorded COVID deaths since removing its mask mandate thousands of them", "Boebert, Clyde fined for defying House floor mask mandate", "More than a dozen Republicans tell House they can't attend votes due to 'public health emergency.' But it's not clear. As of Monday evening, Ms Boebert is leading by 1,122 votes, with 99 per cent of votes reported. [175][176] She also opposes intervention in the escalation of the war tensions between Russia and Ukraine that started in late 2021. The county is nothing like the conservative, government-skeptical towns west of the Continental Divide, where Boebert is from, or the glitzy, liberal ski areas in Aspen and Telluride, which she also represents. "Fewer guns make sense," Frisch, 54, said matter-of . Shell also have more support from the institutional Republican Party. 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Boebert and Omar spoke after Boebert's Islamophobic comments. The Pueblo region is home to three of those candidates, as well as to a political action committee that is hoping to defeat Boebert. [163] She opposes the Green New Deal, claiming it would cost $93 trillion to implement and would bankrupt the country. For now, Perko says he calls Democratic Reps. Jason Crow or Joe Neguse, who represent districts that include parts of Denver and Boulder, respectively, when he needs help from Congress. When those who picked Donald Trump were asked their second choice, 42 percent answered DeSantis, 23 percent said Pence, and 6 percent chose Haley. Pueblo needs better representation, the article read. [11][13] She earned a GED certificate in 2020, a month before her first election primary. @laurenboebert. Top: Former Democratic state legislator Bri Buentello is co-chair of Rural Colorado United, a PAC working to defeat Boebert in 2022. Lauren Opal Boebert (/ b o b r t / BOH-brt; ne Roberts; born December 19, 1986) is an American politician, businesswoman, and gun rights activist serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 3rd congressional district.From 2013 to 2022, she owned Shooters Grill, a restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, where staff members were encouraged to carry firearms openly. [118] Boebert's communications director resigned on January 16 in response to her behavior on January 6. 47% of likely voters say they'll vote for Boebert and 45% for Frisch. The race could be headed for an automatic recount if neither candidate fails to win by a margin of. [124] She alleged in a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland that he was being too lenient toward those who were arrested during the 2020 BLM riots, as compared to the Capitol rioters. As the steel industry has declined, the city has tried to reinvent itself, but it struggles with high unemployment and poverty rates. Inside the hall, he swept his hand across a conference table-size, sepia-colored picture of the steel complex in its heyday, explaining how Evraz plans to retain and grow the communitys steel-making business by building a new $480 million facility to better compete with overseas markets. "With Boebert under 50%, that means she is. Polling up until this point had Boebert as the likely winner: FiveThirtyEight's predictive model, for example, gave Frisch a 3 in 100 chance of taking the . [32] By late May, with the state allowing restaurants to reopen at 50% capacity, the county dropped its temporary restraining order. And the bill has a trio of co-sponsors: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), Rep. George Santos (R-New York), and Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-Georgia). Rootin' tootin . [142] During a March 15, 2021, town hall in Montrose, Colorado, advertised only to local Republicans who were asked to not disclose it publicly, she was asked when Hillary Clinton and other former officials would be arrested, a recurring theme of QAnon. [62], Boebert reimbursed herself $22,259 for mileage costs in 2020 from her campaign's finances, which legally would require her to have driven 38,712mi (62,301km). [123] Boebert additionally rejects the term "insurrection" for the January 6 events and has called the House inquiry into the attack a "sham witch hunt". [74] The funds were used between May and June 2021 via four Venmo payments. You're an insurrectionist if you do that! Boebert said she voted against the bills because "the Biden administration and Democrats created the issue. Kimberly Ricci Film/TV Editor Twitter. She did the same on January 6, refusing to stop for a wand check after she set off the metal detector. [48] Boebert decried what she said was Tipton's insufficient efforts to continue funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, whose money had run out within two weeks, arguing that more was needed. She pleaded guilty to the unsafe vehicle charge, and the careless driving and failure to appear charges were dismissed. Boebert failed to appear in. Rep. Lauren Boebert, an outspoken right-wing freshman lawmaker, is in a tight battle for reelection. [186] In June 2021, Boebert advised her constituents in Mesa County, who were experiencing an uptick of Delta variant cases at the time, that the "easiest way to make the Delta variant go away is to turn off CNN [and] vote Republican", but has since deleted the tweet amid public criticism. Deputies reported she "encouraged people arrested for underage drinking to break free and repeatedly said she had 'friends at Fox News' who would report on her subsequent 'illegal arrest'". Boeberts Democratic opponent in the 2020 race won the county by just 204 votes. A new poll has Democrat Adam Frisch within two points of incumbent Republican Lauren Boebert. Swing voters in Pueblo, Colorados Steel City, say they are getting frustrated with a U.S. representative they see as more focused on her own celebrity than her constituents. Both Boebert and Coram agreed that Colorado's forests need to be managed better to prevent wildfires and that it should start locally. Bottom right: Todd Rogers, chair of the Pueblo County Republican Party, is a Boebert supporter. Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert faces state Sen. Don Coram in the GOP primary for the 3rd . CNN and Politico called it a "stunning upset";[37][58] The Hill made a similar statement. [216], In 2015, Boebert was detained at a music festival for shouting at a group of people arrested for underage drinking, yelling that the arrest was unconstitutional because they had not received Miranda warnings. Frisch is a businessman and. But D.C. bureaucrats have used this agency to infringe on the rights of the American people. Polling site FiveThirtyEight put her odds of victory at 97%. In the face of fierce anti-gun legislation, Boebert stands up for the second amendment and the founding fathers' vision for a nation that respects its citizens . Lauren Boebert is a freshman Republican House member who won a dark horse victory in 2020. And Boebert now has the support of Take Back the House 2022, organized in January to collect contributions for Republican candidates, which has donated about $71,078 to her campaign; the House Freedom Fund, which supports conservative grassroots candidates, has donated $20,657. [73], In August 2021, the FEC investigated the apparent use of more than $6,000 from Boebert's 2022 reelection campaign funds for her personal expenses. Pueblo County, located on Colorados dusty, windswept plains two hours south of Denver, is the swingiest part of Boeberts districtmaking it a key test of her staying power. [106], Boebert has the following committee assignments:[107], Boebert is a member of the following Congressional caucuses:[107], On January 5, the day before the storming of the United States Capitol, Boebert urged people to "remember these next 48 hours", saying they would be among the most important in American history. With virtually all of the. At the same time, Colorados Republican Party has only moved more in Boeberts direction since her election, and the national GOP has embraced her and her campaign. Rep. Lauren Boebert's Shooters Grill will be replaced by a Mexican restaurant Tapatios recently applied for a liquor license at 120 E. 3rd St. in Rifle A Mexican restaurant is taking over a high-profile location in the town of Rifle, Colorado, where U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's Shooters Grill previously resided. [20][21][22] The Boeberts also owned a restaurant called Smokehouse 1776 (now defunct), across the street from Shooters Grill. Top: The Evraz steel plant stands behind one of Pueblos poorer neighborhoods. [9] A September survey paid for by Michael Bloomberg's Democratic-leaning House Majority PAC had Mitsch Bush ahead by one percentage point. [115][116] While the Capitol was being stormed, Boebert posted information on Twitter about the proceedings of the certification, including that the House chamber had been locked down and that Pelosi had been evacuated. . [121], In June 2021, Boebert was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Bri Buentello is an educator and former Democratic state legislator who lost her seat, which includes parts of Pueblo County, last November. Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert has inched ahead of her Democratic challenger as votes continue to be tallied Friday. She stands up for the Constitution, and shes fiscally conservative, he added. [103][104][105], On January 3, 2023, at the beginning of the 118th Congress, Boebert voted for Jim Jordan to be the U.S. House Speaker, in rebuke of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is among a group of nearly a dozen far-right Republicans who have co-sponsored a House resolution that calls for an end of all U.S. military and financial aid to Ukraine. [26], Boebert says her first job at a McDonald's restaurant changed her views about whether government assistance is necessary. Boebert said that Mitsch Bush's platform was "more government control" and that Mitsch Bush had a "socialist agenda". [161] In February 2021, Boebert proposed a bill to ban executive moratoriums on oil and gas leases and permits on some federal lands. Boebert urged people to dismiss comments about the outlet's unreliability and said the information came from "very good sources". Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 4, 2022 ", "How Lauren Boebert rose from unknown to a candidate for Congress to someone in Donald Trump's orbit", "QAnon-Curious House Candidate Gave Her Customers Diarrhea", "Shooters makes transition from guns to golf clubs", "Affidavit of Transfer and Statement of Compliance", "Colorado's Boebert discloses husband's work for energy firm", "Who is Lauren Boebert, the QAnon sympathizer who won a Republican primary? [17], In 2013, Boebert and her husband opened Shooters Grill in Rifle, west of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Following a recent string of deadly mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., Adam Frisch, a Democratic primary candidate in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, is drawing a sharp contrast on gun control in his campaign to unseat Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) this November. Mike Pence is . The American Patriots Three Percent militia, affiliated with the Three Percenters, provided security, and members of the Proud Boys attended the rally. I am humiliated and embarrassed when she speaks on the House floor. Its this reality that makes voters like Perko frustrated with a U.S. representative they see as more focused on her own celebrity than her constituents. So far, Boebert has one announced Republican challenger, Marina Zimmerman, a crane operator who bills herself as a genuine blue-collar candidate.. [99] A U.S. District court denied Buentello a preliminary injunction on June 24, 2021, finding a difference between her official government Twitter account and her personal account. The former top aide to Lauren Boebert, a Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Colorado on a meteoric rise within President Donald Trump's political sphere, hosted a self-proclaimed member of the Proud Boys on a Facebook video last year in which she described the group as "pro everything that makes America great." However, her campaign succeeded in appealing to independence and rebellion, thus getting the necessary votes. [73] As of 2021, Colorado classified Boebert Consulting as a delinquent company due to the lack of filings or registered agent with the state. In October 2020, Boebert's campaign denied any connection to the Proud Boys and said Boebert did not share Bishop's views. [130], Boebert opposes the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would elect the president by popular vote. [71] She also proposed amendments to the Build Back Better Act that would abolish methane-emission payments by fracking companies and others that would increase royalties for oil and gas extraction on federal lands and abolish fines and financial requirements for cleaning abandoned drilling infrastructure. Thousands of Democrats in Western Colorado are voting in the primary on Tuesday against Representative Lauren Boebert, part of a broader effort to defeat far-right Republicans. People here feel Boebert doesnt represent their values, says Colorado state Senate President Leroy Garcia, a Pueblo Democrat who is popular with voters in both parties. Boebert, who owns a gun-themed restaurant called Shooters Grill in Rifle, upset five-term incumbent Scott Tipton in the Republican primary last year and won the general election with scant experience, money and national support. Its very frustrating.. 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