Rep. Lauren Boebert.Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
The Denver Post’s editorial board offered a critical assessment of Rep.Lauren Boebert, imploring voters in a new op-ed not to vote for the incumbent congresswoman.
In aneditorialtitled, “Please, don’t give your vote to Lauren Boebert,” the board begs those in western and southern Colorado not to support the incumbent lawmaker in her upcoming reelection bid.
The board writes that Boebert — who won the Republican primary election in western Colorado’s Congressional District 3 in June — “has not represented the 3rd Congressional District well. Almost exclusively, she has spent her time and efforts contributing to the toxic political environment in this nation.”
The editorial continues: “Boebert’s unproductive approach, combined with the efforts of others, has helped erode Congress' ability to honestly debate public policy that could help people in her district.”
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From thePost: “The remark, directed at Don Coram, a conservative Republican and rancher whose son happens to be gay, is just one example of Boebert’s casual yet crass cruelty, which she puts on display on a daily basis while in Washington, D.C.”
Boebert was alsoaccused of meeting with organizersof pro-Trump rallies on Jan. 6, 2021. She has denied any involvement in theviolent riotthat followed, though hertweets during the attack— “Today is 1776,“one said, while another indicated House SpeakerNancy Pelosi’s whereabouts — have been criticized.
An avid advocate for gun rights who vowed in a political ad tocarry a weaponto work in Congress, Boebert reportedly got into a standoff with Capitol Police when sherefused to allow officers to search her bagafter setting off metal detectors just days after the insurrection.
Boebert alsointerruptedPresidentJoe Biden’s State of the Union address earlier this year while he was speaking about increasing support for veterans — which he said was close to his heart as his older son, former National GuardsmanBeau Biden, died of brain cancer in 2015.
source: people.com
