", later claiming that the remarks were made "in reference to the ongoing security measures in place around the Capitol complex". Unaffiliated voters those not aligned with a major political party strongly dislike Boebert, who's known for her Christian nationalist rhetoric, opposition to bipartisan legislation, and lighting rod remarks about guns and immigration. Lauren Boebert, the controversial pro-gun, Covid-skeptical freshman congresswoman who represents Pueblo, has credited working-class voters for her improbable 2020 victory. [25] Shooters Grill, according to her congressional disclosure forms, lost $143,000 in 2019 and $226,000 in 2020. The mill is still one of the highest-paying employers in town. The race could be headed for an automatic recount if neither candidate fails to win by a margin of. [204][205], Boebert opposes comprehensive sex education, abortion and federal funding of Planned Parenthood. [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. And the union, which endorsed Boeberts opponent last year, plans to closely review her record when it comes time to choosing who it will endorse next year, he says. In an unexpectedly tight race where the freshman lawmaker, an ally of . Collectively, Democratic candidates raised $832,842 in the first quarter of the yearshy of Boeberts $846,000. But several dozen Puebloans Ive spoken with in recent weeks, including some who cast ballots for Boebert, say theyre angry that she appears to have spent more time headlining GOP fundraisers than hosting public meetings to listen to their needs. [12], After leaving high school, Boebert took a job as an assistant manager at a McDonald's in Rifle. Middle: Downtown Pueblo has undergone aesthetic improvements supported by local businesses and residents. So far, Boebert has one announced Republican challenger, Marina Zimmerman, a crane operator who bills herself as a genuine blue-collar candidate.. [154] She opposes any tax increases. [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. Polling site FiveThirtyEight put her odds of victory at 97%. Colorado representative Lauren Boebert was adored by the Republican base - but has had to fight for her political life. Many people make $20 an hour, at least $6 over the average minimum wage, he added. Boeberts most formidable challenger so far is Democratic state Sen. Kerry Donovan, who lives in the mountains in Vailconsiderably closer to Boeberts hometown of Rifleand who raised nearly $644,000 in two months after declaring her candidacy in February. In a statement, a spokesperson for. American Muckrakers PAC set sights on Boebert", "In Boebert's District, as Elsewhere, Democrats Surge Into G.O.P. 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. [18] Before Boebert and her husband opened Shooter's Grill, he worked in oil and gas fields. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., has found herself in a surprisingly close race for re-election as control of the House remains uncertain. [170] She cited concern about a passage that urged social media platforms to prevent disinformation and violence, which she said was tantamount to making Big Tech the "arbiter of truth". Shooters Grill itself came into national prominence when Boebert encouraged her staff to openly holster firearms while serving customers. Shell also have more support from the institutional Republican Party. During her congressional campaign, she said she was "with the militia". @laurenboebert. When those who picked Donald Trump were asked their second choice, 42 percent answered DeSantis, 23 percent said Pence, and 6 percent chose Haley. [111], During the counting of the Electoral College votes before the attack, Boebert objected to accepting Arizona's votes in a speech to the joint session of Congress. 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 . The top five spots in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll remained the same. [32] By late May, with the state allowing restaurants to reopen at 50% capacity, the county dropped its temporary restraining order. 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'". Boebert, winning her first Congressional term in 2020 and her second in 2022, is also known . June 29, 2022 ASPEN, Colo. - (June 29, 2022) - A new poll from Center Street PAC ( www.centerstreetpac.com ), a nonpartisan political action committee, shows Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO-03) holds a 39% favorability within her district, while 44% of her constituents have an unfavorable view of her. ", "Regional: Shooters in Rifle serves a big helping of Second Amendment", "Lauren Boebert discusses, defends her past during Durango visit", "Boebert's Democratic upbringing questioned", "Did Rep. Boebert Get Her GED Months Before Winning Election? [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. [179], During her primary campaign, Boebert argued for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare,[180] and advocated against the introduction of a single-payer healthcare system, saying it would harm small businesses like hers because of the prohibitive cost. When I think of Lauren Boebert, I think of that expression all hat and no cattle, Sandoval said. 2. ", "Mounting antiscience aggression in the United States", "Lauren Boebert beat a Colorado congressman. I am humiliated and embarrassed when she speaks on the House floor. Use of campaign funds for personal expenses, Certification of 2020 presidential election and Capitol attack, Comments on representatives of other religions, 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado District 3, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado District 3, withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan, Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples of the United States. Yes, but she will have more backing and more support because of people like me in all 29 of her counties.. Bottom left: The old steel mill in Pueblo. On February 13, 2017, she was arrested and booked in Garfield County Jail for failure to appear in court on these charges. [75][76], Boebert sought a second term representing Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the 2022 election. Lauren Boebert, the controversial pro-gun, Covid-skeptical freshman congresswoman who represents Pueblo, has credited working-class voters for her improbable 2020 victory. [112] In December 2021, Boebert doubled down on these allegations, saying that hundreds of thousands of ballots were illegally mailed to voters, without providing evidence. [27], According to The Guardian, Boebert made a name for herself after loudly protesting the orders of Colorado Governor Jared Polis to close businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [18][19][20] Her statement about the man is mostly false: In 2013, a man who had reportedly engaged in a fight blocks away ran to within about a block of Boebert's restaurant, fell, and died from a methamphetamine overdose. She also repeated claims of massive election fraud and invoked her opposition to the restrictions introduced as a result of the spread of what she called the "Fauci-funded China virus" (SARS-CoV-2). Yep, three days after Valentine's Day, he . The charge was later dismissed because the Mesa County district attorney's office believed there was no reasonable likelihood of conviction if the case went to trial. In January, Buentello sued the congresswoman in U.S. District Court, claiming Boebert had violated Buentellos First Amendment rights by blocking her on Twitter, which Boebert did in response to a tweet calling for her recall after January 6. 1 for the second straight week in the poll . [161] In February 2021, Boebert proposed a bill to ban executive moratoriums on oil and gas leases and permits on some federal lands. The effort was unsuccessful; the neophyte Boebert beat Mitsch Bush by 6 points. A self-described born-again Christian, Boebert has said that she is "tired of this separation of church and state junk" and argued for greater church power and influence in government decision-making. Boebert said she voted against the bills because "the Biden administration and Democrats created the issue. [137], On January 5, Boebert refused a bag check after she set off the newly installed Capitol Hill metal detectors, and entered the Capitol. 1095, which would declare a "National Gun of the United States."The bill was introduced last week by Alabama Rep. Barry Moore. [140], In February 2023, after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives mandated that gun owners register any firearms that use "stabilizing braces", Boebert said the mandate violated the separation of powers. Ours is one of only three mills in the country that makes rail, Perko said on a breezy afternoon in April, as he turned to face the manufacturing complex, now owned by the multinational company Evraz Group. She reported $1.9 million on hand as of Sept. 30. The 140-year-old complex had forged the iron that built the West, and once was Colorados largest employer, with some 10,000 workers. In western Colorado, we call that a fun weekend. [172][173] She also voted against the bipartisan ALLIES Act, which would increase by 8,000 the number of special immigrant visas for Afghan allies of the U.S. military during its invasion of Afghanistan while also reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs; the bill passed the House, 40716. That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it. You're an insurrectionist if you do that! From what Ive seen on Twitter, he added, I dont think Boeberts a supporter.. 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. As far as I can tell, we are paying her $180,000 a year for her to tweet and go on Fox News. The article said that although she had only been in Congress for a few days, she had "already arranged several episodes that showcased her brand of far-right defiance as a conspiracy theorist" and that she "represents an incoming faction of the party for whom breaking the rulesand gaining notoriety for doing itis exactly the point. The American Patriots Three Percent militia, affiliated with the Three Percenters, provided security, and members of the Proud Boys attended the rally. Greene. But D.C. bureaucrats have used this agency to infringe on the rights of the American people. Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert faces state Sen. Don Coram in the GOP primary for the 3rd . That poll, conducted by Keating Research, shows that Democrat Adam Frisch has made up ground in his race against the GOP incumbent, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, since the last poll was. [20][21][22] The Boeberts also owned a restaurant called Smokehouse 1776 (now defunct), across the street from Shooters Grill. In Congress, Boebert has associated herself with the conservative Republican Study Committee, the right-wing Freedom Caucus, of which she became the communications chair in January 2022, and the pro-gun Second Amendment Caucus. [74] The funds were used between May and June 2021 via four Venmo payments. Her spokesman later said that she had not been carrying a gun during the walk. The job shes doing is fundamentally disconnected from [the district] and our needs.. [96], Observers describe Boebert as far-right;[3] she rejects the label. The last poll of the district in July found that Boebert was ahead 49%-42%, showing strong movement in favor of the Democratic challenger. [155] While expressing support for more defense expenditure, Boebert was one of 75 House Republicans to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022,[156] saying the bill had a "woke agenda". "[51] The Colorado Times Recorder reported that she followed multiple YouTube channels connected with QAnon before deleting her YouTube account when it came under scrutiny. Since her election last November, in a district that sprawls across a huge swath of the mountains and ranch lands that make up the western half of Colorado, Boebert, 34, has become known as one of Donald Trumps most outspoken acolytes in Congress. [197], In June 2022, Boebert introduced a bill that would classify the opioid fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. [77] During the primary, her main challenger was Don Coram, a state senator who positioned himself as more moderate. She Says She Reimbursed The Money", "Lauren Boebert vows to stay her course as she seeks another term in Congress", "Gloves come off in first debate between congressional candidates Don Coram and Lauren Boebert", "Fact check: Democratic group makes multiple false claims in its dramatic allegations about Lauren Boebert's past", "Rep. Lauren Boebert has yet to file defamation suit over claims by American Muckrakers PAC", "Who is David Wheeler? [130], Boebert has urged for even closer relations between Israel and the United States, saying that their foundings were divinely inspired and that they are the "two nations [in the world] that have been created to glorify God". [200][201] She opposes same-sex marriage, writing on her campaign website that she is against "efforts to redefine marriage as anything other than the union of one man and one woman". She pleaded guilty to the unsafe vehicle charge, and the careless driving and failure to appear charges were dismissed. [44], Boebert faced Democratic former state representative Diane Mitsch Bush, a retired sociology professor from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in the November general election. She failed to disclose her husband's income from energy consulting", "Here Are America's Top Methane Emitters. | [18], Boebert supports eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. The race in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District was still extremely close after 99% of the ballots were counted. But the door to her local office is often locked, and her staff doesnt return his calls. rally opposing Colorado's red flag law, which allows guns to be taken from people deemed a threat. In 2020, Boebert won the Colorado seat as a political newcomer with 51 percent of the vote, beating her Democrat rival Diane Mitsch Bush by 6 points. She is also among Boeberts most vocal critics in the district. [175][176] She also opposes intervention in the escalation of the war tensions between Russia and Ukraine that started in late 2021. [138][139] A New York Times profile of Boebert characterized her actions as "a made-for-Twitter moment that delighted the far right." ", "Just How Unqualified Is Lauren Boebert, Really? Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert has inched ahead of her Democratic challenger as votes continue to be tallied Friday. | Bottom right: Aaron Monlux owns and operates Acme Dry Cleaners. Well, on February 17, 2023, Moore introduced a bill, H.R.1095, that would declare the AR-15 style rifle the "National Gun of the United States.". [135] The video was made by the same consulting firm that produced the viral August 2020 campaign video for House candidate Kimberly Klacik. . In this photo, Rep. Lauren Boebert speaks at a news conference with members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. [146][149] After Boebert and Omar spoke by phone, both said the call went badly, with Boebert saying that she would put "America first, never sympathizing with terrorists. One of the bills, the Access to Baby Formula Act, makes it easier for low-income families to continue buying formula with vouchers; the other allows the government to invoke the Defense Production Act to speed up production. The three in Pueblo are Democratic state Rep. Donald Valdez, whose district includes part of Pueblo County; Sol Sandoval, a Pueblo-based community activist with deep ties to the citys nonprofits; and Susan Martinez, a certified nurses assistant. [68] CPR News calculated that it was plausible that Boebert had driven 30,000 miles based on her visits to 129 events. Recent assessments designated it structurally deficient.. She has called the vaccine mandates unconstitutional[77] and in particular opposed them for the military. [57] The result gained national attention and surprised political commentators. 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 . Jennifer Oldham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter in Denver. [124] Boebert said she intended to introduce a bill that would end financing of legal aid for immigrants. More recently, Buentello has channeled her energies toward defeating Boebert in 2022. Boebert says she obtained a concealed carry permit after a man was "beaten to death by another man's hands outside of [her] restaurant", and began encouraging the restaurant's servers to carry guns openly. The foundation is slipping, said Perko, who, along with scores of his colleagues, has been back at work since April, after being furloughed for 11 months. In 2020, Boebert unexpectedly defeated incumbent representative Scott Tipton in the primary election, after which she beat the Democratic nominee, former state representative Diane Mitsch Bush, in the general election. 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). [130], Boebert opposes the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would elect the president by popular vote. [131] She criticized what she called Biden's failure to contain "a complete invasion at our southern border"[131] and Democrats' preference for open borders that she said had enabled the Democratic electoral takeover of California. [89], In a debate with Democratic nominee Adam Frisch on September 11, 2022, Boebert took credit for bills she had voted against, did not cross-examine Frisch, proposed more oil and gas development to respond to climate change, and kept attacking House speaker Nancy Pelosi. 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. [163] She opposes the Green New Deal, claiming it would cost $93 trillion to implement and would bankrupt the country. [2] Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Cheri Bustos said in a statement that national Republicans should disavow Boebert for supporting QAnon. Top right: Yanera McCulley is a third-generation mortician. Boebert, a staunch ally of former . Top: A train passes under Union Bridge in Pueblo. [59] Tipton conceded defeat on election night and Trump congratulated Boebert in a tweet. [110] During a town hall in March, Boebert appeared to defend the January 6 attackers on the Capitol, saying, "We already see in Washington, D.C. You can't petition your government. The 2022 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Colorado.Incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet won reelection to a third full term, defeating Republican businessman Joe O'Dea. 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