[63][64], In late July, Boebert was considered the front-runner. [117][118] 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. Her bill would block federal funds from being "used to fund research or publications relating to gender transition in individuals under the age of 18.". Today, Rep. Lauren Boebert announced the names of the 15 highly-motivated, patriotic, and intelligent students she nominated to attend the U.S. service academies. [142], 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. [125] Boebert additionally rejects the term "insurrection" for the January 6 events and has called the House inquiry into the attack a "sham witch hunt". These victories, coupled with her leadership of other women on her teamand her dedication to excellence are worthy of Congressional recognition. The second amendment requires schools to notify parents if biological males are permitted to use womens restrooms. The political newcomer who almost unseated Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., in the November election is raising far more money than her campaign in his bid to unseat her in 2024. Rep. Lauren Boebert, the gun-toting freshman Republican Colorado congresswoman who ran on a law-and-order platform, has had several dust-ups with police, starting as a teenager. She added: "Alcohol, tobacco and firearms. 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). I look forward to nominating another phenomenal group of students this year as well, and I hope that interested high school students and their families will tune into this virtual information session to learn more about serving our country and these higher education opportunities. September 28, 2022. In October 2020, Boebert's campaign denied any connection to the Proud Boys and said Boebert did not share Bishop's views. "I was a brand-new mom, and I had to make hard decisions on. [73] As of 2021, Colorado classified Boebert Consulting as a delinquent company due to the lack of filings or registered agent with the state. [59] Tipton conceded defeat on election night and Trump congratulated Boebert in a tweet. [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. As reported by The Independent, Boebert heckled president Joe Biden during the address, prompting frustration from viewers. Boebert attended Rifle High School but was a new mother at the time. [226][227], In 2016, Boebert was cited for careless driving and operating an unsafe vehicle. [44], Boebert faced Democratic former state representative Diane Mitsch Bush, a retired sociology professor from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in the November general election. [9][136] She has also said she became religious while attending a church in Glenwood Springs[17] and volunteered at a local jail for seven years. [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. [8] When she was 12, she and her family moved to the Montbello neighborhood of Denver and later to Aurora, Colorado, before settling in Rifle, Colorado, in 2003. ", "Mounting antiscience aggression in the United States", "Lauren Boebert beat a Colorado congressman. Request a flag flown over the Capitol. [23] In 2015, Boebert opened Putters restaurant on Rifle Creek Golf Course,[24] which she sold in December 2016. [202], In late February 2021, Boebert and a dozen other Republican House members skipped votes and enlisted others to vote for them, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, while actually attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was held at the same time as their absences. That actually wouldn't be a. ", later claiming that the remarks were made "in reference to the ongoing security measures in place around the Capitol complex". [11][13] She earned a GED certificate in 2020, a month before her first election primary. The first amendment requires schools to notify parents if biological males are permitted to participate in womens sports. Her piece, Mommas Meadow, beautifully captures Fishers Peak, one of the grandest landmarks in southern Colorado. [136][18] On January 1, 2021, in a letter co-signed by more than 80 Republicans, Boebert asked Speaker Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to uphold the 1967 law exempting members of Congress from a Capitol Hill ban on firearms, which allowed them to keep arms in their offices. [211][212], Boebert opposes comprehensive sex education, abortion and federal funding of Planned Parenthood. Boebert later apologized "to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Representative Omar". [45][46][47] Seth Masket, a political science professor at the University of Denver, suggested that Boebert wanted to motivate Republican voters to participate in the primary during a slow election cycle by stirring up their anger at Ocasio-Cortez and others. On February 13, 2017, she was arrested and booked in Garfield County Jail for failure to appear in court on these charges. Our current education system is in a sad state of affairs. She supports Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him and voted to overturn its results during the Electoral College vote count. My bill will help revitalize schools in rural communities and ensure they have the resources to. [132], Boebert opposes the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would elect the president by popular vote. When compared with the rest of the world, America ranks 24th in reading, 25th in science, and 40th in math. Lauren Boebert's family relied on assistance while she was growing up. [18] Before Boebert and her husband opened Shooter's Grill, he worked in oil and gas fields. She's compared gender-affirming medical care to mutilation, vilified. If you are a high school student or if you know a high school student interested in the Congressional Art Competition or in a nomination to the U.S. Service Academies, please reach out to my office! She made the difficult decision to drop out of school to help put food on her family's table, realizing she could provide better for herself than the government ever could. Boebert talked about her education with Colorado's Durango Herald in September 2020. [127][a] She also entered a resolution seeking to recognize antifa as a domestic terrorist organization[131] and said BLM would "burn down cities and destroy businesses". Congressional candidate Lauren Boebert who often espouses a pro-police, law-and-order message on the campaign trail has been arrested and summonsed at least four times over the past decade,. I send my boys to school to receive an education, not indoctrination. Boebert voted against the certification of both states' electoral votes. "[121] Democrats, fearing the guns might do harm while in Congress chambers and partly in response to Boebert's conspicuous carry of a firearm, proposed legislation, which is being considered in Congress as of February 2022, to ban guns from Capitol grounds altogether. [35][36][16][37] Later that month, she opposed a measure banning guns in city-owned buildings at a meeting of the Aspen City Council. From 2013 to 2022, she owned Shooters Grill, a restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, where staff members were encouraged to carry firearms openly. [60] Boebert emphasized her devotion to Trump and his policies and reiterated her points about deregulation of industries and decreasing healthcare funding,[62] while rallying for the expansion of gun rights. [4][5][6][7] She opposes transitioning to green energy, COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates, abortion, sex education, gender affirmation surgery for minors, and non-heterosexual marriage. Today members of the 118th Congress. Democrat Adam . One in five Americans is illiterate, and many more are only able to read at a basic level. This resulted in her dropping out to make money for her family. A single firm took nearly half of it", "Congresswoman Lauren Boebert 'was in stand-off on Capitol Hill after refusing bag search', "Lauren Boebert causes holdup at U.S. House security, refuses to turn over her bag", "Democrats seek to make guns in the Capitol illegal for everyone", "Lauren Boebert Dismayed Americans Only Own 46 Percent of World's Firearms", "Cosponsors - H.R.6206 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): American Tech Workforce Act of 2021 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress", "Dispatches from the Deep State: The Political Theology of QAnon", "QAnon and the Digital Lumpenproletariat", "Promoting QAnon-linked Conspiracy, Boebert Says Resignations Will Soon Allow GOP to Control Congress", "Lauren Boebert Pushes Deranged Conspiracy About Dems, 2022", "Right-Wing Ghouls Seize on Reporter Death as Proof the 'Clinton Body Count' Lives On", "Lauren Boebert Suggests 'Clinton Crime Syndicate' Behind Death of TV Anchor Christopher Sign", "Another video shows Lauren Boebert suggesting Ilhan Omar was terrorist", "Boebert faces heavy criticism after Gosar floor speech", "Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar was terrorist in anti-Muslim remarks at event", "Ilhan Omar: Boebert is a 'buffoon' and 'bigot' for 'made up' anti-Muslim story", "Reps. Boebert and Omar spoke after Boebert's Islamophobic comments. 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. WASHINGTON ( The Borowitz Report )Representative Lauren Boebert blasted President Biden's student-loan-forgiveness program, claiming that it would lead to "rampant . I am working to ensure that our rural schools have the same resources as big city schools, which is why I successfully ensured that full fundingfor the Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program was signed into law. CNN and Politico called it a "stunning upset";[37][58] The Hill made a similar statement. [42][43], In December 2019, Boebert launched her bid to represent Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, beginning with a challenge to five-term incumbent Scott Tipton in the Republican primary. During her congressional campaign, she said she was "with the militia". The latest on Lauren Boebert. [26], Boebert says her first job at a McDonald's restaurant changed her views about whether government assistance is necessary. [86][87] Several thousand Democrats tried to influence the election by renouncing their membership in the party and voting as independents for more moderate Republicans, which is allowed in the state. [168] She opposes the Green New Deal, claiming it would cost $93 trillion to implement and would bankrupt the country. When Bidens Department of Justice labeled parents domestic terrorists, I stepped in to demand accountability. [151] During a November 18, 2021, speech on the House floor, Boebert called Omar "the Jihad Squad member from Minnesota". ", "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? As a mom of four, I know that Colorados students are our future, and I am working hard for them. [188] After the election, she said she was undecided about whether it was best to keep or repeal Obamacare, but wished that a more market-based system would be adopted. When Democrats introduced funding for woke colleges, I introduced an amendment to prohibit tax dollars for this purpose. However, we know that Lauren had continued her education in Rifles when her family moved to Rifles, Colorado, but she got pregnant by her now husband, Jayson Boebert, and decided to drop out of high school. [162] She compared the federal government's COVID-19 vaccination efforts to "Biden [deploying] his Needle Nazis",[190][191] and accused Anthony Fauci, who told people to overcome their political opposition and get the COVID-19 vaccine, of bullying. 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Scott Tipton defeated in primary upset", "Around Boebert's hometown, her victory greeted by GOP with joy, apprehension", "Boebert rockets to fame and controversy in primary upset in Colorado congressional race", "A QAnon Supporter Just Beat A Republican Congressman in Colorado", "13 GOP women join the House, dominating congressional elections, making history", "Local political leaders react to a recent poll for CO District 3", "Lauren Boebert beats Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District", "Boebert: "Second Amendment Isn't About Hunting, Except Hunting Tyrants, Maybe", "Rep. Lauren Boebert's mileage reimbursement "raises red flags," ethics experts say", "What We Know About Lauren Boebert's Campaign Payments To Herself For Driving 38,000 Miles", "Rep. Lauren Boebert Subtracts 7,000 Miles From Her Campaign Claim, Saying She Spent Money At Hotels Instead", "Boebert pushed to loosen drilling rules. We want to be able to go to schoolboard meetings and speak up without having the FBI label us domestic terrorists. [75][76], Boebert sought a second term representing Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the 2022 election. Is she the next GOP star? "I went to my high school," she said. [12][14] Records at the Colorado secretary of state's office show that her mother was registered to vote in Colorado as a Republican from 2001 to 2013 and as a Democrat from 2015 to 2020. [85] During the pre-primary debate on May 26, Boebert emphasized the bills she had introduced in Congress while questioning Coram's legislative votes. [166] During her tenure in Congress, she was one of two representatives (the other was Marjorie Taylor Greene) to vote against the TRANSPLANT Act, which reauthorized the National Marrow Donor Program through 2026, citing concern over the addition of the program to the national debt as it had not received a Congressional Budget Office evaluation. [32] By late May, with the state allowing restaurants to reopen at 50% capacity, the county dropped its temporary restraining order. [153][151] Omar responded that the story was invented and that "Anti-Muslim bigotry isnt funny and shouldnt be normalized". When Biden unilaterally forgave student loans in a last-ditch election year bribe, I stood up for people who worked hard to pay off their student loans or chose a different career path that did not require student debt. [107], Boebert is a member of the following Congressional caucuses:[109], 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. [9][10], Boebert has said that her family depended on welfare when she was growing up. She also dropped out of high school during her final year in 2014 because she became pregnant. [55][56], On June 30, Boebert won the Republican nomination with 54.6% of the vote to Tipton's 45.4%. [98] She was sued for blocking a constituent, Bri Buentello. She won reelection in 2022 by a very narrow margin of 546 votes against former Aspen City Council member Adam Frisch. [180][181] She also opposes intervention in the escalation of the war tensions between Russia and Ukraine that started in late 2021. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks to reporters following a meeting with House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. [57] The result gained national attention and surprised political commentators. U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is serving her second term as the Representative for Colorados Third Congressional District. She is a representative of the Republican Party, and for Colorado's 3rd congressional district, she serves as the U.S. representative. The $515 million I secured for the PILT Program will help fund rural schools that lose out on property tax revenue due to tax-exempt federal lands in their jurisdiction. [12], After leaving high school, Boebert took a job as an assistant manager at a McDonald's in Rifle. The artwork from Colorado students has consistently shined throughout the years of the Congressional Art Competition, and its an honor to be serving in the 118th Congress and in position to help select the 2023 winner for Colorados Third District. 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Scott Tipton ousted in primary by gun rights activist", "Boebert Says She's Not a Far-Right Conservative", "Boebert Brandishes Bombast, Extremism In Representing Diverse Colorado District", "Lauren Boebert is known for her far-right Republican views. [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). 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. ", "Republican Rift on Ukraine Could Undercut U.S. Appeals to Allies", "PolitiFact - Boebert lacks proof for claim on Hunter Biden's Burisma pay", "Lauren Boebert told congregation she's 'tired of this separation of church and state junk', "H.Con.Res. I also want to thank the people of Colorados Third District for the opportunity to serve you this past year in Congress. The temporary restraining order she obtained on June 23 against David Wheeler, one of its co-founders,[82] was vacated in July and the case dismissed.

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