[60][61] She pledged to join the Freedom Caucus upon taking office. Its a promising sign, but Perko doesnt have much confidence that the steelworkers will get more help from their representative in Congress. Colorado representative Lauren Boebert was adored by the Republican base - but has had to fight for her political life. The mill is still one of the highest-paying employers in town. [219], In her 2022 memoir, Boebert claimed that her husband never exposed himself in public, despite pleading guilty and serving jail time for an incident. Boeberts message of government overreach during the pandemic, which was a major theme of her 2020 campaign, also still reverberates in Colorados libertarian corners, including parts of Pueblo. To the east, city officials that operate the Pueblo Municipal Airport and its tenants said the facility needs to be modernized to attract businesses. [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. [163] She has introduced a forest management bill, the Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act, which would attempt to prevent wildfires through several mitigation measures, such as removing trees killed by bark beetles, making it harder for groups to go to court to stop forest thinning, and requiring the United States Forest Service to harvest sixbillion board foot (14million cubic meters) of lumber annually. [2] Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Cheri Bustos said in a statement that national Republicans should disavow Boebert for supporting QAnon. 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. 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. ", "Lauren Boebert Went Full Racist Conspiracy Theory Against Ilhan Omar", "How Lauren Boebert built her career on guns, militias and far-right pandering", "QAnon Women in Politics Part One: The QAnon Candidates", "GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert's call to collapse separation of church and state spurs alarm", "Lauren Boebert: could the rightwing extremist be re-elected to Congress? 112. [211][212][213], Boebert, who became a born-again Christian in 2009,[19] and her husband Jayson live in Silt, Colorado. I know we need it repaired, said Banner, a civil law practitioner who recently sent a letter to Boeberts office asking her to consider funding for the regions small water districts, which supply water to customers in rural areas, in the infrastructure bill. 47% of likely voters say they'll vote for Boebert and 45% for Frisch. She accused Arizona of "unlawfully amending its voter registration laws by extending the registration periods", alleging widespread voter fraud, which echoed the false claims aired by Donald Trump, and accusing everyone who intended to accept the "results of this concentrated, coordinated, partisan effort by Democrats" of having allied themselves with the extremist left. [59] Tipton conceded defeat on election night and Trump congratulated Boebert in a tweet. [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. Lauren Boebert's history of careless driving In 2016, she rolled her truck into a ditch and was charged with careless driving and operating an unsafe vehicle. The Pueblo region is home to three of those candidates, as well as to a political action committee that is hoping to defeat Boebert. But it's not clear. Top left: An aviation museum next to the airport. She assumed office on January 3, 2021. Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert got a new Democratic challenger this week, and the roster of attention-grabbing political ads from Colorado candidates got a new entry. ", "Colo. Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert plans Thanksgiving 'funeral' for dead turkey in defiance of local guidelines", "Shooters Grill owner enters US House race", "Burger with a side arm: Gun-packing service draws spotlight, more customers to Rifle restaurant", "Lauren Boebert's tall tale about a man's death that led her to pack heat", "Was a Man 'Beaten to Death' Outside Rep. Lauren Boebert's Restaurant? 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. "[179][209] Boebert's office asserted she was not expressing support of Christian theocracy. Top right: Yanera McCulley is a third-generation mortician. [92][93][94] The recount was completed on December 12 and affirmed that Boebert won by about 500 votes. | [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. [74] The funds were used between May and June 2021 via four Venmo payments. This mill means everything to this community., While Boeberts district overall is purple, the Pueblo County electorate flips this dynamic, billboards that featured Boeberts mugshot, which was a major theme of her 2020 campaign, Boebert signed on to a letter opposing the reintroduction of earmarks, she introduced an infrastructure bill of her own, bipartisan letter circulated by the American Iron and Steel Institute. Far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert defeated her more moderate challenger in the Republican primary for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday, NBC News projected. 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. This is as the Biden Administration continues to tout their great economy. [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. [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. [9] A September survey paid for by Michael Bloomberg's Democratic-leaning House Majority PAC had Mitsch Bush ahead by one percentage point. The rest of the AP Top 25 was a big jumble. Recent assessments designated it structurally deficient.. Ron DeSantis in a two-man matchup for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.. Many people make $20 an hour, at least $6 over the average minimum wage, he added. [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. Attendance logs at the Garfield County Sheriffs office show that she volunteered at the jail nine times between May 2014 and November 2016. 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Boebert Tweet About Speaker Pelosi's Location During Capitol Riot? the storming of the United States Capitol, echoed the false claims aired by Donald Trump, unrelated Capitol attack in April that year, protests following the murder of George Floyd, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, the Afghan government fell to the Taliban, escalation of the war tensions between Russia and Ukraine that started in late 2021, enabled the Democratic electoral takeover, "Colorado Rep. 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. Colorados Steel City is still trying to reinvent itself today, broadening its economic base with one of the nations largest marijuana grow facilities, wind and solar energy, and outdoor activities, thanks to the nearby mountains and lakes. [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". [100] The case was dismissed with prejudice on October 28, 2022. The job shes doing is fundamentally disconnected from [the district] and our needs.. I had to make those connections, and really, I underreported a lot of stuff. It didn't go well", "Boebert's home paper apologises for her and calls her an embarrassment", "Boebert asked Jewish visitors to Capitol if they were doing 'reconnaissance': report", "Rep. 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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. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), a controversial congresswoman who enthusiastically supports former President Trump, is in a very tight reelection race with Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. [71] Boebert oversees the energy industry via her position on the House Committee on Natural Resources. [39], Boebert was an organizer of the December 2019 "We Will Not Comply!" 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. There is a lot of passion around seeing her removed., The sense of discontent in a region with a friendly, small-town feel, where residents congregate at chile festivals, Colorado State University Pueblo athletic events and the state fair held nearby, has led to hope that shes a fluke candidate vulnerable in the next election. 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. In an unexpectedly tight race where the freshman lawmaker, an ally of . She responded that she knew someone involved with documents declassified by Trump during the closing days of his presidency, and that the documents would reveal corruption that would trigger resignations that would allow Republicans to retake the House and Senate before 2022, echoing a theory promoted by The Epoch Times. She screams all the time, and she seems to have affiliated herself with white supremacists.. 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). In western Colorado, we call that a fun weekend. Congressman Lauren Boebert is taking a bold stance on second amendment rights with her recent House Bill, H.R. The race in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District was still extremely close after 99% of the ballots were counted. [154] She opposes any tax increases. [78], Boebert supporters failed to throw Coram off the ballot for allegedly not having collected enough signatures. October 6, 2022. A Democrats from Denver to the District of Columbia got a big boost last week, with a new poll of Colorado's 3rd District showing controversial conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert in political danger. ", "Immaterial Support: Whiteness, Stings, and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act", "A Republican Lawmaker for Whom the Spectacle Is the Point", "Rep. Lauren Boebert says Twitter account locked until Inauguration Day", "Communications director for gun-toting congresswoman quits", "21 Republicans vote no on bill to award Congressional Gold Medal for January 6 police officers", "Lauren Boebert rips 'partisan games' after her vote against medals for police who responded to Jan. 6 attack", "Boebert demands 'Biden regime' explain alleged unequal treatment of Jan. 6, BLM rioters", "Records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters", "Black Lives Matter comparison roils court in Jan. 6 cases", "Two Trump-appointed judges reject comparisons between January 6 and Portland unrest", "U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert pushes to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization", "Boebert Pushing Racist "White Replacement" Voter Conspiracy", "Boebert, Bennet and Hickenlooper outline legislative priorities for 2022", "Rep. Lauren Boebert calls on critical race theory to be banned in schools", "The Brewing Political Battle Over Critical Race Theory", "Lauren Boebert on Her Fully Loaded Campaign Against Scott Tipton", "In ad, lawmaker vows to carry her Glock around D.C. and on Hill", "Republican Lauren Boebert vows to carry handgun to Congress", "Donors gave a House candidate more than $8 million. Adam Frisch, the Democrat vying for a 2024 rematch against U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, raised more than $500,000 within three days of announcing his candidacy last week in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, his campaign said. 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