Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado speaks during a debate at the Sky Ute Resort and Casino in Ignacio at May 26, 2022. [53][54], In September 2019, Boebert aide and future campaign manager Sherrona Bishop published a video on her Facebook page in which she interviewed a self-proclaimed member of the far-right group Proud Boys, which Bishop called "pro-everything that makes America great", adding, "thank God for you guys and the Proud Boys". [45] She accused the incumbent of supporting amnesty for undocumented immigrants by voting for H.R. The rest goes to climate change, increasing government bureaucracy, and unrelated liberal wish-list items.. The top five spots in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll remained the same. Boebert, a first-term firebrand, saw her GOP-leaning 3rd Congressional District in western Colorado become even more Republican after redistricting. 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. 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. During her primary campaign, she voiced opposition to Colorado's recently enacted red flag law. . Many people make $20 an hour, at least $6 over the average minimum wage, he added. The county is the most diverse part of Boeberts district, home to the states highest concentration of Latinos. "[179][209] Boebert's office asserted she was not expressing support of Christian theocracy. 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. Top: A train passes under Union Bridge in Pueblo. 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. It's not in the Constitution. [60][61] She pledged to join the Freedom Caucus upon taking office. [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. Among DeSantis backers, Trump leads the poll with 34 percent, Haley was second with 27 percent, and Pence third 10 percent. [3] She supports Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him and voted to overturn its results during the Electoral College vote count. [185] Boebert also alleged that there was a deliberate effort to introduce immigrants who would substitute the unvaccinated people. Boebert ( Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. Recent assessments designated it structurally deficient.. [100] The case was dismissed with prejudice on October 28, 2022. With virtually all of the. The mill is still one of the highest-paying employers in town. [161] 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. A tweet from Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) criticizing the Biden White House got flipped back on her late Tuesday. 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. 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. The race was decided by 546 votes . Some Will Surprise You", "Lauren Boebert May Have Violated Financial Disclosure Laws", "Federal officials press GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert over apparent personal use of campaign funds", "Lauren Boebert paid rent and utilities with campaign funds, FEC filings show", "Lauren Boebert Used Campaign Funds To Pay Rent. Greene. Far right Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, who represents a conservative-leaning congressional district in Colorado, is currently in a statistical tie with her Democratic challenger, former Aspen city council member Adam Frisch. Bottom: A fly fisherman casts his lure into the waters of the Arkansas River near Lake Pueblo. And now Im watching my children attend a school that is underfunded. 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. From what Ive seen on Twitter, he added, I dont think Boeberts a supporter.. [167][168] Boebert has proposed legislation in the House anchoring the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado, which is in the 3rd district. [66] According to the Atlas of the 2020 Elections, Boebert was able to command strong support in the traditionally conservative areas of the Western Slope of Colorado and the San Luis Valley while retaining enough Republican votes in liberal-leaning Pueblo and other Democratic areas. He has tried to schedule a meeting with her to discuss these issues, he says. 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. 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. The race was too. [80][81] Boebert's attorney said in June that she would file a defamation lawsuit against the group, but she has not done so. I am humiliated and embarrassed when she speaks on the House floor. . [130], Boebert opposes the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would elect the president by popular vote. Lauren Boebert. 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. Jayson Boebert was arrested in 2004 for exposing his penis to two young women at a Colorado bowling alley. [196] In response, the Campaign for Accountability, an ethics watchdog group, filed a complaint with the House Committee on Ethics and requested an investigation into Boebert and the other lawmakers. [81], Boebert's campaign had a significant advantage, with $5 million in campaign funds to Coram's $225,000; Coram also started campaigning late in the primary,[83][84] and Boebert was endorsed by Donald Trump. "[160] She declared support for uranium extraction and the generation of nuclear power, touting it as the "cleanest form of energy". "[150] The Denver Post apologized on Boebert's behalf for her remarks, saying that it was embarrassing that a Colorado representative engaged in such behavior. 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. She won reelection in 2022 by a very narrow margin of 546 votes against former Aspen City Council member Adam Frisch. 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). When she had the opportunity to support stimulus funding, she chose Trump over us. It also argued that Boebert had performed relatively worse than other Republican colleagues that managed to get elected in the state, as compared to the support of Trump at the polls, with the 3rd district witnessing few split-ticket votes. David Zalubowski/AP Photo. For candidates running to defeat Boebert in 2022, winning over Pueblos voters is key to outweighing support in Republican strongholds on the Western Slope, and Democrats are already campaigning here. That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it. Gradisar and state House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar, who represents Pueblo, were disappointed when Boebert signed on to a letter opposing the reintroduction of earmarks, which allow members to append projects in their districts to funding bills. (The results were based on a sample of 528 online surveys.) Constitution. [59] Tipton conceded defeat on election night and Trump congratulated Boebert in a tweet. She has great support in the 3rd Congressional District, which was evident by her June. She assumed office on January 3, 2021. [20][21][22] The Boeberts also owned a restaurant called Smokehouse 1776 (now defunct), across the street from Shooters Grill. 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. Bottom left: Sol Sandoval, a community activist in Pueblo, is among the nine Democrats running for Boeberts seat. Frisch is a businessman and. 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). According to the New York Post, Boebert is joined by Reps. George Santos of New York and Andrew Clyde of Georgia in cosponsoring H.R. 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. Boeberts Democratic opponent in the 2020 race won the county by just 204 votes. [138][139] A New York Times profile of Boebert characterized her actions as "a made-for-Twitter moment that delighted the far right." Colorado resident Marina Zimmerman announced on Tuesday that she is planning to challenge Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in the next round of House elections in 2022. [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. + [15][16] After marrying in 2007, she got a job filing for a natural gas drilling company and then became a pipeliner, a member of a team that builds and maintains pipelines and pumping stations. [44], Boebert faced Democratic former state representative Diane Mitsch Bush, a retired sociology professor from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in the November general election. Both Boebert and Coram agreed that Colorado's forests need to be managed better to prevent wildfires and that it should start locally. Lauren Boebert ( Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. [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. [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. [171], Boebert was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the authorization of military force against Iraq. [78][79] A Democratic-aligned Super PAC made false claims and unproven allegations about Boebert. [154] She opposes any tax increases. [85] During the pre-primary debate on May 26, Boebert emphasized the bills she had introduced in Congress while questioning Coram's legislative votes. The last poll of the district in July found that Boebert was ahead 49%-42%, showing strong movement in favor of the Democratic challenger. [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. Boebert called the metal detectors "just another political stunt by Speaker Pelosi". 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Lauren Boebert said humanity is in its 'last days' and Christians should 'rise up,' invoking Christian nationalist imagery that's linked to violence", "The Christian Right is winning cultural battles while public opinion disagrees", "Boebert, court decisions ignite debate over church and state", "PolitiFact - Lauren Boebert wrong on Founding Fathers' intent, experts say", "GOP Rep. Boebert: 'I'm tired of this separation of church and state junk', "Silt couple discovers that childbirth can be one wild ride", "Lauren Boebert's husband did jail time for "lewd exposure" in a bowling alley. Among voters in Pueblothe largest and most politically unpredictable city in Boeberts vast districtthere is a growing sense of exasperation with the freshman representative not yet six months into her tenure. 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. Washington CNN Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert remained in a tight race Friday morning against Democrat Adam Frisch after redistricting made her bid for reelection to her Colorado seat more. Freedom Caucus firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo, has won her bid for re-election against Democrat Adam Frisch, an automatic recount confirmed Monday. She is accused of supporting the QAnon conspiracy theory, and some academic and journalistic sources have investigated her ties to far-right extremism. [211][212][213], Boebert, who became a born-again Christian in 2009,[19] and her husband Jayson live in Silt, Colorado. [26], Boebert says her first job at a McDonald's restaurant changed her views about whether government assistance is necessary. House Republicans, including Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, are sponsoring a bill that is sure to rile the left. [101][102], In September 2021, Boebert submitted a resolution to impeach President Joe Biden and another to impeach Vice President Kamala Harris over the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan. Bottom: Greg Pedroza is interim director of aviation for the city of Pueblo. She advocates for an isolationist foreign policy, but supports closer ties with Israel for religious reasons. [12] Boebert herself registered to vote in 2006, at age 19, as a Democrat; in 2008, she changed her affiliation to Republican. [135] The video was made by the same consulting firm that produced the viral August 2020 campaign video for House candidate Kimberly Klacik. ", "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? [198][199] A Congressional Research Service report released in March stated that "formally designating fentanyl as [a weapon of mass destruction] may not be necessary for additional executive branch action" but that Congress could consider legislation to "address 'perceived shortcomings'. [182], Boebert opposes mitigation policies seeking to reduce COVID-19's spread. In a press release announcing the measure, she derided Bidens plan, saying only 6% of his $2.3 trillion so-called infrastructure plan goes to roads and bridges. 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. In addition to her opposition to Bidens infrastructure plan, Boeberts name was not among the 51 federal lawmakers who signed a bipartisan letter circulated by the American Iron and Steel Institute, encouraging the White House to maintain tariffs enacted under Trump. He pleaded guilty to public indecency and lewd exposure, and was sentenced to four days in jail with a subsequent two years of probation.[220][221][222]. The Pueblo region is home to three of those candidates, as well as to a political action committee that is hoping to defeat Boebert. As of Monday evening, Ms Boebert is leading by 1,122 votes, with 99 per cent of votes reported. 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