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“I am proud to announce that I am the first mom to represent Colorado’s Third Congressional District,” stated Boebert from her restaurant on election night.<ref>[https://nsjonline.com/article/2020/11/republican-lauren-boebert-wins-bitter-colorado-house-race/ Republican Lauren Boebert wins bitter Colorado House race]</ref> | “I am proud to announce that I am the first mom to represent Colorado’s Third Congressional District,” stated Boebert from her restaurant on election night.<ref>[https://nsjonline.com/article/2020/11/republican-lauren-boebert-wins-bitter-colorado-house-race/ Republican Lauren Boebert wins bitter Colorado House race]</ref> | ||
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| + | Before getting elected to Congress, Boebert was a gun rights advocate. She challenged Beto O'Rourke at an Aurora town hall meeting during his 2020 presidential campaign, saying, "I was one of the gun-owning Americans who heard you speak regarding your 'Hell yes I'm going to take your AR-15s and AK-47s. Well, I'm here to say hell no you're not.'"<ref>Montanaro, David. [https://www.foxnews.com/media/woman-confronts-beto-gun-confiscation-hell-no Woman confronts Beto on gun confiscation at town hall: 'I'm here to say, hell no you're not'], FOX News, September 20, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref> | ||
She defied a lockdown in [[Colorado]] on [[Thanksgiving Day]] by declaring her large family get-together to be a funeral for a turkey, and thus within the exemption for funeral services. | She defied a lockdown in [[Colorado]] on [[Thanksgiving Day]] by declaring her large family get-together to be a funeral for a turkey, and thus within the exemption for funeral services. | ||
Revision as of 20:45, January 17, 2021
Lauren Opal Boebert (born December 15, 1986, age 39), the 33-year-old mother of four and owner of the Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado, won a hard-fought congressional race against Democrat and former state lawmaker Diane Mitsch Bush in a Colorado House district that is as large as Pennsylvania.
“I am proud to announce that I am the first mom to represent Colorado’s Third Congressional District,” stated Boebert from her restaurant on election night.[1]
Before getting elected to Congress, Boebert was a gun rights advocate. She challenged Beto O'Rourke at an Aurora town hall meeting during his 2020 presidential campaign, saying, "I was one of the gun-owning Americans who heard you speak regarding your 'Hell yes I'm going to take your AR-15s and AK-47s. Well, I'm here to say hell no you're not.'"[2]
She defied a lockdown in Colorado on Thanksgiving Day by declaring her large family get-together to be a funeral for a turkey, and thus within the exemption for funeral services.
On Christmas Eve 2020 she announced that she would object to the certification of Biden's Electors on Jan. 6th.
References
- ↑ Republican Lauren Boebert wins bitter Colorado House race
- ↑ Montanaro, David. Woman confronts Beto on gun confiscation at town hall: 'I'm here to say, hell no you're not', FOX News, September 20, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2021.