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LAUREN BOEBERT


Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ‘Free Speech’ Rant Is Immediately Dismantled On The House Floor

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin flipped the extremist Colorado Republican's comments right back at her.

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Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump election schemes

Text messages and testimony released by the House Jan. 6 panel shows the deep involvement of some House Republicans in President Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to stay in power.

Lauren Boebert pushes bill to stop airport security from implementing transgender-friendly screening procedures

The Department of Homeland Security announced plans to make airport security more accommodating for transgender travelers, but GOP lawmakers are opposed.

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House Republicans ask Twitter to save records from Elon Musk’s bid

Placeholder while article actions loadA group of House Republicans has asked Twitter’s board of directors to preserve all correspondence related to Elon Musk’s proposed takeover, according to a letter released Friday. On Thursday, Musk said he had secured $46.5 billion in financing to support his bid for the social media platform. The Tesla chief executive launched his hostile takeover bid earlier this month, saying he thinks Twitter is essential to a functioning democracy. Many Republicans, including Jordan and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) have cheered Musk’s bid, characterizing the billionaire as a crusader for free speech. AdvertisementTensions have been brewing between Republicans and Twitter for years, with conservatives accusing the site of censoring their voices.

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Can getting dunked on online win an election?

Long-shot candidates build social media clout, and donor lists, by “running against villains.”

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Republicans target Mickey Mouse copyright after Disney opposes Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law

"Under current law, Disney loses its Mickey Mouse copyright on January 1, 2024," Banks said in a letter to Disney, adding that he will not support an extension on the copyright.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert Went After ‘Micky Mouse’ And It Did Not Go Well

The extremist Republican self-owned with three of her most honest words yet, said critics on Twitter.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested that Americans in the LGBTQ+ community should be 21 before they can make 'life-altering decisions about their sexuality and identity'

"We require people to be 21 to purchase alcohol beverages, and 21 to purchase tobacco products," Boebert tweeted on Friday.

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State senate hopeful shoots mock Dominion voting machine in campaign ad

Jarrin Jackson, who said he plans to run as a Republican for Oklahoma state senate, repeated falsehoods about Dominion.

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Lauren Boebert’s Hot Take On Allergies And Vaccines Shredded As ‘Next Level Stupidity’

People couldn't believe the Colorado Republican's tweet was real.

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Here are the 8 House Republicans who voted against suspending normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus

The bill passed 424-8 and allows President Biden to increase tariffs on products coming from the two countries amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Colorado congressional candidate demands investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert

Congressional candidate Adam Frisch sent a letter to the Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office demanding a federal investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert.

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Seth Meyers Scorches Lauren Boebert With A ‘Sincere And Honest Question’

The "Late Night" comedian flipped the conspiracy theorist Republican's "Prince John" gaffe right back on her.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert Mystifies Everyone With Bizarre Attempts To Insult Biden

The GOP lawmaker flubbed two attack lines in a Fox News interview.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert Ridiculed For Hot Take On Ukraine And Guns

Twitter users taunted the extremist Colorado Republican over her “profound gem” of a post.

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Lauren Boebert’s Trump Social Media Announcement Greeted With 1 Mocking Word

Many critics responded to the conspiracy theory-endorsing Colorado Republican's tweet with the same sentiment.

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Pelosi: GOP Reps. Boebert, Greene 'should just shut up'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had stern words for two of the most right-wing members of her chamber after their outbursts during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union.

Pelosi says Rep. Lauren Boebert, other GOP lawmakers who heckled Biden should ‘just shut up’

Boebert and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) taunted the president as he delivered his State of the Union address, at one point chanting at him “Build the wall!”

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DNC chair says Reps. Majorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert 'may as well' have been wearing trash bags during their State of the Union antics

"It was that sitting in the garage for a week type of trash," Jaime Harrison wrote, calling Boebert and Greene "juvenile deliquents" in another tweet.

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DNC chair says Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert 'might as well' have been wearing trash bags during their State of the Union antics

"It was that sitting in the garage for a week type of trash," Jaime Harrison tweeted, calling Boebert and Greene "juvenile delinquents."

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Rep. Lauren Boebert heckles Biden as he talks about his late son during the State of the Union

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) interrupted President Biden as he discussed his late son Beau Biden at his first State of the Union address on March 1.

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Lauren Boebert Booed For Heckling Biden

Rep. Lauren Boebert got booed for interjecting during President Joe Biden’s remarks about sick Army veterans and the death of his son Beau.

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Boebert heckled Biden about deaths in Afghanistan while he mentioned his son's cancer

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert heckled President Biden during his State of the Union speech as he was describing the death of his son Beau Biden, an Iraq war veteran who succumbed to brain cancer.

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Lauren Boebert Embarrasses Herself With State of the Union Outburst

EVELYN HOCKSTEINRep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) attempted to make Tuesday night’s State of the Union address all about herself—only to get booed by her colleagues as President Joe Biden solemnly talked about his son dying of cancer and military veterans suffering from burn pit exposure.Towards the end of his speech, the president turned his attention to an issue that has drawn bipartisan support and attention: increased care for soldiers who have suffered the effects of toxic exposure.As he announced

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Boebert outburst on Afghanistan jolts State of the Union

A moment about the death of President Joe Biden's son during the State of the Union address turned into a stunning outburst by one of the Republican’s most outspoken members.

Boebert outburst on Afghanistan jolts State of the Union

As President Joe Biden was coming to the end of his State of the Union address Tuesday night, a somber moment about his son’s death turned into a stunning outburst by one of the Republicans' most outspoken members. Delivering the loudest heckling of Biden during the speech, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado blamed Biden for the 13 service members who were killed during the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan. It was just the latest breach of decorum for a presidential address, an annual event where unruly behavior by lawmakers has become almost expected.

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Rep. Boebert heckles Biden during State of the Union remarks on protecting veterans

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., heckled President Biden during Tuesday’s State of the Union just before he recalled his late son Beau Biden’s brain cancer.

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Boebert Booed For Outburst During Biden's Remarks About Sick Veterans, His Late Son

Boebert's outburst came just as Biden mentioned his son Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert Says Canada And U.S. 'Need To Be Liberated' Like Ukraine

As Ukrainians fight for their lives during the Russian invasion, the extremist lawmaker used their plight to nonsensically push her ideology.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ‘I Identify’ Tweet Mocking Joe Biden Goes Awry

“I’m sure that sounded much better in your head,” one critic fired back at the Colorado Republican.

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Lawmakers Rip Rep. Lauren Boebert For Her Most Clueless Constitution Claim Yet

The Colorado congresswoman is getting called out on Twitter.

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Boebert asked Jewish visitors to Capitol if they were doing 'reconnaissance': report

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) reportedly asked a group of Jewish individuals who were visiting the Capitol if they were there to do "reconnaissance," the visitors told BuzzFeed News.Boebert is said to have seen the group of visitors on Thursday, looked at them "head to toe" and asked if they were visiting the Capitol to do "reconnaissance," one person who saw the interaction told the outlet."You know, I'm not sure to be offended or not," one of...

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Rep. Lauren Boebert reportedly asked an Orthodox Jewish group if they were doing 'reconnaissance' at the Capitol

"I'm too short to see anyone's yarmulkes," said Boebert. Her office said that she was actually trying to make a joking reference to January 6.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert Asked A Group Of Jewish Capitol Visitors If They Were Doing "Reconnaissance"

The Colorado Republican left the visitors “confused” after a short encounter.View Entire Post ›

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Donald Trump-Loving Republicans Celebrate MLK Day And Get Told Where To Go

Lauren Boebert, Lindsey Graham, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kevin McCarthy, Kayleigh McEnany and Josh Hawley were all slammed for hypocrisy.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tests positive for COVID-19

"She is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home," her office said in a statement on Sunday.

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Lauren Boebert Self-Owns With Rant About ‘Gaslighters’

Twitter users mockingly suggested the far-right Colorado Republican had offered her resignation with the post.

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Lauren Boebert Jumps To Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Defense Over Twitter Ban And It Doesn’t Go Well

Critics pointed out the flaws with the conspiracy theorist Colorado Republican’s defense of her fellow far-right extremist.

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Ocasio-Cortez criticizes GOP for 'projecting their sexual frustrations' at her

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday shot back at criticisms from right-wing figures after a photo of her on vacation with her boyfriend in Florida was shared online, suggesting that her critics stop "projecting their sexual frustrations" on her.Steve Cortes, a former Trump campaign adviser, shared a photo on Twitter on Friday of Ocasio-Cortez in public with her boyfriend Riley Roberts vacationing in Florida.Cortes attacked Ocasio-...

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Rep. Lauren Boebert said Kyle Rittenhouse has 'bigger intentions than being an intern in Congress'

The Republican representative is one of several lawmakers who've offered the 18-year-old an internship on Capitol Hill after his acquittal.

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Ocasio-Cortez: Democrats need to to 'crack down' on 'old boys club' in Senate

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday called on Democrats to "crack down on the Senate," which she likened to "an old boys club."The progressive lawmaker in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" slammed the chamber's inability to pass voting rights legislation because of GOP-led filibusters.Ocasio-Cortez has previously called on the Senate to abolish the filibuster, a move that moderate Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (...

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Republicans aim to stop sniping at each other, focus on economic message for 2022

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is working to tamp down internal feuds and shift members to talking about inflation and other issues that he believes will help his party return to the majority.

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Trump endorses Lauren Boebert within 24 hours of Congress tacitly rebuking her for making Islamophobic comments

In his endorsement, Trump called Boebert a "defender of the America first agenda, and a fighter against the Loser RINOs and Radical Democrats."

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House responds to GOP's Boebert with Islamophobia bill

The House has delivered its first formal response to Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks by passing a bill to tackle Islamophobia worldwide.

House to vote on legislation spearheaded by Reps. Omar, Schakowsky to combat Islamophobia abroad

While the measure was introduced months ago, Tuesday’s vote comes amid growing calls for House Republicans to take action against Islamophobia within their ranks.

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SNL’s Chloe Fineman responds to ‘actual clown’ Lauren Boebert’s tweet calling her a ‘no name’ actor

Sketch depicted Lauren Boebert holding semi-automatic rifle while claiming Covid-19 was ‘fake disease’

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GOP Florida congressman thinks Boebert should keep committee assignments - "The Takeout"

On "The Takeout" podcast this week, Byron Donalds discussed a third run for Trump and the feud between Lauren Boebert and Ilhan Omar.

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Lauren Boebert’s Gun Photo Is Doing Exactly What She Intended

The Colorado representative is using her family Christmas portrait to evoke liberal hysteria.

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Progressive Democrats pressure Pelosi to discipline Boebert

Progressive Democrats are ratcheting up pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to punish firebrand conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado for her recent comments likening a Muslim member of Congress to a bomb-carrying terrorist.

Ocasio-Cortez Absolutely Wrecks Boebert Over Gun-Themed Christmas Pic

“Tell me again where Christ said ‘use the commemoration of my birth to flex violent weapons for personal political gain’?” the representative asked.

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Lauren Boebert posted her own Christmas photo brandishing assault rifles with her kids after a GOP rep was criticized for his

Boebert posted her photo in support of Rep. Thomas Massie, who sparked a backlash with his own gun-toting photo days after a high-school shooting.

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The uncomfortable truth 9News' Kyle Clark wants Colorado media to confront

9News anchor Kyle Clark is admitting an uncomfortable truth — and challenging local news outlets to find a solution.The intrigue: In commentary for his prime time "Next" show, Clark acknowledged that his NBC-affiliated TV station covers U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Rifle) differently than any other elected official in Colorado.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free"We hold Congresswoman Boebert to a far lower standard," Clark said. "If

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Lauren Boebert Boasts About 'No Spare Ammo' In Gun-Toting Christmas Photo With Kids

The conspiracy theory-endorsing Colorado Republican followed Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie's lead with a not-so-festive family picture.

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The Republican Congresswoman Taking on Lauren Boebert

Why is a South Carolina Republican policing her party’s far-right flank? Here are three possibilities.

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Turning outrage into power: How far right is changing GOP

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appears to have settled on a strategy as a handful of Republican lawmakers stir outrage with violent, racist and sometimes Islamophobic comments: If you can’t police them, promote them.

Turning outrage into power: How far right is changing GOP

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appears to have settled on a strategy to deal with a handful of Republican lawmakers who have stirred outrage with violent, racist and sometimes Islamophobic comments. The path to power for Republicans in Congress is now rooted in the capacity to generate outrage. The alarming language, and the fundraising haul it increasingly produces, is another example of how Donald Trump, the former president, has left his mark on politics, changing the way Republicans rise to influence and authority.

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Boebert in call refuses to apologize for anti-Muslim remarks

Conservative congresswoman Lauren Boebert has spoken by phone with congresswoman Ilhan Omar just days after likening the Minnesota Democrat to a bomb-carrying terrorist.

Rep. Omar urges House GOP to address 'anti-Muslim hatred'

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is imploring House Republican leaders to do more to tamp down “anti-Muslim hatred” in their ranks.

Omar seeks action over House colleague's remarks on Muslims

Minnesota's Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is calling on House leaders to take “appropriate action" against Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter with Omar.

House censures Rep. Gosar for violent video in rare rebuke

The House has voted to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for posting an animated video that depicted him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword.

House to vote on censuring Gosar over video

Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona is facing censure in the House over a violent video he posted online.

Death threats, tweets jolt GOP infrastructure supporters

It was 2015 when Congress last approved a major renewal of federal highway and other transportation programs.

Dems call for censure of GOP congressman over violent video

Ten House Democrats say they will introduce a House resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for tweeting a video that included altered animation showing him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword.

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GOP congressman under fire for anime attacking Ocasio-Cortez

Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar is facing criticism after he tweeted a video that included altered animation showing him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword.

EXPLAINER: Why Congress is looking closely at Jan. 6 rally

The House panel investigating the Jan_ 6 Capitol insurrection has focused some of its early work on the planning behind a massive rally at which President Donald Trump falsely claimed to have won reelection and told his supporters to “fight like hell.”.

In fatal shooting, some political foes take aim at Baldwin

Details are still emerging about how Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set.

House asks companies to save Jan. 6 phone, computer records

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is asking social media and telecommunications companies to preserve phone or computer records for hundreds of people.

Colorado's Boebert discloses husband's work for energy firm

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert has disclosed that her husband worked as consultant for a energy firm during her run for Congress last year.

GOP's vaccine push comes with strong words, few actions

Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant sends caseloads soaring.

In shift, GOP ramps up vaccine push as resistance hardens

Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant sends caseloads soaring.

US judge: Rep. Boebert can block people on personal Twitter

A federal judge has ruled that Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert does not have to unblock a former Democratic Colorado state lawmaker from her personal Twitter account.

Republicans rebel against mask requirement in House chamber

House Republicans are rebelling against the requirement that they wear a mask on the House floor.

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Conservatives seize on gas crunch to blame Biden, stir base

Thousands of social media posts have misleadingly painted President Joe Biden and his administration as catalysts of chaos who not only mishandled the temporary shutdown of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline last Friday, but engineered it.

Red meat politics: GOP turns culture war into a food fight

Republicans are increasingly using food — especially beef — as a cudgel in the culture war.

As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts

As the impact of climate change becomes more apparent, misinformation about it is shifting to focus more and more on extreme weather.

Haunted by mass violence, Colorado confronts painful history

On Wednesday, Reinfeld was reeling from the latest mass shooting even closer to home, after authorities say a 21-year-old gunned down shoppers at a local grocery store. “I could see at some point leaving because of all this,” said Reinfeld, a gun control activist. But it's also been haunted by shootings that have helped define the nation's decades-long struggle with mass violence. The Aurora shooting brought that terror from schools to a movie theater. After each of Colorado's biggest massacres, the local gun control movement has gained heartbroken new recruits.

Democratic-led House makes conservation push with lands bill

Republicans said the wilderness area designations would restrict use of those lands and make them more susceptible to catastrophic forest fires. It is one of the largest land-protection packages Congress has ever considered and covers almost 3 million acres of public lands, overwhelmingly in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona. The ideological split over the bill was evident as the congressional delegation from Colorado debated the measure on the House floor. The legislation encompassed bills from Rep. Joe Neguse and DeGette that would affect more than 1 million acres of public lands in the state. “I prefer public lands with many uses," he said.

Texas blackouts fuel false claims about renewable energy

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)With millions of Texas residents still without power amid frigid temperatures, conservative commentators have falsely claimed that wind turbines and solar energy were primarily to blame. “We should never build another wind turbine in Texas,” read a Tuesday Facebook post from Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller. Still a variety of misleading claims spread on social media around renewable energy, with wind turbines and the Green New Deal getting much of the attention. AdA viral photo of a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine was shared with claims it showed a “chemical” solution being applied to one of the massive wind generators in Texas. On top of that, while Texas has ramped up wind energy in recent years, the state still relies on wind power for only about 25% of its total electricity, according to ERCOT data.

A fluke or the future? Boebert shakes up Colorado district

But unlike Greene, Boebert doesn't hail from an overwhelmingly GOP, safe district. But unlike Greene, Boebert doesn't hail from an overwhelmingly GOP, safe district. The question strategists in Colorado and elsewhere in this divided country are asking is whether Boebert is a fluke — or the future. AdIn an interview, Boebert said the district's voters are eager for disruption. Boebert insists she and the rest of the first-term class of lawmakers are the future, even in districts like hers.

Gun-toting congresswoman-elect may carry Glock at Capitol

The agency's officials did not answer directly when Democrats on the House Committee on Administration asked in 2018 how many lawmakers carry firearms in the Capitol. Aides can carry lawmakers’ weapons for them on the Capitol complex, he wrote. He said members and their staffs carry firearms around the Capitol “all the time,” though he mentioned no names. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., chairman of the House Second Amendment Caucus, justified letting lawmakers carry weapons. Its officers routinely arrest people caught trying to carry weapons at the Capitol.

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