The American Patriots Three Percent militia, affiliated with the Three Percenters, provided security, and members of the Proud Boys attended the rally. [11][13], Boebert has said that she was raised in a Democratic household in a liberal area. My insurance business was cut tremendously because I couldnt go into peoples houses, and I couldnt get help because Im self-employed, said Todd Rogers, chair of the Pueblo County Republican Party, who hosted Boebert at the groups Lincoln Day dinner on May 1. The Pueblo region is home to three of those candidates, as well as to a political action committee that is hoping to defeat Boebert. [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. [77] When the vote count resumed after the rioters had been removed from the Capitol, the challenges to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes proceeded to a vote while those against several other states were dropped. She did the same on January 6, refusing to stop for a wand check after she set off the metal detector. [68] CPR News calculated that it was plausible that Boebert had driven 30,000 miles based on her visits to 129 events. Polling site FiveThirtyEight put her odds of victory at 97%. [133], Boebert is a strong advocate for gun rights. Meanwhile in Colorado Rep Lauren Boebert is set to be the latest far-right Trump acolyte to face her own primary challenge; she's facing a challenge from Don Coram of the Colorado General. [95], As of January 29, 2022, she had introduced 17 bills and seven resolutions, none of which passed committee. When he announced his longshot campaign to unseat Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) just over a year ago, it was by no means assured that Adam Frisch, a Jewish Democrat from Aspen, would advance past the primary, let alone have the chance to face off against one of the most high-profile, if controversial, Republicans in Congress.. This is as the Biden Administration continues to tout their great economy. And, based on her opposition to President Joe Bidens $2 trillion infrastructure plan, which Perko sees as a lifeline for his struggling industry, he doesnt think Boebert cares all that much about his union members. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) is locked in a tight reelection race in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, trailing Democrat Adam Frisch by 64 ballots with 98 percent of votes counted, according to. We were sounding the alarm a full-blown year ago that Boebert was an imminent threat to our way of life, Buentello, who is also the government affairs director for an education nonprofit, said recently, as she sat outside Squawk, her favorite independent coffee shop in Pueblo. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP The controversial House member from Colorado is facing a challenger. One of every four Pueblo residents lives in poverty. Yes, but she will have more backing and more support because of people like me in all 29 of her counties.. 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. [211][212][213], Boebert, who became a born-again Christian in 2009,[19] and her husband Jayson live in Silt, Colorado. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Biden won by 1,520 votes in November, after Trump had claimed victory by 390 votes in 2016. The Democrat running to unseat U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has pulled within 2 percentage points of the Republican incumbent in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, putting the candidates in a statistical tie only weeks before voting begins in the state, according to an internal poll released Tuesday by Boebert's challenger. [49] Boebert raised just over $150,000 through the June 30 primary. PUEBLO, Colo.Charles Perko gestured past a vine-covered chain link fence toward a hulking steel facility with massive mills and squat brick office buildings. ", "Boebert Proposes Wildfire Prevention Bill That Draws On Ideas From Colleagues On Both Sides Of The Aisle", "Boebert introduces bill to pay for logging, raise timber revenue", "Boebert bill would keep BLM HQ in Grand Junction", "14 House Republicans Vote Against Condemning Myanmar Military Coup", "Buck, Boebert vote against House resolution condemning Myanmar coup", "House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization", "These 16 Republicans voted against speeding up visas for Afghans fleeing the Taliban", "Rep. Lauren Boebert defends tweet about Taliban takeover of Afghanistan", "Did Boebert Praise Taliban for 'Building Back Better'? [130], Boebert has urged for even closer relations between Israel and the United States, saying that their foundings were divinely inspired and that they are the "two nations [in the world] that have been created to glorify God". When I think of Lauren Boebert, I think of that expression all hat and no cattle, Sandoval said. Boebert urged people to dismiss comments about the outlet's unreliability and said the information came from "very good sources". Boebertwhose office did not respond to multiple requests for commentalso has failed to push for policies that would help the community, these Pueblo residents say. Deputies reported she "encouraged people arrested for underage drinking to break free and repeatedly said she had 'friends at Fox News' who would report on her subsequent 'illegal arrest'". 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. Lauren Boebert Asked A Group Of Jewish Capitol Visitors If They Were Doing "Reconnaissance", "House passes sweeping defense policy bill", "Boebert: Democrats tried to pass a woke defense bill; Republicans pushed for better", "Rep. Boebert one of 9 Republicans to vote against two bills tied to formula shortage", "Republicans Just Voted Against Feeding the Baby They're Forcing You to Have", "The Race Is On: Colorado's 3rd District Candidates Stump From Pickup Trucks And Through Computer Screens", "Lauren Boebert Talks Oil And Gas, The Affordable Care Act And Carrying A Gun At The Capitol", "Lauren Boebert's Anti-Climate Legislation Is a Self-Enrichment Scheme", "Rep. Boebert blasts local green initiatives, COVID-19 mandates", "Rifle restaurateur Lauren Boebert ready for a showdown in 3rd Congressional District", "How Much Will the 'Green New Deal' Cost? 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. [100] The case was dismissed with prejudice on October 28, 2022. [185] Boebert also alleged that there was a deliberate effort to introduce immigrants who would substitute the unvaccinated people. [135] The video was made by the same consulting firm that produced the viral August 2020 campaign video for House candidate Kimberly Klacik. June 29, 2022 ASPEN, Colo. - (June 29, 2022) - A new poll from Center Street PAC ( www.centerstreetpac.com ), a nonpartisan political action committee, shows Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO-03) holds a 39% favorability within her district, while 44% of her constituents have an unfavorable view of her. Many people make $20 an hour, at least $6 over the average minimum wage, he added. Before the primary, Trump endorsed Tipton,[44] but Boebert characterized him as unsupportive of Trump. [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. [9][134] She has also said she became religious while attending a church in Glenwood Springs[17] and volunteered at a local jail for seven years. He has tried to schedule a meeting with her to discuss these issues, he says. 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. [31] The following day, Garfield County suspended her food license. [26][71] During her campaign, she said she supported "all-of-the-above energy, but the markets decide not the government. [17], In 2013, Boebert and her husband opened Shooters Grill in Rifle, west of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. [124] She alleged in a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland that he was being too lenient toward those who were arrested during the 2020 BLM riots, as compared to the Capitol rioters. [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). Boebert says she obtained a concealed carry permit after a man was "beaten to death by another man's hands outside of [her] restaurant", and began encouraging the restaurant's servers to carry guns openly. [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. [36] She has named eliminating critical race theory from schools as one of her top legislative priorities, even though it is not taught in schools. Lauren Boebert is a freshman Republican House member who won a dark horse victory in 2020. "[198], Boebert opposes the Equality Act, saying it promotes "supremacy of gays" and says transgender women take scholarships and sports opportunities away from cisgender women. Bottom left: Anthony Nunez owns The Favorite Tavern in downtown Pueblo and formerly served on the city council. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., has found herself in a surprisingly close race for re-election as control of the House remains uncertain. Far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert's (R-Colo.) reelection in the 2022 midterms remained in doubt into Wednesday. "[70] In late February 2021, Boebert's campaign updated its campaign finance filing, reclassifying $3,053 claimed for mileage to "hotels", and $867 claimed for mileage to Uber rides, thus claiming a mileage of around 30,000 miles. [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. She won reelection in 2022 by a very narrow margin of 546 votes against former Aspen City Council member Adam Frisch. . [179], During her primary campaign, Boebert argued for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare,[180] and advocated against the introduction of a single-payer healthcare system, saying it would harm small businesses like hers because of the prohibitive cost. Pueblo County, located on Colorados dusty, windswept plains two hours south of Denver, is the swingiest part of Boeberts districtmaking it a key test of her staying power. In 2020, Boebert unexpectedly defeated incumbent representative Scott Tipton in the primary election, after which she beat the Democratic nominee, former state representative Diane Mitsch Bush, in the general election. Lauren Boebert. She was cited for misdemeanor disorderly conduct and twice failed to appear in court on the charge. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019, saying that the act had a provision that led to citizenship and provided funding for housing for undocumented farm workers. To the east, city officials that operate the Pueblo Municipal Airport and its tenants said the facility needs to be modernized to attract businesses. [77] She has equated the behavior of some of the rioters that participated in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests following the murder of George Floyd to those who attacked the Capitol. [52] But after winning the Republican primary, Boebert denied following QAnon and endorsing conspiracy theories, instead saying she wanted to uphold "freedom and the Constitution of the United States of America". Boebert voted against the certification of both states' electoral votes. [18][19][20] Her statement about the man is mostly false: In 2013, a man who had reportedly engaged in a fight blocks away ran to within about a block of Boebert's restaurant, fell, and died from a methamphetamine overdose. February 27, 2023. Boebert said that Mitsch Bush's platform was "more government control" and that Mitsch Bush had a "socialist agenda". 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. At the same time that Democratic opposition to Boebert has grown, she will have the advantages of incumbency in 2022 and, almost certainly, support from Trump once again. [189], Boebert is a vocal opponent of face mask wearing[190][191] and argues that masks should be optional. But theres no question the metropolitan area is struggling, saddled with the states highest unemployment rate and some of its highest violent crime and opioid addiction rates. Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert faces state Sen. Don Coram in the GOP primary for the 3rd . [174] In August 2021, after the Afghan government fell to the Taliban, Boebert tweeted, "the Taliban are the only people building back better", reusing Biden's "Build Back Better" campaign slogan. 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