Boebert is a high school drop-out. [40][41] On Twitter, Boebert has used rhetoric friendly to the Three Percenters and posed with members of the group (she deleted the tweet with the photos after being asked about it). She owns a. [2] Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Cheri Bustos said in a statement that national Republicans should disavow Boebert for supporting QAnon. [126] Boebert said she intended to introduce a bill that would end financing of legal aid for immigrants. One in five Americans is illiterate, and many more are only able to read at a basic level. [63][64], In late July, Boebert was considered the front-runner. In her first term in Congress, Lauren Boebert rose to fame as a 'Maga' phenomenon. She is accused of supporting the QAnon conspiracy theory, and some academic and journalistic sources have investigated her ties to far-right extremism. The first amendment requires schools to notify parents if biological males are permitted to participate in womens sports. [144], Boebert has embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory. [18] Before Boebert and her husband opened Shooter's Grill, he worked in oil and gas fields. [74] Boebert's communications director said that these were indeed personal expenses, "billed to the campaign account in error", and that the "reimbursement has already happened". [97], Boebert has blocked her critics on Twitter. Education | Representative Lauren Boebert She never formally continued her education after that. I have cosponsored numerous pieces of legislation to protect our children from critical race theory and woke gender propaganda being taught in our schools. [226][227], In 2016, Boebert was cited for careless driving and operating an unsafe vehicle. She failed to disclose her husband's income from energy consulting", "Here Are America's Top Methane Emitters. [133] During a press conference, she asserted that it was a lie, that it was racist,[134] and that it would lead to children hating each other. Representative Lauren Boebert It's not in the Constitution. Lauren Boebert - Wikipedia 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. [194][195] She has also compared the virus to communism. Emma is a world-classstudent-athlete whose strong performances in the Summer Olympics and 2022 NCAA Division IWomens Swimming and Diving Championship speak for themselves. [73] As of 2021, Colorado classified Boebert Consulting as a delinquent company due to the lack of filings or registered agent with the state. Constitution. [32] By late May, with the state allowing restaurants to reopen at 50% capacity, the county dropped its temporary restraining order. Unfortunately, Ilhan can't say the same thing. A self-described born-again Christian, Boebert has said that she is "tired of this separation of church and state junk" and argued for greater church power and influence in government decision-making. [70], Despite campaign finance laws and ethics laws requiring Congressional candidates to reveal their immediate family's income sources to show potential conflicts of interest, Boebert did not report her husband's income in her 2020 filing, instead belatedly revealing it in August 2021,[26] the same day the Federal Election Commission (FEC) sent her a letter investigating her campaign expenses. [177][178] 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. Although Lauren Boebert didnt take the traditional route in the education department, she has quite a political background behind her. [202], In late February 2021, Boebert and a dozen other Republican House members skipped votes and enlisted others to vote for them, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, while actually attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was held at the same time as their absences. 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? These patriotic young men and women have committed to serving at least five years in the military following graduation. [4][5][6][7] She opposes transitioning to green energy, COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates, abortion, sex education, gender affirmation surgery for minors, and non-heterosexual marriage. [123], 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. to prohibit tax dollars for this purpose. She supports Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him and voted to overturn its results during the Electoral College vote count. [152] At a November 20 event, she repeated the elevator story, this time including a Capitol Police officer with "fret all over his face". Democrat Adam . 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Boebert, 1:21-cv-00147 - CourtListener.com", "From historic sites to abortion bills, what Colorado's lawmakers pushed for in the last Congress", "H.Res.680 - Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the United States, for the high crimes and misdemeanors of betrayal of the public trust", "H.Res.679 - Impeaching Kamala Devi Harris, Vice President of the United States, for the high crimes and misdemeanors of betrayal of the public trust", Full List of House Republicans Who Voted Against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker, Gun action at last! [77] During the primary, her main challenger was Don Coram, a state senator who positioned himself as more moderate. 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. [168] 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. Her spokesman later said that she had not been carrying a gun during the walk. [151] During a November 18, 2021, speech on the House floor, Boebert called Omar "the Jihad Squad member from Minnesota". As per Boeberts official bio, the congresswoman recieved the opportunity to work as assistant manager at her local McDonalds in her senior year of high school. Colorados Third District has some of the most gifted students in the nation. [200] She introduced a bill that would ban all mask mandates on federal property and during travel in interstate commerce, attracting no support. [71] Boebert oversees the energy industry via her position on the House Committee on Natural Resources. Boebert said that Mitsch Bush's platform was "more government control" and that Mitsch Bush had a "socialist agenda". She has worked as a natural gas product technician, GIS technician, and pipeline integrity coordinator. [156], Four months later, Boebert confronted a group of Orthodox Jews visiting the Capitol and asked them whether they were on a reconnaissance mission, which left them confused. The Denver Post reported in early February 2021 that three ethics experts said that the high figure was suspicious. Two of Congresswoman Lauren Boeberts amendments to the Parents Bill of Rights passed the House with unanimous bipartisan consent. During her congressional campaign, she said she was "with the militia". [34], In September 2019, Boebert made national headlines when she confronted Beto O'Rourke, a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, at an Aurora town hall meeting over his proposal for a buy-back program and a ban on assault-style rifles like AR-15s. Issues: Standing up for Local Communities Mobile . ", later claiming that the remarks were made "in reference to the ongoing security measures in place around the Capitol complex". After the June 2021 death of Christopher Sign, the reporter who broke the news of a 2016 meeting on the Phoenix Sky Harbor tarmac between former President Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Boebert tweeted: Why is it that so many who cross the Clinton Crime Syndicate end up dead?[149][150], In September 2021, Boebert told attendees at a Republican fundraiser that she and an aide were joined by Democratic representative Ilhan Omar on a Capitol elevator and that Boebert then said to her aide, "it's the Jihad Squad She doesn't have a backpack, she wasn't dropping it and running so we're good". Rep. Boebert says children should wait until 21 to make 'life-altering [17], In 2013, Boebert and her husband opened Shooters Grill in Rifle, west of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. [44], Boebert faced Democratic former state representative Diane Mitsch Bush, a retired sociology professor from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in the November general election. The latest on Lauren Boebert. Boebert was a teen mother, having given birth to her eldest son at age 19. The majority of student loan debt is owed by the 14.3% of Americans who went to graduate schoolbut no worriesnow, every American, whether they went to college or not, owes $2000 in student loans to be paid for in taxes. A Republican, Boebert was first elected to represent Colorado's 3rd congressional district in 2020. A 36-year-old, citizen legislator from Rifle, Colorado, she never held public office prior to her 2020 victory and is the first woman, first mother, and youngest ever to represent the District. My bill will help revitalize schools in rural communities and ensure they have the resources to invest in the next generation. When leftists allowed a man to dominate in womens sports, I stood up for female athletes being left behind. [119][120] She was accused of endangering members' safety and faced calls to resign, but refused, defending her actions because Pelosi's evacuation was also publicly broadcast live on TV;[112][121][122] academic Zac Parker opined that it was still a potential security threat since C-SPAN did not focus on Pelosi, and had it not been for Boebert's tweet, the protesters might have not noticed it. [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. I enjoy highlighting their achievements through the high school Congressional Art Competition and by nominating CO-03s best and brightest to the U.S. Service Academies. We want to be able to go to schoolboard meetings and speak up without having the FBI label us domestic terrorists. [92][93][94] The recount was completed on December 12 and affirmed that Boebert won by about 500 votes. [223] They have four sons. [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. ", "Regional: Shooters in Rifle serves a big helping of Second Amendment", "Lauren Boebert discusses, defends her past during Durango visit", "Boebert's Democratic upbringing questioned", "Did Rep. Boebert Get Her GED Months Before Winning Election? She won reelection in 2022 by a very narrow margin of 546 votes against former Aspen City Council member Adam Frisch. [203] 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 opposes transitioning to green energy, abortion, COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates, sex education, non . That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it. [153][151] Omar responded that the story was invented and that "Anti-Muslim bigotry isnt funny and shouldnt be normalized". [8] When she was 12, she and her family moved to the Montbello neighborhood of Denver and later to Aurora, Colorado, before settling in Rifle, Colorado, in 2003. In rural Colorado, we know the importance of school-to-career programs, which I why I introduced anamendment to support apprenticeship programs that give our students the tools they need to succeed while starting their careers. [228], In February 2004, Jayson was arrested and charged for "harassing and physically assaulting" Boebert, and convicted in November 2004, the same year she had her first child. 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'". I didnt go through the typical education course. border wall and opposes amnesty for undocumented immigrants living in the US;[36] she introduced two bills to that effect: one that would codify Trump's immigration policies into law and one that would annul executive orders and internal policies that enable or assist asylum and immigration procedures. for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program was signed into law. September 28, 2022. [45], Boebert criticized Tipton's voting record, which she said did not reflect his district. [117][118] While the Capitol was being stormed, Boebert posted information on Twitter about the proceedings of the certification, including that the House chamber had been locked down and that Pelosi had been evacuated. [225], In 2015, Boebert was detained at a music festival for shouting at a group of people arrested for underage drinking, yelling that the arrest was unconstitutional because they had not received Miranda warnings. [229], In 2023, while speaking at a Moms for America event at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), she revealed that she will become a grandmother at age 36. I was a great student. My Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention, and Community Protection Act includes a provision that requires 25% of all forestry revenues from national forests to be reinvested into local communities, including their schools. I cosponsored the Keep Kids in Schools Act to ensure in-person learning continues. When Biden unilaterally forgave student loans in a last-ditch election year bribe, I stood up for people who worked hard to pay off their student loans or chose a different career path that did not require student debt. Fact-checking website Snopes deemed the speculation to be true, reporting Boebert completed education with Colorados Durango Herald in September 2020. Freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.,. WASHINGTON ( The Borowitz Report )Representative Lauren Boebert blasted President Biden's student-loan-forgiveness program, claiming that it would lead to "rampant . Boebert's campaign attributed the figure to her "aggressive travel schedule", but members of her campaign did not provide evidence for the amount of travel. In western Colorado, we call that a fun weekend. to support apprenticeship programs that give our students the tools they need to succeed while starting their careers. My office stands ready to assist you in any way we can. They're slated to be at CPAC", "First on CNN: Watchdog group requests investigation into 13 GOP lawmakers for misusing proxy voting", "Boebert introduces measure to classify fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction", "Lauren Boebert pushes to classify fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction", "Boebert's stance on Equality Act raises concern among LGBTQ in her district", "Lauren Boebert criticised for calling Equality Act 'supremacy of gays', "Lauren Boebert compares trans healthcare to grafting "aborted babies to lab rats", "What's in the so-called Don't Say Gay bill that could impact the whole country", "Lauren Boebert is part of a dangerous religious movement that threatens democracy, experts say", "Rep. 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', "Boebert tells Republican dinner guests they're part of 'second coming of Jesus', "Silt couple discovers that childbirth can be one wild ride", "Lauren Boebert's husband did jail time for "lewd exposure" in a bowling alley. Is she the next GOP star? Issues Veterans and Defense Standing up for Local Communities Education Read More [140][141] A New York Times profile of Boebert characterized her actions as "a made-for-Twitter moment that delighted the far right." She's compared gender-affirming medical care to mutilation, vilified. [25] Shooters Grill, according to her congressional disclosure forms, lost $143,000 in 2019 and due to pandemic closure mandates, lost $226,000 in 2020. [78][79] A Democratic-aligned Super PAC made false claims and unproven allegations about Boebert. Lauren Boebert's Attack on Bud Light Backfires - Newsweek Two Boebert Amendments to Provide Parents a Say in Education Matters [18], Boebert supports eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. We want our kids to learn math and science, not gender studies and woke ideology. She's obviously not the only. Capitol. When Bidens Department of Justice labeled parents domestic terrorists, I stepped in to demand accountability. [199] She falsely claimed that during the two months that followed the end of the Texas mask mandate, the state did not record any COVID-19-related deaths. 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. She also dropped out of high school during her final year in 2014 because she became pregnant. I am excited to show off her artwork to constituents and other Members of Congress as they pass by it while entering the Capitol. Today, Rep. Lauren Boebert announced the names of the 15 highly-motivated, patriotic, and intelligent students she nominated to attend the U.S. service academies. The second amendment requires schools to notify parents if biological males are permitted to use womens restrooms. [162], In May 2022, Boebert was one of nine House members who voted against two bills to alleviate the 2022 shortage of baby formula caused by bacterial contamination. [209] She introduced a bill to ban federal funding of research and publications into transgender health care for minors, asserting that they are being "sexualized and used for horrific sexual research'" when being administered puberty blockers. [213][214][215] In June 2022, she told a church audience, "The church is supposed to direct the government. [218][219][220], In late 2022, Boebert told two audiences, "we are in the last of the last days", and that they would have a role in "ushering in the second coming of Jesus". [106], In February 2023, Boebert and Representatives Andrew Clyde, Barry Moore, and George Santos sponsored a bill to name the AR-15 the U.S. "national gun". [55][56], On June 30, Boebert won the Republican nomination with 54.6% of the vote to Tipton's 45.4%. The legislation would establish a wage floor for the high-skill H-1B visa program, thereby significantly reducing employer dependence on the program. 1. in-person learning continues. [39], Boebert was an organizer of the December 2019 "We Will Not Comply!" If you are a high school student or if you know a high school student interested in the Congressional Art Competition or in a nomination to the U.S. Service Academies, please reach out to my office! In 2020, US Rep. Lauren Boebert earned a GED diploma just months before she won her seat in the US House of Representatives. Congressionally Directed Spending Requests, 100% score from Family Research Council Action, 100% score from National Right to Life Committee, 100% score from Associated Builders and Contractors, 100% score from the National Federation of Independent Business, 100% score from Independent Petroleum Association of America, 100% score from NumbersUSA (1 of only 6 members out of 435 with a perfect score), 100% score from Concerned Women for America, 100% score from the National Association of Police Organizations, 98% score from Heritage Action for America, A+ from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. [135], Boebert is a strong advocate for gun rights. 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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. [88][83] Boebert won the primary with almost 66% of the vote. [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). Emma Weyant was the fastestwoman competing in the 2022 NCAA Division I Womens 500-Yard Freestyle, but her first-place win was stolenby a mediocre male athletewho couldnt cut it in mens swimming. [188] After the election, she said she was undecided about whether it was best to keep or repeal Obamacare, but wished that a more market-based system would be adopted. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's Office Releases April Staff Mobile Office Hours. [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". She advocates for an isolationist foreign policy, but supports closer ties with Israel for religious reasons. [166] In February 2021, Boebert proposed a bill to ban executive moratoriums on oil and gas leases and permits on some federal lands. Last year I had the privilege of nominating 15 of some of the Third Districts best and brightest to the U.S. Service Academies. "[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. As a mom raising four kids, I understand the needs of families across this country who are desperate to have their concerns about education heard. Lauren Boebert's family relied on assistance while she was growing up. [175] She cited concern about a passage that urged social media platforms to prevent disinformation and violence, which she said was tantamount to making Big Tech the "arbiter of truth". I have cosponsored numerous pieces of legislation to protect our children from critical race theory and woke gender propaganda being taught in our schools. How And When Lauren Boebert Got A GED - Best GED Classes My bill will help revitalize schools in rural communities and ensure they have the resources to. 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. [42][43], In December 2019, Boebert launched her bid to represent Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, beginning with a challenge to five-term incumbent Scott Tipton in the Republican primary. [26], In 2017, 80 people who attended a Garfield County fair contracted food poisoning after eating pork sliders from a temporary location set up by Shooters Grill and Smokehouse 1776. [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. [205][206] 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'. Throughout the pandemic, we saw teachers' unions advocate for unscientific policies that hurt our childrens education for the sake of politics. [114] In December 2021, Boebert doubled down on these allegations, saying that hundreds of thousands of ballots were illegally mailed to voters, without providing evidence. RT @Disrupt_Corrupt: Lauren Boebert didn't graduate from public or private school. [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. "I went to my high school," she said. [89], In a debate with Democratic nominee Adam Frisch on September 11, 2022, Boebert took credit for bills she had voted against, did not cross-examine Frisch, proposed more oil and gas development to respond to climate change, and kept attacking House speaker Nancy Pelosi. [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. Instead, she. "[121] Democrats, fearing the guns might do harm while in Congress chambers and partly in response to Boebert's conspicuous carry of a firearm, proposed legislation, which is being considered in Congress as of February 2022, to ban guns from Capitol grounds altogether. Boebert aimed to portray him as corrupt, in particular by alleging that he used his powers as a state legislator to pass laws legalizing hemp, which Coram grows (state voters approved the amendment legalizing marijuana in 2012), and tried to depict him as not Republican enough.
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