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‘A Fighter Against The Loser RINOs And Radical Democrats’: Donald Trump Endorses Lauren Boebert

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OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author's opinion.


As some in the House of Representatives progressive caucus have demanded that punishment be handed to Rep. Lauren Boebert, a familiar face is standing in her corner.

Donald Trump has endorsed the Colorado representative for reelection in the state’s third district.

“Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has done a fantastic job in her first term representing Colorado’s Third District,” the 45th President of the United States said in an email from his Save American PAC.

“She is a fearless leader, a defender of the America First Agenda, and a fighter against the Loser RINOs and Radical Democrats,” he said. “She will continue to be tough on Crime, strong on Borders, and always protect our under-siege Second Amendment.”

“’Lauren has my Complete and Total Endorsement for her reelection!” he said.

The Colorado representative is often a target of scorn from the media and Democrats for speaking her mind.

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Most recently she was the subject of controversy when she told a fictitious story about herself and Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar meeting in an elevator.

Boebert was speaking to supporters when she made the controversial comments.

“I have an Ilhan story for you,” the Republican congresswoman said to supporters. “The other night on the House floor was not my first Jihad Squad moment.”

“I was getting into an elevator with one of my staffers, and, he and I, we’re leaving the Capitol. We’re going back to my office, and we get in the elevator, and I see a Capitol Police officer running hurriedly to the elevator,” she said. “I see fret all over his face, and he’s reaching, and I’m like, the door is shutting, like, I can’t open it, like, what is happening?”

She said that after the doors to the elevator had shut she noticed that Omar was in the elevator with her.

“I look to my left, and there she is, Ilhan Omar,” the representative said. “I said, ‘Well, she doesn’t have a backpack. We should be fine.'”

“I looked over, and I said, ‘Oh, look, the Jihad Squad decided to show up for work today,’” she said.

A furious Omar has vehemently denied that the incident described by Rep. Boebert did not happen.

“Fact, this buffoon looks down when she sees me at the Capitol, this whole story is made up. Sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout. Anti-Muslim bigotry isn’t funny & shouldn’t be normalized. Congress can’t be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation,” she said.

“Saying I am a suicide bomber is no laughing matter. @GOPLeader and @SpeakerPelosi need to take appropriate action, normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all Muslims. Anti-Muslim bigotry has no place in Congress,” she said.

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That is when Boebert called her to apologize but that did not work the way she had intended.

Boebert said in an Instagram video that she initiated the call with Omar because she “wanted to let her know directly that I had reflected on my previous remarks.”

“Now as a strong, Christian woman who values faith deeply, I never want anything I say to offend someone’s religion. So I told her that. Even after I put out a public statement to that effect, she said that she still wanted a public apology because what I had done wasn’t good enough. So I reiterated to her what I had just said,” the Republican said.

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“She kept asking for a public apology so I told Ilhan Omar that she should make a public apology to the American people for her anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti-police rhetoric. She continued to press and I continued to press back. And then, Representative Omar hung up on me,” she said.

In a press release of her own Omar admitted that the phone call took place and it ended the way Boebert said it did.

“Today I graciously accepted a call from Rep. Lauren Boebert in the hope of receiving a direct apology for falsely claiming she met me in an elevator, suggesting I was a terrorist, and for a history of anti-Muslim hate,” the Democrat said.

“Instead of apologizing for her Islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, Rep. Boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. She instead doubled down on her rhetoric and I decided to end the unproductive call,” she said.

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