This woman is a gem. I wish she were my Congresswoman.

Zitat

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A restaurant owner and political newcomer in Colorado scored an upset Republican primary victory Tuesday over a five-term congressman endorsed by President Trump. Lauren Boebert has made headlines for defying coronavirus restrictions, boosting the QAnon conspiracy theory and staunchly supporting guns — and now she's headed to the general election in November.

Boebert, 33, owns the Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado, where workers openly carry guns while serving customers. "CBS This Morning" asked Boebert in a 2014 profile about the possibility of a waitress shooting a customer. She replied, "We would go through extreme circumstances before that was our final option."

Boebert defeated incumbent Representative Scott Tipton in the GOP primary for Colorado's massive third congressional district, which covers the western portion of the state, including the cities of Pueblo, Aspen and Grand Junction.

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Boebert gained wider recognition in 2019 when she confronted then-presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke on gun control while he was campaigning in Aurora. O'Rourke had said in a Democratic primary debate, "Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47." Boebert was seen on camera telling O'Rourke, "Hell, no, you're not."

More recently, Boebert defied Colorado's coronavirus restrictions and kept her restaurant open to dine-in customers. CBS Denver reports a judge issued a cease-and-desist letter to shut the establishment down.

Boebert has also shown support for QAnon, a broad and baseless conspiracy theory involving a supposed "deep state" plot to take down Mr. Trump and entangling a wide-ranging list of national and world leaders and celebrities in unfounded claims of child sex trafficking and other malfeasance.

"Everything I've heard of Q — I hope this is real, because it only means America is getting stronger and better, and people are returning to conservative values, and that's what I am for," Boebert said in a June interview with Steel Truth, a podcast that supports QAnon. "And so everything that I have heard of this movement is only motivating and encouraging and bringing people together stronger, and if this is real, then it could be really great for our country."

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lauren-boeb...OCrtgw8RsnX6CAQ

I don't know a great deal about the "QAnon conspiracy theory", but I do know this piece from CBS assures me it is "a broad and baseless conspiracy theory", because that is what CBS and the other MSM outlets do so well: provide me just with the facts and do not editorialize in its news stories.

Btw, I can't prove it, but I'll bet Beto peed in his pants when she confronted him in Aurora.