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kpete

(72,022 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 12:44 PM Jan 2021

"We saw congress[woman] Boebert taking a group of people for a tour"

BREAKING: On CNN, Rep. Steve Cohen calls out Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert by name, saying: “She‘s not on the home team, she’s with the visitors.” He confirmed he witnessed Boebert leading a “large tour” of people through the Capitol in the days before the riot.

"We saw congress[woman] Boebert taking a group of people for a tour sometime after the 3rd and before the 6th." -- Rep. Steve Cohen says he and a colleague saw Rep. Boebert giving people a tour of the Capitol in the days leading up to the riot


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NEW: In a text to me just now,
@laurenboebert
denied this allegation made on CNN by
@RepCohen
that she led a tour before the Capitol attack.
“I did not give any tours between Jan 3rd and 6th,” Boebert says.

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"We saw congress[woman] Boebert taking a group of people for a tour" (Original Post) kpete Jan 2021 OP
Lock her up soothsayer Jan 2021 #1
Bang Bang Barbie has been lying about this MontanaMama Jan 2021 #2
I thought dv421 Jan 2021 #4
Nope. Bang Bang is Boebert. She's an off the beam gun nut from MontanaMama Jan 2021 #8
That is because she is an outhouse rat. GemDigger Jan 2021 #44
You got that right. MontanaMama Jan 2021 #45
I vote for "Whiter Shade of Palin"...that is great Escurumbele Jan 2021 #12
If you can come with language that would keep Boebert and Gaetz out RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #43
There must be hundreds of security cameras inside the Capitol. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #6
I would sure think so. MontanaMama Jan 2021 #11
Good point - to avoid a pardon. TheRickles Jan 2021 #20
Oh yeah PatSeg Jan 2021 #38
Exactly what I was thinking. wnylib Jan 2021 #37
She played host to the reconnaissance team, and gave them feedback during the attack dalton99a Jan 2021 #3
Not so much a "gave a tour" SledDriver Jan 2021 #26
+1 2naSalit Jan 2021 #31
She needs to be placed under oath to testify before ethics committee Takket Jan 2021 #5
Bet she would lie. TNNurse Jan 2021 #9
I was going to say the same thing...under oath doesn't mean anything to these people Escurumbele Jan 2021 #17
I don't recall Traildogbob Jan 2021 #18
Of course, she's pretty mouthy PatSeg Jan 2021 #39
Given that all tours were cancelled because of Covid malaise Jan 2021 #7
Yep. There are capital people who have been at the capital for years that do not know their LiberalArkie Jan 2021 #28
Mr. Cohen, hope you have some security. TNNurse Jan 2021 #10
I sure hope everyone attending the inauguration goes through a metal detector. Lonestarblue Jan 2021 #13
I bet there is video hurple Jan 2021 #14
Maybe after she's been charged. 2naSalit Jan 2021 #33
Has to be one of the most security camera covered buildings one can imagine - let's see the tape. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2021 #15
Unless the former police chief got rid of video. Jay25 Jan 2021 #25
Erasing that video would come with an incredibly heavy price. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2021 #35
It's only a matter of time before a video shows up cyndensco Jan 2021 #16
Or someone going on social media PatSeg Jan 2021 #40
Can't arrest or charge her until Trumpy is out of office. Even now he could possibly pardon her. machoneman Jan 2021 #19
How can she lead a tour when she would have just had a freshman tour herself BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #21
She should be glad she isn't living in a 3rd world country like the one she tried to make us. ffr Jan 2021 #22
Not "visitors". Invaders. DeeDeeNY Jan 2021 #23
"We saw" Cracklin Charlie Jan 2021 #24
if any of the insurrectionists that broke into the Senate chamber... Hulk Jan 2021 #27
You're getting cornered, Q*bert. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #29
I hope that there is evidence neohippie Jan 2021 #30
I can't believe those Tweets! That's criminal! C Moon Jan 2021 #32
Yes, those Tweets alone are PatSeg Jan 2021 #41
I'm seriously wondering if her voters would approve of all of this. lindysalsagal Jan 2021 #34
Arrest this seditious _______ ______ ______. Fill in the blanks. Seriously, Lock Her Up! n/t Evolve Dammit Jan 2021 #36
Is there no video? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #42
There's high-quality surveillance cameras throughout it... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #46
Rt TY! Cha Jan 2021 #47

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
8. Nope. Bang Bang is Boebert. She's an off the beam gun nut from
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:14 PM
Jan 2021

Rifle, CO...she owns a bar called Shooters where all the waitresses carry side arms. MTG is also a Q nut as is Bang Bang...she’s crazy as an outhouse rat.

Escurumbele

(3,403 posts)
12. I vote for "Whiter Shade of Palin"...that is great
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:23 PM
Jan 2021

What a wacko this lady is...

Her husband exposed himself to teenagers, then on 2004 she scratch his face and did something else to him, but then the year after she married him??? And she has a list of encounters with the law.

There has to be a law where no person who has been convicted can run for office, it doesn't make sense to have people who have been imprisoned (Mat Gaetz is one of them) should run for office. I do believe in 2nd chances, but not in official positions.

RVN VET71

(2,698 posts)
43. If you can come with language that would keep Boebert and Gaetz out
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 03:33 PM
Jan 2021

but not prevent black men who have been incarcerated at despicable rates, some guilty of petty crimes (as was Boebert and Gaetz) others innocent but railroaded, I might consider it

But the simple fact is if you cut off a person’s eligibility for office solely on the basis of a felony conviction, you open the door wide to trumped-up (pun intended) political arrests and convictions of Liberals, Progressives, and anti-fascists.

Best way to keep these dingbats away from seats of power is to empower the people -- through education and a guaranteed right to vote -- to fire them the next election.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
6. There must be hundreds of security cameras inside the Capitol.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:07 PM
Jan 2021

This should be sorted out in short order.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
11. I would sure think so.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:15 PM
Jan 2021

Maybe our Speaker and Capitol Police are waiting until after inauguration to spring the trap.

PatSeg

(47,609 posts)
38. Oh yeah
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 03:13 PM
Jan 2021

That makes perfect sense. Also, they are probably accumulating more evidence and possibly more suspects.

Takket

(21,632 posts)
5. She needs to be placed under oath to testify before ethics committee
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:02 PM
Jan 2021

Who did she tour?
What did she show them?
Did she describe where to find certain people?
Why did she tweet The Speaker had been moved?

Escurumbele

(3,403 posts)
17. I was going to say the same thing...under oath doesn't mean anything to these people
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:35 PM
Jan 2021

I agree with you, I think she will lie.

Traildogbob

(8,825 posts)
18. I don't recall
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:41 PM
Jan 2021

I don’t recall I don’t recall, or just ignore the call to appear. Playbook of the crooks.
Treason = firing squad. Use her own Glock.

PatSeg

(47,609 posts)
39. Of course, she's pretty mouthy
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 03:15 PM
Jan 2021

and probably wouldn't be disciplined enough to shut up. Apparently she doesn't think there is anything wrong with what she's done.

malaise

(269,182 posts)
7. Given that all tours were cancelled because of Covid
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:10 PM
Jan 2021

who was/were the insider (s) that allowed her to conduct this tour.
Further how does someone who was sworn in a few days before the attempted coup and slaughter violate the rules and not suffer the consequences?

Lock her the fuck up!

LiberalArkie

(15,729 posts)
28. Yep. There are capital people who have been at the capital for years that do not know their
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 02:08 PM
Jan 2021

way around. Seeing as how long the gathering has been known, there could have been a hundred different people with a hundred different agendas not even knowing the others existed.

Lonestarblue

(10,085 posts)
13. I sure hope everyone attending the inauguration goes through a metal detector.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:26 PM
Jan 2021

Boebert is just crazy enough to take her gun with her and try to kill Biden, Harris, and Pelosi. She’s the infiltrator I worry about, along with Marjorie Taylor Green, the other off-the-charts crazy.

2naSalit

(86,802 posts)
33. Maybe after she's been charged.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 02:32 PM
Jan 2021

It makes little sense to start proceedings now and that sort of evidence is best kept under wraps for now.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,468 posts)
15. Has to be one of the most security camera covered buildings one can imagine - let's see the tape.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:30 PM
Jan 2021

But please give us notice so those of us that enjoy popcorn can be prepared.

Jay25

(417 posts)
25. Unless the former police chief got rid of video.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:56 PM
Jan 2021

If that is the case, I am sure that she was also seen by others, will probably learn more after the duly elected President takes office.

cyndensco

(1,697 posts)
16. It's only a matter of time before a video shows up
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:31 PM
Jan 2021

with a terrorist screaming, "Hey, this is where lauren told us we should go."

PatSeg

(47,609 posts)
40. Or someone going on social media
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 03:18 PM
Jan 2021

bragging about getting a personal tour of the Capitol by Boebert before the 6th. These people are stunningly stupid.

BusyBeingBest

(8,059 posts)
21. How can she lead a tour when she would have just had a freshman tour herself
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:53 PM
Jan 2021

and would barely know where the bathrooms are?

ffr

(22,672 posts)
22. She should be glad she isn't living in a 3rd world country like the one she tried to make us.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:53 PM
Jan 2021

Failed coup attempt conspirators are dealt with harshly and expeditiously in those countries.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
24. "We saw"
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:55 PM
Jan 2021

Rep Cohen had an eye witness with him.

There is no reason for him to lie about this, but there are lots of reason why he should be truthful.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
27. if any of the insurrectionists that broke into the Senate chamber...
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 02:01 PM
Jan 2021

... we're on that tour of hers, she needs to be held directly responsible, and the most severe consequences need to follow.

neohippie

(1,142 posts)
30. I hope that there is evidence
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 02:28 PM
Jan 2021

I also hope that what these people saw was not a tweet with a picture claiming it was her giving a tour when in reality the photo
is from a gun rally in December at the Colorado capitol steps.

At any rate, I have been on tours of the Capitol and from my recollection, we had to show ID, register and surrender items like our butane lighters etc... at some points and show security our empty pockets as well as walk through metal detectors etc...

So it would seem one way or another there would be evidence of this that can prove or disprove this story

PatSeg

(47,609 posts)
41. Yes, those Tweets alone are
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 03:21 PM
Jan 2021

alarmingly incriminating. You don't have to read between the lines. I think her intent is very clear, much like Trump's in his speech.

lindysalsagal

(20,733 posts)
34. I'm seriously wondering if her voters would approve of all of this.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 02:34 PM
Jan 2021

Maybe some would, but would the majority???

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
42. Is there no video?
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 03:30 PM
Jan 2021

Given that the only video that has surfaced has been what individuals have taken, I'm beginning to think there are no cameras and no video anywhere in the Capitol building. Which is absurd.

Lets hope cameras get installed soon.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,858 posts)
46. There's high-quality surveillance cameras throughout it...
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 05:38 PM
Jan 2021

... from what I've read.

The government investigators just don't seem as eager to share it with the media yet, unlike the excited smartphone users and others who were there.

No verification for this YET...



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Frank Sowa
@FrankSowa1 Jan 13
BREAKING - Capitol Building CCTV feeds showed Rep Louie Gohmert GOP-TX, Rep Jim Jordan GOP-OH, Rep Matt Gaetz GOP-FL, Rep Lauren Boebert GOP-CO, Marjorie Taylor Greene GOP-GA, Paul Gosar GOP-AZ, Andy Biggs GOP-AZ were involved in giving ‘reconnaissance’ tours to groups 1/5.
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