Lauren Boebert, Gun Lover and Anti-LGBTQ Troll, Offers 'Prayers' for Club Shooting Victims

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Lauren Boebert, who scoffed at gun control after Uvalde and has railed against drag queens and gender-inclusivity, had the gall to tweet about the shooting’s “lawless violence.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/lauren-boebert-gun-lover-and-anti-lgbtq-troll-offers-prayers-for-colorado-club-shooting-victims



Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who has made gun ownership and anti-LGBTQ policies a regular part of her MAGA platform, tweeted her thoughts and prayers on Sunday for the victims of the deadly Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting. But her sentiments caused outrage in the LGBTQ community, with many calling out her hypocrisy—including Chasten Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s husband, who slammed her on Twitter: “You encourage this type of hatred. Get off Twitter and start looking inward.”

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The shooting, which took place Saturday night during a drag show at Club Q in Colorado Springs, claimed 5 lives and injured 18 others. One suspect, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, is in custody. Although local authorities have not declared a motive for Saturday’s shooting, the assault came just minutes before the national Trans Day of Remembrance, celebrated on Nov. 20, which recognizes lives lost to transphobic violence.

“The news out of Colorado Springs is absolutely awful,” Boebert, who barely won reelection in tight race against Democratic challenger Adam Frisch, tweeted on Sunday morning. “This morning the victims & their families are in my prayers. This lawless violence needs to end and end quickly.” But Boebert has built her political career on both celebrating gun rights and trolling LGBTQ citizens.

The QAnon-curious congresswoman owned a gun-themed restaurant with her husband (until it closed in January of this year) and, after a school shooting in Michigan, tweeted a picture of her young children holding guns around the Christmas tree. Earlier this year, in the wake of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed 21 lives, Boebert argued against gun regulation, telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity, “When 9/11 happened, we didn’t ban planes...”

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[Jade Fox]

1. The election must have scared her...nt

[Deuxcents]

2. And still they voted for her

[niyad]

3. Folks, remember to keep your children away from her sexual predator

husband.

[niyad]

4. ohhh myyyyy. all of her offices are closed for t-day. voicemail.