![]() ![]() “Because when you’re a member of Congress, you have an important role to play in society. “The bottom line is that everyone, especially members of Congress, have to be very, very thoughtful in the language they use,” Suozzi said. Thomas Suozzi (D-N.Y.), who said reckless language like Boebert’s should not be used by lawmakers. “When I heard that, I actually turned to the person standing next to me and asked, ‘Did you just hear that?’” the rabbi said. “You know, I’m not sure to be offended or not,” one of the rabbis in the group told Buzzfeed News. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) reportedly asked a group of Jewish individuals who were visiting the Capitol if they were there to do “reconnaissance,” the visitors told BuzzFeed News.īoebert is said to have seen the group of visitors on Thursday, looked at them “head to toe” and asked if they were visiting the Capitol to do “ reconnaissance,” one person who saw the interaction told the outlet. Newsweek reached out to Boebert for comment.Rep. During her speech, she attacked the Democrats' recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, a massive climate, health care and tax bill that she called "insane." ![]() On Friday, Boebert had her microphone cut on the House floor after she was told five times to stop speaking after her time had elapsed. "This abuse, like the attempted white supremacist attack on a Pride parade in Idaho and incidents involving Neo-Nazis in Florida, did not happen in isolation: extremist rhetoric and attacks against LGBTQ+ people have ramped up online and offline in recent months," the report said. It went on to explicitly link this rhetoric to real-world hate crimes, saying that a drag queen in the San Francisco Bay Area was attacked by the Proud Boys this June, with the far-right group's members using the same hateful slurs identified in the report. Lauren Boebert Says Venezuelans Eat Dogs Because They Have No Gunsīetween January and July, the new report found there was a 406 percent increase in tweets "containing slurs like 'groomers' or 'pedophiles' in the context of conversations about LGBTQ+ people.".Key Moments From Lauren Boebert's Neighbors' 911 Calls After Dispute.Lauren Boebert's Microphone Cut as She is Told to Stop Speaking Five Times. ![]() It tweeted: "Cool they made a handy chart for some of the best accounts on Twitter who speak out against child abuse."īoebert retweeted the Libs of TikTok post and said, "My tweets about groomers are only third? Guess that means I have to tweet about these sick, demented groomers even more." This put her behind only fellow House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene and writer James Lindsay, who were estimated to have reached 17,954,000 and 11,792,000 people, respectively.Įarlier this month Lindsay, who rose to fame by getting hoax papers mocking the social justice movement published in peer-reviewed journals, had his Twitter account permanently suspended.Ī screenshot of the list was posted by the controversial Libs of TikTok account, which came in fourth with 2,695,000 views. Following criticism in a new report, Boebert has vowed to tweet more about alleged "groomers." Michael B. GOP Representative Lauren Boebert speaks during a Save America Rally with former President Donald Trump on June 25 in Mendon, Illinois.
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