Lauren Boebert Twitter Comments: Was The Colorado Republican Silent About Jan. 6?
Rep. Lauren Boebert, the controversial Colorado Republican, has often been outspoken about government and liberal policies in her first term in office.
On Jan. 6, the anniversary of the Capitol Riots, Boebert made no mention on her two Twitter accounts about the attack. Both President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris gave speeches Thursday about the riot.
Boebert made three posts to her congressional Twitter account. One was expressing disgust with Colorado's assisted suicide law. Another post praised the selection of a new police chief in Rifle, Colorado. And the first post was about a guest commentary she provided to the Denver Post.
On her personal Twitter account, Boebert also posted three messages on Thursday: one to celebrate the birthday of Donald Trump's son Eric Trump, another was to argue against any possible school closings due to the pandemic, and the latest post was about CNN's ratings.
Boebert's silence about the Capitol Riot comes after a Rolling Stone report in late October that her office communicated with a pair of Jan. 6 event organizers.
“Let me be clear. I had no role in the planning or execution of any event that took place at the Capitol or anywhere in Washington, D.C., on January 6th,” Boebert said in a news release after the Rolling Stone report.
On Jan. 19, 2021, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., and Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., said they had seen Boebert with a “large” group in the tunnel outside the Cannon House Office Building on about Jan. 3, 2021.
While Boebert has remained silent about the events of Jan. 6, other Republicans have voiced their disapproval about the attack. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the insurrectionists "criminals," while Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called it "a violent terrorist attack on the Capitol."
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