Rep. Boebert Does Her Own Armed Holiday Photoshoot With Kids In Support Of Rep. Massie
Rep Lauren Boebert, (R-Colo.), tweeted a picture of herself and her kids holding high-powered guns in front of a Christmas tree, responding to backlash Rep. Thomas Massie, (R-Ky.), received on social media for a similar photo.
In the photo, Boebert stands with her four kids in front of a Christmas tree. Though Boebert's husband is not in the picture, each of the kids is holding a high-powered weapon. Boebert herself is noticeably not holding a gun.
The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie!
Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) December 8, 2021
(No spare ammo for you, though) pic.twitter.com/EnDYuXaHDF
Merry Christmas! . . .
Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 4, 2021
ps. Santa, please bring ammo. . . . pic.twitter.com/NVawULhCNr
The backlash to Massie's holiday family photo came after 15-year-old student Ethan Crumbley shot and killed four people in a mass school shooting in Michigan. Many view the holiday pictures as insensitive for that reason, as it is often high-powered guns, used in these atrocities.
The photos were also posted close to the anniversary of the Sandy Hook School Shooting which occurred on Dec. 14, 2012.
Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jamie Guttenberg, who was murdered during the Parkland High School Shooting in Florida, is an activist against gun violence who condemned the photo Massie shared, which sparked massive outrage online.
Boebert's photo has done the same, with many taking to social media to express outrage, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-NY.
Tell me again where Christ said “use the commemoration of my birth to flex violent weapons for personal political gain”?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 8, 2021
lol @ all the years Republicans spent on cultural hysteria of society “erasing Christmas and it’s meaning” when they’re doing that fine all on their own https://t.co/TOKE1SmY4C
Imagine being this proud of being a worldwide embarrassment.
Angela Belcamino (@AngelaBelcamino) December 8, 2021
But here we are.
my friend’s sister’s school had a shooting threat today. a girl in her class had an asthma/panic attack out of fear. turned out to be a false alarm, but she couldn’t get medical attention for more than an hour. people are suffering in innumerable ways because of people like you.
Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) December 8, 2021
Four children who died last week would have liked to have a word about your glibness… but they won’t ever get that chance because of your fetish and those who share it.
(((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) December 8, 2021
However, it is not unlike Boebert to stir outrage and make insensitive comments, what many call "outrage farming," to draw attention to herself.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-Calif.), condemned Boebert for her bigoted attack on progressive lawmaker Ilhan Omar, (D-Minn.) On multiple occasions, Boebert has called Omar and Rep. Rashida Talib, (D-Mich.), members of the "jihad squad" in what many condemn as racist and anti-Muslim speech.
Boebert also challenged her Republican colleague, Rep. Madison Cawthorn, (R-N.C.), to a sprint to win Kyle Rittenhouse as an intern. Cawthorn is a paraplegic, residing in a wheelchair permanently after an accident when returning from a spring break trip in 2014.
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