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Boebert assured she volition win: ‘Of course'

Lauren Boebert has insisted she is assured she volition clasp onto her House spot contempt the unexpected adjacent contention remaining excessively choky to call.

“Of people I expect to win. It’ll beryllium great,” the Republican incumbent told reporters connected Thursday nighttime successful Washington DC.

When asked if she would enactment House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy successful his bid for talker if the GOP takes the House, she deed retired saying she was focusing connected herself.

“Is this what you each are focused on? Do you cognize that I americium – bash you cognize that I americium 794 votes up successful my contention close now?” she fired.

“That’s benignant of my absorption close now,” she said.

Rachel Sharp11 November 2022 10:40

Boebert present leads by 1,122 votes

Lauren Boebert is present starring by 1,122 votes successful what has shaped up to beryllium a amazingly adjacent contention for the US House spot successful Colorado.

Ms Boebert presently leads with 50.2 per cent of votes to Democratic challenger Adam Frisch’s 49.8 per cent, with 99 per cent of votes present reported successful the district.

The contention is inactive excessively adjacent to call.

After trailing for overmuch of the race, the Donald Trump state clawed her mode backmost to a pb connected Thursday, inching past the Democrat to a pb of 386 votes that morning. She widened the pb to 794 votes that day earlier much votes were reported aboriginal successful the day.

Rachel Sharp11 November 2022 10:20

We work Lauren Boebert’s publication truthful you don’t person to

Imagine you person conscionable purchased Republican Representative Lauren Boebert’s caller autobiographical book, “My American Life.”

You unreserved to her restaurant, Shooter’s Bar and Grill, to statesman flipping done its pages. A waitress — pistol dangling from a holster connected her hep — drops a paper connected the table. You glimpse implicit it, your eyes stopping astatine the pork sliders. The fake quality says they gave concert-goers diarrhea backmost successful 2017. But you didn’t travel each this way, to Rifle, Colorado, for lies. You privation the information — and it’s sitting close determination successful your hands. You dive in.

Read on:

Rachel Sharp11 November 2022 10:00

ICYMI: Boebert’s Shooters Grill edifice closes aft landlord declines to widen lease

Lauren Boebert’s Shooters Grill successful Colorado has closed down aft the restaurant’s landlords refused to widen the lawmaker’s lease.

The Republican lawmaker’s eatery successful the municipality of Rifle was celebrated for having waitresses equipped with handguns and unopen its doors for the last clip connected Sunday, she confirmed.

“We were similar a family. I would accidental Shooters, for immoderate employee, was their life,” she told The Post Independent about the edifice that opened successful May 2013.

Graeme Massie reports.

Oliver O'Connell11 November 2022 09:30

Boebert slammed for 15 anti-veteran votes

“I voted for 4 pro-veteran bills that were signed into instrumentality and led respective amendments to supply backing for intelligence wellness and different important services for our veterans,” wrote Ms Boebert successful a tweet during the run that besides urged her followers to click and larn much astir “the enactment I’m doing to enactment America’s heroes”.

Her hostile Mr Frisch fact-checked her via his ain lengthy tweet-thread.

John Bowden reports.

Oliver O'Connell11 November 2022 08:30

Earlier: Boebert mocked for awkward 17-hour soundlessness aft tweeting the ‘red question has begun’

Online critics of Republican Lauren Boebert seemed to revel successful the nail-biter adjacent contention the congresswoman remained locked successful hours aft polls closed successful Colorado, with galore pointing to her ain societal media soundlessness arsenic a motion that a imaginable nonaccomplishment could beryllium imminent.

Oliver O'Connell11 November 2022 06:30

ICYMI: Did Lauren Boebert sprout a dog?

A neighbour has backed up Rep Lauren Boebert’s denial that the congresswoman fatally changeable a favored canine successful her hometown of Silt, Colorado.

The bizarre communicative - the latest successful Ms Boebert’s arguable rollercoaster vocation - exploded connected societal media aft Yaritza Mendoza, describing herself arsenic the MAGA Republican’s “next doorway neighbour,” elaborate the alleged incidental successful a Facebook post.

Sheila Flynn looks into the story.

Oliver O'Connell11 November 2022 04:30

Why is Lauren Boebert successful occupation successful Colorado?

Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert is simply a MAGA favourite but her Democratic challenger has been earning enactment from improbable sources arsenic helium climbs the polls and rakes successful donations. He says her “angertainment” turned disconnected voters and galore archer Sheila Flynn they agree.

Oliver O'Connell11 November 2022 03:00

ICYMI: Boebert mocked arsenic her ‘two words’ anti-Biden tweet backfires

“Two Words: Let’s Go Brandon!” Ms Boebert tweeted connected Saturday, employing a euphemism utilized by conservatives meaning “f*** Joe Biden”.

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

Oliver O'Connell11 November 2022 01:30

Boebert broke post-election soundlessness aft 36 hours

The incumbent MAGA Republican congresswoman posted a vague tweet connected her Twitter leafage connected Thursday morning, making nary notation of the choky contention which threatens to oust her from Congress aft conscionable 1 term.

“Good morning! Jesus is Lord,” she simply wrote.

Rachel Sharp was pursuing the race.

Oliver O'Connell11 November 2022 00:30

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