Durango Herald lets loose on Lauren Boebert [View all]

In the 2022 election, Colorado Republicans and Democrats should do their best to replace Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Rifle. The woman is an embarrassment – to her district and her party.

She is an ineffective representative, offensive to everything Democrats value and a political threat to the GOP. (When the voters tire of her act, which they will, it could cost the Republicans a seat in the narrowly divided House.) Those facts should encourage all involved to be done with her.

Since winning the office in 2020, Boebert has ostensibly represented Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes Durango and much of Western Colorado. But rather than directing her energy toward working on behalf of her district she has focused on what amounts to her extended middle finger. That does not get anything done.

She is best known for her flamboyant embrace of gun rights. Her restaurant, Shooters Grill, features a waitstaff armed with handguns. But gun rights are not threatened, and images of young women with handguns strapped to their hips smacks more of marketing than a defense of the Second Amendment.

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