Like many Republicans, Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert isn’t into wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus even though the disease is spiking. Republicans are still acting like children, refusing to protect their fellow Americans. At the same time, they want the rest of us to be kind to anti-vax Trump supporters.
Boebert received her GED diploma a few months before winning her election to Congress, which might explain her lack of understanding of how a face mask can help prevent spreading COVID-19. Who knows. This shouldn’t be this hard, though. But now, Boebert lashed out physically by throwing a face mask at a Democratic floor staffer. So, it’s not just a lack of education with the Colorado Republican. She lacks the ability to be respectful to others. What a shock.
ABC News’ Ben Siegel and Politico’s Sarah Ferris tweeted about her childish behavior.
Rep. Lauren Boebert just threw a mask back at a Democratic floor staffer who tried to give her one, per source on the House floor who saw it happen.
As of last night, the latest House guidance requires mask wearing on the floor and in most group meetings/spaces.
— Ben Siegel (@bensiegel) July 28, 2021
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A second person who saw the exchange confirms that Boebert threw it back at the floor staffer. https://t.co/S09TLoW4IP
— Ben Siegel (@bensiegel) July 28, 2021
She threw it in the floor staffer’s face.
Wow. GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert just threw a mask in the face of a floor staffer when she came to the floor not wearing one, per someone watching the exchange.
— Sarah Ferris (@sarahnferris) July 28, 2021
According to Boebert, it’s “totalitarian” to protect fellow Americans:
My thoughts on @SpeakerPelosi’s anti-science, totalitarian mask mandate: pic.twitter.com/9gRTdt3LXE
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) July 28, 2021
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy isn’t stepping up, either. McCarthy tweeted, “Make no mistake — The threat of bringing masks back is not a decision based on science, but a decision conjured up by liberal government officials who want to continue to live in a perpetual pandemic state.” In response, Pelosi said, He’s such a moron.”
Republicans are on the side of the coronavirus. I never thought I’d see this day, but here we are.
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