- Boebert has gotten into another controversy, this time with ‘Major Pete’
- The nature of the attack involved a reference to “breast feeding”.
- Boebert and Buttigieg were arguing over her taking credit for a bridge.
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert came under fire this week for hurling a homophobic slur at Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
In response to Buttigieg criticizing the Republican for wrongly taking credit for the Glenwood Springs South Bridge in Colorado, Boebert made a comment about him “breastfeeding.”
Buttigieg made history when he became the first gay American Cabinet secretary in 2021, but “breast-feeding” is a term used by many trans men and non-binary people to describe the act of breast-feeding their newborns. chest.
“Mayor Pete, maybe you were breastfeeding and missed my letter, but I personally wrote to you about this in June 2022,” she said. wrote in X this past Wednesday.
In fact, he wrote a letter to Buttigieg in support of the South Bridge grant. But the Infrastructure Jobs and Investment Act was passed in 2021, a year before his letter.
Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert’s most recent controversy is tied to a homophobic comment she made to Secretary Pete Buttigieg on X
Boebert’s May 22 post that sparked backlash against her as she runs for re-election. The primaries in his district will take place on June 25.
Furthermore, the financing for the South Bridge that Boebert said she got $51.4 million. because it actually came from a provision in that same infrastructure law, something he voted against because it “wastes hundreds of millions on climate change instead of roads and bridges.”
Boebert’s original post alongside Glenwood Springs City Councilman Jonathan Godes and taking credit for the bridge was made on May 22.
Buttigieg fired back the same day.
‘Congressman, how do you think your support helped this project? We chose it because it is a good project and we funded it using President Biden’s infrastructure package, which you voted against,” he wrote on X, citing his original post.
If Boebert was trying to highlight the potentially wasteful spending that was part of the infrastructure bill in her response to Buttigieg, that was completely lost in the shuffle with her reference to breastfeeding.
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Buttigieg, pictured here in front of a Senate subcommittee, has not responded to Boebert’s comment about breastfeeding.
Buttigieg reposted Boebert’s claim to get the $51.4 million for the South Bridge in Glenwood Springs, reminding people that she voted against the law that ultimately caused that money to be disbursed.
An aerial image of the South Bridge, the piece of infrastructure that Boebert took credit for in her original post even though the funding came from a bill she voted against.
‘All parents do it skin to skin at the birth of their children. It is normal. It is very important for parents of adopted children. Maybe if you paid attention to yours they wouldn’t go to jail,” wrote one X user.
This is in reference to Boebert’s son, Tyler, who was arrested two months ago on property theft charges. This month, Boebert refused to attend her son’s court hearing in favor of appearing at Trump’s hush money trial in New York.
‘Let’s talk breastfeeding with #BoboTheHobo, shall we?’ wrote one X user, attaching the widely circulated video of Boebert groping her quote from a Beetlejuice musical.
In fact, many responses combined political criticism of her with criticism of her mischievous escapades at a Denver theater in September 2023, which included vaping and taking photographs during the performance.
‘That you defend taking credit for the money you voted against is vile. Par for the course, Gropert,” wrote one user.
Another wrote: “Keep up your theater work, fanatic.”
Boebert decided to change districts and joined the race to replace outgoing Rep. Ken Buck. She has been attacked for being a braggart, but she has the largest campaign war chest at one million dollars, Colorado News Line. reported in April.
Colorado’s primary is scheduled for June 25.