Lauren Boebert's Surprising Win Despite Trump's Opposition
Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert won her party’s nomination for another term in the House on Tuesday night.
Boebert’s victory comes after she was one of only a handful of Republicans to vote to advance the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Boebert is running for a fourth term in the House, and if she wins the November general election in the Fourth District, she will be the only remaining GOP rebel to have helped force the release of the Epstein files.
Republican Reps. Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Thomas Massie of Kentucky won’t be in the House next year.
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The Republican also won the primary despite President Donald Trump’s push for a challenger last month after she campaigned for Massie, who lost his primary.
“Boebert is campaigning for the Worst ‘Republican’ Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, and anybody who can be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight,” Trump posted on Truth Social at the time.
“Even though I long ago endorsed Boebert, if the right person came along, it would be my Honor to withdraw that Endorsement, and endorse a good and proper alternative,” he added. “Just let me know, or announce your Candidacy, and I will be there for you.”
Boebert will face Democratic nominee Eileen Laubacher in the November general election after the Democrat ran unopposed for her nomination.
Last week, Boebert came out in support of President Trump’s self-deportation plan, saying she supports “whatever gets them the hell out of here.”
While speaking to a reporter outside of Capitol Hill, Boebert was asked about the president’s plan to entice illegal immigrants to self-deport by providing those willing to do so with $1,000.
“I’m asking some members about President Trump. He’s proposing that the United States government pay undocumented immigrants to leave the country. What do you think?” the reporter asked.
“You know what? Whatever gets them the hell out of here,” Boebert said.
“Well, do you think it’s legal? Because Democrats are saying it’s not even legal,” the reporter asked.
Boebert shot back: “Look at all the things Democrats have been paying for. I think we’ll be just fine. Also, I love the CBP One app where they get self-support there too. They want a second chance. They better get out now.”
The reporter followed up and asked, “So was Romney right about the self-deportation? He came up with that many — many years ago.”
“Well, there needs to be a self-deportation. I guess I don’t know what Romney said exactly, but yeah, they need — they need to go. I mean, we had more than 10 million illegals come into our country in less than four years,” Boebert explained.
WATCH:
For the first time, a federal judge has supported President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime power Trump invoked to deport Venezuelans he claims are members of a criminal gang.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines, a Trump appointee in Pennsylvania, upheld Trump’s March 14 proclamation, which declared that Tren de Aragua, a violent gang from Venezuela, is carrying out an “incursion” into the United States.
Trump has also deemed that gang, as well as MS-13 from El Salvador, as a terrorist organization.
Haines also ruled that the administration has not been providing sufficient notice to individuals facing removal under the AEA.
She ordered that the administration must give at least 21 days’ notice, significantly longer than the 12 hours that some deportees have received, NPR reported.
“This case poses significant issues that are deeply interwoven with the constitutional principles upon which this Nation’s government is founded,” Haines wrote. “In approaching these issues, the Court begins by stressing the questions that it is not resolving at this time.”
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