General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. Boebert makes a baffling and conspiratorial claim, saying the GOP may retake Congress 'before..
Link to tweet
Tea Pain
@TeaPainUSA
Sounds like a threat, don't it?
Rep. Boebert makes a baffling and conspiratorial claim, saying the GOP may retake Congress 'before...
Rep. Lauren Boebert, a far-right GOP congresswoman known for embracing the QAnon conspiracy theory, covered a lot of ground on Monday night during a town hall event in Montrose, Colorado where she...
rawstory.com
5:15 PM · Mar 18, 2021
https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-2651136900/
Rep. Lauren Boebert, a far-right GOP congresswoman known for embracing the QAnon conspiracy theory, covered a lot of ground on Monday night during a town hall event in Montrose, Colorado where she railed against everything from "cancel culture" to the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that President Joe Biden recently signed into law. Things became especially bizarre near the end of the event when Boebert expressed hopes that Republicans will retake both houses of Congress before the 2022 midterms.
One of the attendees asked Boebert if there is "any hope for the people" when "top-level government officials . violate the law," adding, "Will they ever be held accountable?"
Boebert responded, "I want to tell you, I heard someone who is in very close contact with President Trump and the ins and outs of the White House under that administration. They talked to the owners of the Epoch Times, and they said, 'Don't change anything, you are right over the target.' So, anyone who tries and tells you that this is a fringe newspaper don't listen to them. I have very good sources that tell me this is very good information."
Reporter Dave Weigel pointed out the bizarre answer:
Link to tweet
*snip*
bullimiami
(13,083 posts)jimfields33
(15,767 posts)I hope they have 24 hour protection.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)revmclaren
(2,511 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,278 posts)malaise
(268,910 posts)Raptured
Biophilic
(3,645 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)malaise
(268,910 posts)Can't top that
Bo Zarts
(25,393 posts)Again redundant.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)in the back of a van down by the river. And left them there.
My gawd, we have a phenomenal mental health problem in this country and not doing hardly anything about it unless one of the thugs commit a crime and gets committed.
KY..............
Trueblue1968
(17,203 posts)stu·pid
/ˈst(y)o͞opəd/
adjective: stupid; comparative adjective: stupider; superlative adjective: stupidest
having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.
"I was stupid enough to think she was perfect"
ignorant
dense
brainless
mindless
foolish
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)wherein this time they win.
Cha
(297,124 posts)Go home & sleep it off!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)This sounds like more conspiracy crap.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,589 posts)She was tired of Marjorie Taylor Greene getting all the headlines.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)so she had to one up the stupidity
Bucky
(53,987 posts)And all the Founding Fathers shall riseth from the grave and caucuseth with the moral majority, the Party of Trumpets and the rending of flesh, and the tears of Democrapts shall quencheth the thirst of all godly memesters from the land of Rus. Amen.
Initech
(100,062 posts)Polybius
(15,381 posts)She could just say "I think 5 Democrats are probably gonna retire, and then I think Republicans will win the special elections."
PufPuf23
(8,764 posts)Boebert is dangerous and probably being paid. Get her out of Congress and in jail.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Epoch Times is a far-right international multi-language newspaper and media company affiliated with the Falun Gong new religious movement. The newspaper, based in New York City, is part of the Epoch Media Group, which also operates New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television. The Epoch Times has websites in 35 countries but is blocked in mainland China.
The Epoch Times opposes the Chinese Communist Party, promotes far-right politicians in Europe, and has backed President Donald Trump in the U.S.; a 2019 report by NBC News showed it to be the second-largest funder of pro-Trump Facebook advertising after the Trump campaign. The Epoch Media Group's news sites and YouTube channels have spread conspiracy theories such as QAnon and anti-vaccine misinformation. In 2020, the New York Times called it a "giant influence machine". The Epoch Times frequently promotes other Falun Gong affiliated groups, such as the performing arts company Shen Yun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times
Falun Gong (UK: /ˌfɑːlʊn ˈɡɒŋ, ˌfæl-, - ˈɡʊŋ/, US: /- ˈɡɔːŋ/)[1] or Falun Dafa (/ˈdɑːfə/; Standard Mandarin Chinese: [fàlwə̌n tâfà]; literally, "Dharma Wheel Practice" or "Law Wheel Practice" is a new religious movement. Falun Gong was founded by its leader Li Hongzhi in China in the early 1990s. Today, Falun Gong maintains a global de facto headquarters, Dragon Springs, a 400-acre (160 ha) compound around the hamlet of Cuddebackville in Deerpark, New York, approximately two hours northwest of Manhattan, located near the current residence of Li Hongzhi. Falun Gong's performance arts extension, Shen Yun ("Divine Rhythm" and two closely connected schools, Fei Tian ("Flying Sky-Being" College and Fei Tian Academy of the Arts, also operate in and around Dragon Springs.
Falun Gong emerged toward the end of China's "qigong boom"a period that saw a proliferation of similar practices of meditation, slow-moving energy exercises and regulated breathing. Falun Gong combines meditation and qigong ('Qi/Chi cultivation') exercises with a moral philosophy. The practice emphasizes morality and the cultivation of virtue, and identifies as a practice of the Buddhist school, though its teachings also incorporate elements drawn from Taoist traditions. Through moral rectitude and the practice of meditation, practitioners of Falun Gong aspire to eliminate attachments, and ultimately to achieve spiritual enlightenment.
cut
Falun Gong administers a variety of extensions in the United States and elsewhere, which have received notable media attention for their political involvement and ideological messaging, particularly since the involvement of these extensions in the 2016 United States presidential election. Falun Gong extensions include The Epoch Times, a media entity that has received significant media attention for its promotion of conspiracy theories and right-wing politics, and for producing advertisements for United States president Donald Trump. Shen Yun has also received significant media coverage for its emphasis on, for example, anti-evolution statements and promotion of Falun Gong doctrine, while presenting itself as founded upon ancient tradition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong
https://www.theepochtimes.com/
Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)BradAllison
(1,879 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Name a date, Lauren. What's going to happen and when is it going to happen? Write it down, push the date out a week or a month just to give yourself some wiggle room. The GOP is going to re-take Congress before the 2022 mid-terms. When? Name your date. Because I've got a hundred bucks that says you're wrong. Got any money you'd care to put down on your proposition? As long as I have to put up with your brainless mutterings, I might as well make some bank on it. Name a date, you gutless cheat.