CO-03: Boebert Battles Pueblo Vets Over Mugshot Billboards
Republican congressional candidate Lauren Boebert is engaged in a full-on war of words with two Pueblo-area military veterans who run a political action committee responsible for billboards questioning Boebert’s “law-and-order” brand and highlighting her multiple warrants and arrests.
Boebert, who is running against Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush in the race for Colorado’s massive 3rd Congressional District, last weekend tweeted a Federalist article accusing Rural Colorado United co-founder George Autobee of being an Antifa sympathizer, referring to a loose, left-wing affiliation of groups militantly opposed to fascism and right-wing ideology.
Asked the basis for Boebert’s Antifa accusation against Autobee, Boebert campaign spokeswoman Laura Carno replied with a link to Friday’s Federalist article, which incorrectly makes this assertion in the first paragraph:
“A new billboard campaign popping up in western Colorado advertising a recently launched website attacking 3rd congressional district Republican nominee Lauren Boebert is orchestrated by an Antifa sympathizer, FEC records show.”
In fact, the Federal Election Commission filing for Rural Colorado United makes no reference to Antifa. The website advertised on the billboards is LaurensRapSheet.com.
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