

She also appeared to be carrying a gun while walking the streets of Capitol Hill in an ad released in January. She was granted a concealed carry permit in Washington, D.C., upon arriving in the nation’s capital to serve in the House. uses her position as a Congresswoman to attack my boys with their Christmas presents.īoebert has been public about her gun ownership. “When you pose in front of a Christmas Tree and can name all those guns but can’t name the gifts of the Wise Men,” she added in a separate tweet.īoebert responded by accusing her colleague of using “ her position as a Congresswoman to attack my boys with their Christmas presents.”

She also knocked the Republican Party for the time they “spent on cultural hysteria of society ‘erasing Christmas and its meaning’ when they’re doing that fine all on their own.” Ocasio-Cortez later criticized Boebert for the family photo, tweeting, “Tell me again where Christ said ‘use the commemoration of my birth to flex violent weapons for personal political gain’?” “The Boeberts have your six, Boebert tweeted, adding “No spare ammo for you, though.” Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who shared his own photo of his family in front of a Christmas tree wielding guns. That photo has drawn pushback from other Democrats and gun control advocates. Lauren Boebert on Wednesday after the Colorado Republican posted a photo of her children holding guns in front of a Christmas tree.īoebert, a freshman congresswoman and vocal gun owner, posted the photo on Twitter late Tuesday to voice support for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized Rep.
