Ben Goldey drafted his resignation letter on January 6 due to discomfort with the way Boebert reacted to the uprising and its consequences, the source said, but he waited to officially resign until he could have an audience with the first-year congresswoman , which got underway Friday. The source said Goldey would like to fully explain his reasoning and personally resign.
Boebert chief of staff Jeff Small said in a statement to CNN on Saturday that “the office does not comment on internal personnel matters with individual employees.”
The resignation was first reported by Axios.
It’s the second most important communications aid to a Republican lawmaker to resign after the riots at the U.S. Capitol. Texas Communications Director Senator Ted Cruz – one of the leading senators in the Senate who objected to the election college results – resigned on Tuesday.
Boebert was also one of many Republicans who voted against the election college vote for President-elect Joe Biden. The Colorado Republican quickly made a name for himself on Capitol Hill and recorded an ad saying she would carry a gun for protection in Washington, DC. Boebert, who defeated an incumbent in a surprising primary upheaval,
ran largely on a message emphasizing her commitment to rights for a second amendment.
She has been criticized by other lawmakers for tweeting that House President Nancy Pelosi was evacuated from the living room during the uprising and pushed against the installation of metal detectors from the house floor earlier this week.
“It is unfortunate that Nancy Pelosi is trying to disarm members of Congress on January 6 in the place where more protection was needed,” Boebert said in a statement earlier this week. “Clearly, metal detectors would not deter the violent acts we have seen; this political stunt does nothing to improve the safety of members in the Capitol complex.”
CNN’s Annie Grayer, Kelly Mena, Jake Tapper, Chandelis Duster, Manu Raju and Daniella Diaz contributed to this report.
