Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado has faced online backlash from critics after urging President Joe Biden to lower flags to half-staff to honor the life of Rush Limbaugh.
Limbaugh, an unintentionally conservative radio host and icon, died on Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer. “I urge Joe Biden to order the flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of Rush Limbaugh,” Boebert tweeted Friday.
But her call was opposed.
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The news of Limbaugh’s death inflicted a severe blow on conservatives who saw him as a fearless truth-teller who was not afraid to fall on the wrong side of political correctness in his quest to stand up to the tyranny of the elite. not, the idiots of the great government. and the left-wing academics and journalists.
On the other hand, Democrats and critics still opposed his rhetoric against Limbaugh, and some attributed the country’s political polarization to his alleged use of big lies and ‘alternative’ facts.
Arizona Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona tweeted: “You did not ask President Trump to ask him to lower the flag for the officer who was killed during the January 6 uprising … but do you make a divisive figure? “
You did not ask President Trump to ask him to lower the flag for the officer who died during the January 6 uprising … but do you do it for a divisive figure? https://t.co/A62qJerDkG
– Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) 19 February 2021
“The flag personnel your comrades used to defeat a policeman? Terrorist sympathizers do not have to be pious,” tweeted Ron Fournier, a former Washington chief, Associated Press.
“You may not appeal to anyone other than your lawyer, given your questionable travel allowance that happened to be enough to pay the tax lien. Sit down,” actor George Takei tweeted.
You may not sue anyone other than your attorney, given your questionable travel expenses that happened to be enough to pay the tax liens you owe. Sit down. https://t.co/msy14sYntq
– George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) 20 February 2021
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper wrote: “I appeal to the Mayor of Crazytown to build a statue in your honor.”
Keith Olbermann, an American sports and political commentator, wrote: “In which country? The Confederate States of America?”
Newsweek reached out to Boebert’s office for comment.
Meanwhile, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis faced similar criticism over the weekend after announcing that flags in the state would turn half-staff to honor Limbaugh.
Florida Senate Democratic leader Gary Farmer strongly condemned the move. “The lowering of the flag of the United States is a great honor reserved for those who have served our state and our country honorably and bravely,” Farmer said in a statement. “Unfortunately, Governor DeSantis has now transformed this distinction into a biased political instrument to greet a man who has served no other interests than his own and has done his best to divide a country deeply according to political fault lines.”
He added: “I do not condemn the governor’s decision in any ambiguous terms. Every step is to lower our flag in honor of a man who helped drive hatred and the prejudices against marginalized groups, coloreds, women and all “who has not looked, has flared up. likes him or thinks like he is wrong, and should be recalled. This is not who we are. This is not who we want to be.”