Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert’s previous Twitter activity is subject to recent investigations on social media, as public calls for an investigation into her role in the Capitol attack continue to grow.
The Republican congresswoman, who was elected to represent Colorado during the November general election in Colorado, began her first term in the U.S. House earlier this month. Along with other elected officials who made unfounded claims for voter fraud before the January 6 attack, Boebert is now widely criticized for the ways in which her actions caused the siege.
Boebert’s tweet history illuminates a pattern of inflammatory rhetoric.
The removed tweets from the congressman, hundreds of which date to about six months, consist mainly of posts they are campaigning for to preserve the Second Amendment – a pillar of Boebert’s campaign and political platform – and support for Donald Trump’s discredited claims related to election fraud.
Several also showed her opposition to the ongoing COVID-19 mitigation measures to reduce the worse virus outbreak in the country.
As Congress held joint sessions on the first Wednesday of this month to confirm President Joe Biden’s election victory, a crowd of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol complex in a violent riot that left five dead and numerous injured resulted in. One of the individuals who died was a Capitol police officer.
Rioters offered the assault as a protest against the outcome of the presidential election, which Trump and his followers have consistently claimed were illegal, despite no evidence to support their allegations. The House accused Trump last week of inciting the uprising, with ten Republican representatives voting in favor of his forced resignation. Boebert was not one of them. Politicians and members of the public have also called on lawmakers who are pushing the incumbent president’s unfounded election fraud to resign from their positions.
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Boebert went on to advance Trump’s unfounded allegations of manipulated election results following the riot in Capitol. On January 13, Boebert announced that her Twitter account had been closed, following a tweet she had sent a few days earlier in which she claimed he had election fraud.
Hillary must be angry it took the DNC until 2020 to make an election successful.
– Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) 9 January 2021
She replies: ‘They do this to thousands of conservatives every day. When the press reported the ban, it was lifted. What about the thousands of Americans who have been banished and never heard from again? ‘
Twitter randomly shuts down my account without any explanation.
They do this every day to thousands of conservatives.
When the press reported the ban, it was lifted.
What about the thousands of Americans who have been banished and never heard from again?
– Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) 13 January 2021
Twitter later told Newsweek the suspension was a mistake, as a company spokesman said: “In this case, our teams have taken the wrong enforcement action. The Tweet in question has now been labeled in line with our Civil Integrity Policy. There will be no Tweet is not required. will be removed and the account will not be temporarily closed. “
Recently, 68 elected officials in Colorado formally requested an investigation into Boebert’s actions before and during the Capitol attack in a letter to Pelosi last week. Some have accused Boebert of announcing the move by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi via Twitter while the riot was taking place, a possible security issue.
The speaker was removed from the rooms.
– Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) 6 January 2021
On the day of the riot, she also tweeted ‘Today is 1776’, which refers to the year of the American Revolution. It is seen by many as an indication of the need for revolution in the wake of what Trump supporters viewed as a stolen election.
Boebert’s communications director Ben Goldey resigned on Saturday from the role he held for several weeks.
Newsweek reached out to Boebert’s office for comment, but did not receive a timely response for publication.