Lauren Boebert is roaring back into the public eye again this week after she threatened legal acton against the creator of a Boebert parody website for alleged "defamatory impersonation."
The Colorado Representative apparently told her press secretary, Jake Settle, to send a cease and desist order to the operator of TheLaurenBoebert.com,
That operator, a comedy writer named Toby Morton, promptly tweeted about the ridiculous email.
Settle also alleged that Morton was violating copyright law by using Boebert's photos on the site.
"This is Jake Settle. Jake is the Press Secretary for @laurenboebert. Lauren told Jake to use his government email to send me a cease and desist order to take down my website, https://TheLaurenBoebert.com. Jake is not a lawyer..."
This is Jake Settle. Jake is the Press Secretary for @laurenboebert. Lauren told Jake to use his government email to send me a cease and desist order to take down my website, https://TheLaurenBoebert.com\u00a0. Jake is not a lawyer. Jake is an idiot.pic.twitter.com/mP6nEJfLF1— Toby Morton (@Toby Morton) 1626299018
When another Twitter user asked Morton to share the email, he was happy to oblige.
Settle said:
" This website [...] needs to be taken down since the photos on here are copyrighted property of the U.S. Federal Government. They are the property of the office of Congressman Lauren Boebert, and your use of them is unauthorized and illegal."
"Additionally, the entire website is a defamatory impersonation, and it goes against relevant terms of service and U.S. law. Please remove it immediately or face further action."
pic.twitter.com/M2J1FFfqo1— Toby Morton (@Toby Morton) 1626299674
Morton also said that he was speaking to an attorney about the email.
Speaking with my lawyer about the bogus cease and desist sent from non-lawyer and @laurenboebert Press Secretary, Jake Settle\u2019s government account. Someone is about to go through some things.— Toby Morton (@Toby Morton) 1626546991
Twitter was quick to join in on mocking Boebert.
The "Master Race" sure has mighty thin skin.https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-parody-website/\u00a0\u2026— Tea Pain (@Tea Pain) 1626365858
Lauren Boebert is an inspiration. I feel so inspired to launch a dozen Lauren Boebert parody sites— Jonathan (@Jonathan) 1626368170
She is so enamored with the second amendment, she skipped over the first entirely.— Lori Beatty\ud83c\udf34 (@Lori Beatty\ud83c\udf34) 1626363843
I had to check to see if this was a parody account, what with the, \u201cI benefited from government handouts so let\u2019s end government handouts\u201d logic.— You Can Call Me Al (@You Can Call Me Al) 1626145819
The \u201cdon\u2019t let big tech silence you\u201d lady is now in favor of censorship.— Richie Newport (@Richie Newport) 1626366051
I find that when you treat MAGA as they treat others, MAGA starts to whine and cry.\n\nSo annoying.— billbill (@billbill) 1626366042
She is not going to like it when she looks up satire laws as they apply to public figures.— World Citizen (@World Citizen) 1626364044
@laurenboebert is the joke AND the punchline— Rockymountaingirl (@Rockymountaingirl) 1626398675
To the tune of I Fought The Law:\n\nI fought a cow & the...cow won, I fought a cow & the...cow won.— Mike_Gibson \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@Mike_Gibson \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6) 1626370204
A government official threatening the free speech of a citizen...hmmmm...now where have I read that they couldn't do that???pic.twitter.com/hYsGJV3KWA— Francisco (@Francisco) 1626366878
A government staffer using their government provided email to threaten your fair use and satirical website sounds a whole lot like a 1A lawsuit waiting to happen.— \ud83c\udf86PK \ud83c\udfae (@\ud83c\udf86PK \ud83c\udfae) 1626299485
It seems like such a simple concept.— DeepSeaColin (@DeepSeaColin) 1626366407
Counter to Boebert's apparent wishes, the intimidating message from Settle has gone a long way toward driving more traffic to the parody site.
Listen Twitter fam, https://TheLaurenBoebert.com\u00a0 visits and subscriptions are up 613% so please stop sharing because it\u2019s upsetting @laurenboebert.— Toby Morton (@Toby Morton) 1626374454
Morton knows just what to do in response, too.
The views and subscriptions are through the roof for my website, https://TheLaurenBoebert.com\u00a0 so the only logical next step should be an @AOC appreciation page because I'm not the only one that owns space in @laurenboebert's head.— Toby Morton (@Toby Morton) 1626542504
