Conspiracy theory-endorsing Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is facing major online backlash for a tweet she posted and subsequently deleted about how to conquer the highly contagious delta Variant of the virus.
She even made an extra effort to make the already insensitive tweet worse, by ending it with "And vote Republican."
"The easiest way to make the Delta variant go away is to turn off CNN. And vote Republican."
It would seem that Boebert quickly realized the error of her tweet, as she deleted it a mere hour after posting.
The internet is forever, though, and the now deleted tweet was archived on ProPublica's "Politiwhoops" page.
@RepBoebert/ProPublica
It didn't take long for the rest of the internet to latch on to her archived tweet. Deleting it didn't save her like she thought it would.
*anti-intellectualism— Eric D. Munoz (@Eric D. Munoz) 1625082399
As of yesterday Delta variant now represents 73% of all cases in Colorado but ok pic.twitter.com/EDmLayPzv4— Vaughn (@Vaughn) 1625066821
@RepBoebert disrespects the state of Colorado as well as the families of those that lost their loved one to the virus. More proof that she is not qualified to have a seat in Congress.— MB \ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f (@MB \ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f) 1625082938
Gotta admire the rest of the world's commitment to the bit.— InmanRoshi (@InmanRoshi) 1625076732
She obviously skipped the chapter in the pearl-clutching political manual that instructs the Tweeter to double down rather than remove the tweet.— Tripper Allen (@Tripper Allen) 1625068278
She never ceases to amaze and utterly disappoint\u2026.— James Potter (@James Potter) 1625066010
Many pointed out that the delta Variant of the virus is the Variant responsible for most new cases of the virus in Boebert's own district.
Boebert's district has a surge of the delta variant of CoVid, unvaccinated people are getting very sick and dying and she tweets this sh*t. Unbelievably ignorant and irresponsible.— Bear Lass (@Bear Lass) 1625065984
Mesa County he the highest rate of deadly Delta variant infections in Colorado. The CDC has been dispatched to investigate the situation.\n\nBut don't worry folks, Lauren Boebert says she knows the cure for the Delta variant. https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/160323/lauren-boeberts-cure-for-delta-variant-turn-off-cnn\u00a0\u2026 #copolitics #copols #coleg #co03pic.twitter.com/Db7ukmVp3U— Colorado Pols (@Colorado Pols) 1625076353
LB deleted this insensitive, uninformed tweet a few hours ago, probably after learning that one of her district\u2019s counties has one of the worst outbreaks of the Delta variant in the country.pic.twitter.com/9HnHVgp3Ks— WC (@WC) 1625077736
It would seem that Boebert does actually believe in the virus, as she tweeted a strongly worded, if not particularly nuanced, criticism of Dr. Fauci in May.
If he sucks at his job, what's that mean for your performance, Boebert?!pic.twitter.com/GIBGVGtX2H— Bruno (@Bruno) 1621953129
Nice try at being clever, but if reactions are any indication it clearly missed the mark.