You would think at some point, with all the weird things Lauren Boebert says and does, we’d lose our ability to be surprised by the Republican House Representative from Colorado.
But in one fell swoop, Boebert showed she doesn’t care about her constituents, started a fight with another lawmaker and demonstrated her own vanity.
It began with a photo the Congresswoman posted showing herself posing as if she were making phone calls.
I was honored to call and congratulate the students in Colorado’s Third District that I nominated for our military service academies.
These patriotic young men and women have bright minds. Their selfless desire to serve is already making our state and our country proud. pic.twitter.com/eAV5JNzBIW
— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) December 5, 2021
Boebert pretended these photos caught her calling to congratulate students who’d been nominated for acceptance to military service academies.
Acceptance requires being nominated by a member of Congress.
Her attempt to use young, future members of the military for a photo op the students weren’t even in didn’t escape notice.
The response was scathing.
Kerry Donovan, a Democratic politician serving in Colorado’s state senate, pointed out Boebert’s indifference to the people who’d submitted applications to her office until she could use them to look good.
You don’t care about the job, you care about the photo op.
I got a number of calls asking how to get in touch with your office because they hadn’t heard back from you.
You are so “honored” by these “young men and women” that you gave them mere days to submit an application. https://t.co/blCCc7JH1i
— Kerry Donovan (@KerryDonovanCO) December 5, 2021
Boebert didn’t dispute the claim.
She instead accused Donovan of being obsessed with her.
Karen has re-entered the chat.
I guess you know your only relevance comes from saying my name.
Find an identity. https://t.co/UNWfjGMkUp
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) December 6, 2021
We know your identity. pic.twitter.com/mNTK2jIO67
— 🇺🇸 Joe Colorado 🇺🇸 (@COFightsBack) December 6, 2021
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— Sonny (@sonnycharette) December 6, 2021
But maybe Boebert should look in a mirror.
One of the photos she posted shows on the back of her own cell phone, Boebert has a sticker of herself.
It seems there’s one person obsessed with Lauren Boebert and that is Lauren Boebert.
What kind of narcissistic toddler puts a sticker of themselves on their phone???
— Greg with ✌️ Gs (@GMarty_88) December 6, 2021
How narcissistic do you have to be to have a sticker of yourself on your phone @laurenboebert pic.twitter.com/uNQHkwP5fc
— Only through strength and unity can we survive. (@nomoretrumpery) December 7, 2021
Just a reminder that lauren boebert has a sticker of...
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lauren boebert on the back of her phone.
It's nearly lifesize... pic.twitter.com/DRGo9jkVDe
— Schrödinger's Zen...(or Roger) (@RWNJ_) December 6, 2021
Sure looks like it
— Vae Stulti (@VaeStulti) December 5, 2021
@TammyDuckworth plz share. Lauren Boebert is so narcissistic she has a sticker of herself on the back of her phone. pic.twitter.com/Y5hRw6NLK9
— Jimmy (@2010priusguy) December 7, 2021
it's the phone with a sticker of herself on it 🙄 pic.twitter.com/9M1bBrqKv5
— Back Again (@0palLane) December 7, 2021
In her short time in the political spotlight, Boebert hasn’t been known for her keen mind.
Earlier this year, she tried to address an insulting hashtag and it backfired.
In a video about how “haters” have been spreading the hashtag #LaurenBoebertIsSoDumb, Boebert made wrong claims about tax increases and failed to realize in a video about how she wouldn’t bother with the haters, she was in fact bothering with the haters.
The criticisms of Boebert’s mental acuity don’t end at hypocritical videos.
They also extend to pointing out what she lacks on a bookshelf in a picture.
Lauren Boebert not only puts a sticker of herself on her phone, she puts every book she's ever read on the shelves. pic.twitter.com/xeiYoDerhi
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) December 5, 2021
Looks like she’s quite the reader too!
— Random eXits (@RandomeXits) December 7, 2021
Why would @laurenboebert have any books on the shelf? Can she even read, but the sticker of herself is quite telling pic.twitter.com/GdDdVTgk1f
— Vae Stulti (@VaeStulti) December 5, 2021
I challenge @laurenboebert to name one book she’s read (Mein Kampf doesn’t count).
— Hamish Mitchell (@H_MitchellPhoto) December 6, 2021
Boebert has been in the hot seat for inciting death threats against other members of Congress.
During the censure hearing of another far-right member of Congress, Boebert went on a racist, Islamophobic, xenophobic rant about Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar.
Boebert’s inflammatory comments included referring to Omar as a “member of the Jihad Squad.”