Lauren Boebert, a restaurant owner who motivates her employees to openly bring firearms while working and has actually revealed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, won the Republican primary in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday night, ousting incumbent Rep. Scott Tipton.
Boebert will deal with Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush, a former state representative, in the November general election.
However GOP citizens’ choice to nominate Boebert, whose advocacy for guns drew nationwide attention and who embraces a debunked conspiracy theory, could restore Democratic hopes of declaring the seat.
Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, gotten in touch with national Republicans to immediately disavow Boebert in a declaration.
” Not even multiple recommendations from President Trump could conserve Congressman Scott Tipton from his extreme, QAnon caucus challenger,” she said. “Washington Republicans need to right away disavow Lauren Boebert and her extremist, unsafe conspiracy theories.”
Boebert is the 3rd QAnon fan to take first place in a GOP primary vote this cycle, following Jo Rae Perkins’ triumph in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Oregon and Marjorie Greene’s first-place surface in a primary for a deeply conservative Hous