07-03-2020, 02:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-03-2020, 02:07 PM by Eric the Green.)
Classic Xer says that the Left will spawn more hard-right candidates willing to fight to defeat the Left. In Colorado, this just happened. But this candidate is as looney and creepy as they come: a gun-totin', xenophobic conspiracy theorist who opposes congressional aid to help people during the coronavirus crisis. It opens up this rural Republican district to a Democratic challenge. Quoting a politico report:
Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) was defeated in a primary election on Tuesday by Lauren Boebert, a conservative restaurateur and gun-rights activist.
Boebert — the owner of a restaurant in Rifle, Colo. that advertises the fact that its wait staff open-carry firearms — hit Tipton for his record on immigration and co-sponsoring coronavirus legislation that would give aid to local governments.
Should Boebert win in November, she would be one of a growing continent of incoming candidates who have expressed some belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory that sinister forces inside the government are working to thwart Trump. “I hope that this is real,” she said of the theory in an interview with a conservative outlet.
House Democrats' campaign arm quickly went on the offensive, casting Boebert as a fringe candidate.
“Not even multiple endorsements from President Trump could save Congressman Scott Tipton from his extreme, QAnon caucus challenger," DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (Ill.) said in a statement. "Washington Republicans should immediately disavow Lauren Boebert and her extremist, dangerous conspiracy theories."
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/30...ary-346493
Boebert will meet Democrat Diane Bush in November. Bush was the party's nominee in 2018, losing to Tipton by about 8%. While Boebert will start the race as the favorite in this GOP-leaning district on the state's Western Slope, her positions may create an opening for Democrats. Sabato's Crystal Ball changed its rating of the race from Likely to Leans Republican after Boebert became the nominee.
https://www.270towin.com/news/2020/06/30..._1052.html
Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) was defeated in a primary election on Tuesday by Lauren Boebert, a conservative restaurateur and gun-rights activist.
Boebert — the owner of a restaurant in Rifle, Colo. that advertises the fact that its wait staff open-carry firearms — hit Tipton for his record on immigration and co-sponsoring coronavirus legislation that would give aid to local governments.
Should Boebert win in November, she would be one of a growing continent of incoming candidates who have expressed some belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory that sinister forces inside the government are working to thwart Trump. “I hope that this is real,” she said of the theory in an interview with a conservative outlet.
House Democrats' campaign arm quickly went on the offensive, casting Boebert as a fringe candidate.
“Not even multiple endorsements from President Trump could save Congressman Scott Tipton from his extreme, QAnon caucus challenger," DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (Ill.) said in a statement. "Washington Republicans should immediately disavow Lauren Boebert and her extremist, dangerous conspiracy theories."
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/30...ary-346493
Boebert will meet Democrat Diane Bush in November. Bush was the party's nominee in 2018, losing to Tipton by about 8%. While Boebert will start the race as the favorite in this GOP-leaning district on the state's Western Slope, her positions may create an opening for Democrats. Sabato's Crystal Ball changed its rating of the race from Likely to Leans Republican after Boebert became the nominee.
https://www.270towin.com/news/2020/06/30..._1052.html