FALSE PROPHET
Lauren Boebert
U.S. Representative, Colorado
Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) gained notoriety as a gun-rights advocate, helping to organize a 2019 rally opposing Colorado’s red flag law attended by several alt-right figures. Until recently, Boebert and her husband owned Shooters Grill, a restaurant where staff were encouraged to openly carry firearms. Boebert is a big proponent of the Big Lie, telling people on January 5th, 2021, that the 6th would be Republican’s “1776 moment.” Boebert has repeatedly claimed the separation of church and state is not what the founding fathers intended.
Boebert’s Christian Nationalist Rhetoric
Openly advocated for a theocracy at a religious service, saying: “The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church. That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it. I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk that’s not in the Constitution.”
Said at a Truth and Liberty Coalition conference: “God is on our side. The blood has been applied…We are going straight into victory. You are all more than conquerors through God, through Christ who strengthens you every step of the way…It’s time for us to position ourselves and rise up and take our place in Christ and influence this nation as we were called to do,”
Blamed the school shooting in Uvalde, TX on the “godlessness that is here overtaking America”
Believes there “have been two nations that have been created to glorify God” – Israel, and the United States of America, and that the USA “will glorify God.”
Has cheered on QAnon: “Everything I’ve heard of Q, I hope that this is real because it only means America is getting stronger and better.”
Has appeared on Christian nationalist movement leader and fellow False Prophet Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council’s show ‘Washington Watch’ as well as fellow False Prophet Steve Bannon’s show ‘War Room’
Boebert’s Christian Nationalist Policy Positions
Voted in Congress on January 6, 2021, to overturn the 2020 electoral college results
Strong opponent of COVID-19 safety measures and often spreads disinformation about the virus and treatments
Has harmful anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion access views
Supports eliminating the Department of Education, naming eliminating Critical Race Theory as a priority
Is influenced by fellow False Prophet David Barton’s pseudo-academic teachings against the separation of church and state, and spoke at the same Truth & Liberty Coalition Conference as Barton in September 2022.
As of September 2022, holds a 100% score from fellow False Prophet Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council (designated an anti-LGBTQ “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center) for opposing voting rights, LGBTQ equality, the Equal Rights Amendment, and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization, among other bills.
Has supported similar stolen-election conspiracy theories and lies as spread by fellow False Prophets and Christian-nationalist movement leaders Rev. Franklin Graham, General Michael Flynn, Bishop Joseph Strickland, strategist Steve Bannon, and Pastor Tony Perkins.