Lauren Boebert: US, Canada, Need to Be 'Liberated' Like Ukraine
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Via: john-russell • 3 years ago • 56 commentsBy: Cheryl Teh (Business Insider)
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Rep. Lauren Boebert expressed admiration for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's "live free or die" attitude. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
- Rep. Lauren Boebert has called for the US and Canada to be "liberated" like Ukraine.
- Boebert referenced Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to remain in Kyiv amid Russia's invasion.
- The congresswoman is a gun rights advocate and has voiced support for Canada's "Freedom Convoy."
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert on Sunday suggested that the US and Canada need to be "liberated" like Ukraine, lauding the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky for his "live free or die" attitude.
"I pray for Ukraine, and I wish them the best. They have a great president right now who has really said clearly, 'Live free or die.' He said, 'I don't need a ride, give me ammunition. The fight is right here,'" she told Fox Nation while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference.
"But we also have neighbors to the north who need freedom and need to be liberated, and we need that right here at home as well," Boebert added.
The congresswoman had referred to Zelensky's vow to remain in Kyiv to face the Russian invasion. He had declined an offer from the US to be evacuated from the city, saying: "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride."
It is unclear what Boebert meant by "liberated" in this context, and representatives for the congresswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
However, the controversial lawmaker has been a strong advocate of gun ownership. Last February, she attended a virtual House committee meeting while seated in front of a bookshelf stacked with guns.
Boebert last month also openly backed the Freedom Convoy, a movement sparked by thousands of truckers in Canada who to the country's capital to protest vaccine mandates.
"The Freedom Convoy is representative of a people's yearning for freedom — something so many thought may have been all but lost to decadence. I'm glad to see the will to fight for liberty is still alive and well!" Boebert tweeted on February 15.
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Too late. Someone already liberated her from her brain.
She is an embarrassment to all Coloradoans.
Not this Coloradan. Speak for yourself
She's way smarter than AOC, and most lib women
Boebert looks like an advertisement for "Clueless".
Model Citizens
I was thinking "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", but "Clueless" works.
That's a ridiculously low bar.
Get a grip. AOC would intellectually run rings around Lauren Bobert.
That does not mean the comparison does not set an incredibly low standard.
"Unemployment is down because everybody has two jobs"???
"You just pay for it"??
The girl is an idiot.
He also showed his dick to some women in a bowling alley.
Reagan was absolutely correct. It is here; and the left brought it. They are just so busy trying to turn the US into China to notice.
The only thing true about that statement is he said it.
Name one good thing about liberalism
Off the top of my head?
40 hour work week
GI Bill
Equality in the workplace
OSHA
For the 1% of the country that enlists in the military. Given the current state of how liberals view the country, most liberals don't qualify.
Declaration of Independence
American Revolution
US Constitution
Traces back to the 8 hour work day, Ulysses S Grant, Republican
Harry W. Colmery, Republican National Committee chairman and a former National Commander of the American Legion, is credited with writing the first draft of the G.I. Bill.... National Commander of the American Legion Warren Atherton, (R) CA was actively involved in the bill's passage and is known the "one of the fathers of the G.I. Bill."... Edith Nourse Rogers, (R) MA, who helped write and who co-sponsored the legislation, as the "mother of the G.I. Bill". there was probably a democrat in there somewhere as a co-sponsor, but the bill was a Republican proposal and went ten times farther than President Roosevelt thought was proper...
A political ideal that has no concrete creation point so no political party can claim ownership...
Thank Richard M Nixon, Republican, one of those horrible pieces of legislation for liberals he signed into law...
Um, an 8 hour work day doesn't equal a 40 hour work week.
Right, "liberals" got it signed into law by Nixon.
The vote on GI Bill was pretty much unanimous.
Social Security.
Regan said a lot of things that were not true. Add this to the list.
Was it liberals that tried to overturn an election?
Yes...faux collusion hoax, Mueller witch hunt, fake impeachment attempts, and on and on
"Russia if you're listening..."
Over 200 indictments...that's a lot of witches.
No, he was in fact impeached...twice, not fake.
You honestly expect them to own up to that?
Actually a direct quote. Stop trying to rewrite history.
You cannot indict a sitting President, otherwise there would have been.
Bipartisan impeachment.
Most people would have provided the full quote to make their point. You, not so much.
I haven't yet.
Mueller specifically pointed out, and Trump's AG supported the policy of not indicting a sitting President. Don't like it? Tough shit, the policy is still in place.
In vain? Both impeachments were completed. That was the House's job. Trump was impeached, and Trump will always have been impeached...twice.
Yeah, the person who quoted a sentence fragment should have posted the full quote in context. Of course, that would destroy the point that was trying to be made, so it's obvious why only a fragment was posted.
Well, since he is the only one to provide a quote, I will believe him.
Your posts have shown that you know nothing.
I never implied that not indicting a sitting president was the "law", YOU DID. So maybe, one day, you will learn the difference.
And the point still stands, if Trump had not been POTUS, he would have been indicted with the rest of his cronies.
The House's goal was to impeach him if the evidence warranted. It did, he was.
The goal of the Senate was to remove him from office if the evidence warranted. In this case the Senate failed since if refused to even look at any evidence, and so could not make a determination.
Which is still more than you provided. FAIL!
What a dishonest response. You completely skipped over one of your replies.... " Please do quote that law stating a sitting President can't be indicted."
I quoted and linked your comment, in case you try to rewrite history again.
Other than Mueller specifically noting, in his report, the policy not allowing him to indict a sitting President. Now why would he bring that up???
Do you bother to read before replying? It's not looking like it. no reason for me to repeat myself to you again, so you want to know what I feel you should provide? Scroll up....
You seem to be mentally unable to understand the truth, since we have been repeating this dozens of times.
Sitting Presidents cannot be indicted by the DOJ!!!!!
Who is trying to turn the US into China, which hasn't been communist for almost 30 years, not that conservatives would notice? China is an authoritarian capitalist. Us lefties are democratic socialists.
Reagan was also an idiot. Fascism was, is and always will be a right wing political ideology.
IF you believe in the European paradigm of politics (socialism) it is...
If you believe in the American paradigm of politics (Individualism) it is left wing extremism...
Reagan was a great man and a brilliant president, one who most, except for the extreme left of course, characterize and consider as one of America's greatest presidents... He was also the last true LEADER we have elected...
b movie child molester that married the 40's hollywood abortion poster girl. turned to politics because of a failed movie career and started california's debt spiral. got elected president with a treasonous act and served 2 terms. the first as a war criminal and drug importer, the second falling down the dementia rabbit hole while being a meat puppet protected by his inner circle.
Let me help...
Fascism ( / ˈ f æ ʃ ɪ z əm / ) is a form of far-right , authoritarian ultranationalism [1] characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and the economy [2] that rose to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. [3] [4] The first fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I , before spreading to other European countries . [3] Opposed to anarchism , democracy , liberalism , and Marxism , [5] fascism is placed on the far right-wing within the traditional left–right spectrum . [3] [6]
Fascists saw World War I as a revolution that brought massive changes to the nature of war, society, the state, and technology. The advent of total war and the total mass mobilization of society had broken down the distinction between civilians and combatants. A military citizenship arose in which all citizens were involved with the military in some manner during the war. [7] The war had resulted in the rise of a powerful state capable of mobilizing millions of people to serve on the front lines and providing economic production and logistics to support them, as well as having unprecedented authority to intervene in the lives of citizens. [7]
Fascists believe that liberal democracy is obsolete. They regard the complete mobilization of society under a totalitarian one-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and to respond effectively to economic difficulties. [8] A fascist state is led by a strong leader (such as a dictator ) and a martial law government composed of the members of the governing fascist party to forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society. [8] Fascism rejects assertions that violence is automatically negative in nature and views imperialism , political violence and war as means that can achieve national rejuvenation. [9] Fascists advocate a dirigisme [10] [11] economy, with the principal goal of achieving autarky (national economic self-sufficiency) through protectionist and economic interventionist policies. [12] The extreme authoritarianism and nationalism of fascism often manifests a belief in racial purity or a master race , usually synthesized with some variant of racism or bigotry against a demonized " Other ". These ideas have motivated fascist regimes to commit genocides , massacres , forced sterilizations , mass killings , and forced deportations . [13]
Since the end of World War II in 1945, few parties have openly described themselves as fascist ; the term is more often used pejoratively by political opponents. The descriptions of neo-fascist or post-fascist are sometimes applied more formally to describe contemporary parties of the far-right with ideologies similar to, or rooted in, 20th-century fascist movements. [3] [14]
So... The Ukranians are now reveling in their new found rights? They now have the right to hide in their basements. They now have the right to be blown up in their sleep. And, of course, they now have the right to be Russian. Guns are a poor defense for rockets, bombs, and artillery. But, hey, at least they don't have to wear a mask.
Boebert, having realized that Ukrainians are white and christian ... think I'll stop there.
blowbert found the lord when she was tag teaming with her mom and getting her tonsils flocked in middle school.
Let's just hope that she does not offer to send them food from her E Coli Cafe. They have enough problems as it is.
Liberated?
There is no rational comparison to be made between what is happening in Ukraine and anything happening in the US or Canada.
But that won't stop liberals from making up a definition to keep up with their narrative.
She supports the 2nd Amendment. And that is all the left needs to rail against her.
I support the 2nd Amendment and I consider myself to be a liberal. I have way more ammo to take aim at Boebert besides her support for the 2A, like her pea sized brain
100% spot on.
If liberals had brains, the wouldn't be liberals...generally speaking.
The opposite is true but your claim is proof that conservative people are less intelligent.
Most colleges are "liberal hell holes", remember?
If conservatives had hearts they wouldn't be conservatives ... see how easy it is to say dumbfuck stuff like you did?
She can shove her ignorant ideas about Canada up her ass - it's her electorate who are the losers here, not Canadians.