“I kind of get sad”: Lauren Boebert complains about receiving “positive” calls from constituents

The MAGA congresswoman said she is looking "forward to a fight" when constituents call her

By Tatyana Tandanpolie

Staff Writer

Published June 1, 2023 2:25PM (EDT)

US Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO), joined by members of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks on the debt limit deal outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
US Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO), joined by members of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks on the debt limit deal outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Right-wing Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., revealed that she gets disappointed when her office receives "a real" call from constituents as opposed to calls from those with opposing views in a Wednesday interview on the Real America's Voice's show "War Room."

During a conversation with host and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, Boebert discussed the debt deal that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden reached over the weekend.

She urged listeners to contact their representatives and call on them to vote no to the debt deal, which passed in the House Wednesday night. She also encouraged them to continue calling the offices of other members of Congress.

"People call mine all day long. Sometimes I answer the phones," Boebert said, letting out a light-hearted laugh before Bannon joked that some of the calls are positive and some of them are Democrats.

"I kind of get sad when it's the positive ones," the avid conspiracy theorist said in response. "I was like, 'Man, I was looking forward to a fight here,' and you know I am like, 'this is a real one.'" 


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Bannon laughed and joked in agreement that Boebert likes to fight. 

Boebert, whose opponent in last year's election frequently called her politics "angertainment," was a vocal opponent of the debt ceiling deal but did not actually participate in the House vote.


By Tatyana Tandanpolie

Tatyana Tandanpolie is a staff writer at Salon. Born and raised in central Ohio, she moved to New York City in 2018 to pursue degrees in Journalism and Africana Studies at New York University. She is currently based in her home state and has previously written for local Columbus publications, including Columbus Monthly, CityScene Magazine and The Columbus Dispatch.

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