Lauren Boebert missed debt ceiling vote despite leading fury against deal: report

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) stood shoulder to shoulder with House Freedom Caucus members Tuesday to decry the debt ceiling deal as a disaster for the country. But when it came to actually voting on the bill, the outspoken congresswoman was nowhere to be seen, The Denver Post reported.

Despite all her bluster, the Post reported that Boebert skipped the vote.

"So we're here today in strong opposition of the latest so-called deal to lift the debt ceiling," she said into a microphone Tuesday. "As far as I'm concerned, I think McCarthy did the best he could do to some extent with this deal, but we made it clear at the outset of this Congress that we would not continue business as usual here in Washington, D.C."

She reiterated her message on Twitter.

“Once we fall off that cliff, there’s no going back,” Boebert tweeted.

It was just last week that Boebert told Steve Bannon that the debt ceiling wasn't real and Americans were being gaslit. She was furious that McCarthy made a deal, predicting that it was going to be the end of his speakership.

The report explained that when the vote came on Wednesday, passing 314-117, her vote was missing. It was overwhelmingly passed and her vote wouldn't have made any difference, but it was still notable after she was so adamant about her opposition.

“This country’s financial standing is already on the edge of a cliff,” Boebert said on Twitter on Tuesday. “This current UNLIMITED debt ceiling increase is the burst of wind that is going to send us right over.”

It's unclear where Boebert was. She was spotted running up the steps to the Capitol as they gaveled the vote, Axios reporter Juliegrace Brufke, but she apparently missed it.

“The Swamp did its old song and dance and pretended to listen to the American people, but as soon as the backroom deal was made, it was predetermined that it would pass,” Boebert said in a statement she released after the vote. “I certainly wasn’t afraid to vote against the bill, as I have been advocating against it all week.”

Her spokesperson confirmed that she missed it.