Lauren Boebert (Jeffrey Beall / Wikimedia)
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Sunday joked about bringing explosives to the United States Capitol building so she could detonate the building's metal detectors.
Bobert's tweeted her suggestion in response to a speech given by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Sunday in which he endorsed the idea of blowing up the metal detectors that were installed to stop members from bringing deadly weapons into the building in the wake of the January 6th Capitol riots.
"I said, man, is it... C4 we want to put in those metal detectors and we blow 'em up," Gaetz said at the rally.
Boebert sent out a tweet offering to bring explosives of her own.
"I'll bring the Tannerite!" she wrote.
Boebert has taken heavy criticism from many of her fellow lawmakers for heavily promoting the January 6th "Stop the Steal" rally that she predicted would lead to a second American Revolution.
Boebert also mysteriously tweeted out updates on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's location as the riots were occurring.
"The Speaker has been removed from the chambers," she wrote after rioters had broken into the Capitol.
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