Controversial Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is once again in the news for spreading misinformation. On Monday, Vice News accused the congresswoman of helping to push a central claim of the QAnon conspiracy movement.
"On Sunday, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert falsely claimed that hundreds of thousands of children went missing last year and that the media was ignoring the story completely. She concluded the tweet by saying: 'There enlies the problem.' Rather than focusing on the obvious disinformation in the tweet, which is a dog whistle to the QAnon conspiracy movement, Twitter users focused instead on the error in the tweet," David Gilbert reported for Vice News.
The hashtag #LaurenBoebertIsSoDumb trended on Twitter.
You haven\u2019t heard this because the vast majority of these kids ran away from home for a short time before returning home and the media aren\u2019t QAnon loons like this crackpot. \n\nForget her illiteracy\u2014that\u2019s not the problem here.https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1469846923385397249\u00a0\u2026— Joshua Holland (@Joshua Holland) 1639317662
Boebert once sought to distance herself from the QAnon cult. During her 2020 campaign, she complained about the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for linking her to the conspiracy theory.
Hey, @dccc! \nQAnon = Fake News\nNot a follower. \n\nIS THIS ALL YOU\u2019VE GOT?— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1593738410
After her election, Boebert complained about being labeled a "QAnon supporter" by the media.
Hey media, I know no one expects you to be fair, but instead of leading every article about me with \u201cQAnon Supporter\u201d (which I don\u2019t follow), maybe you could mention that I\u2019m the first mom, first woman and the youngest person to represent CO-3 in Congress?https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/11/04/congress-will-get-its-second-qanon-supporter-as-boebert-wins-colorado-house-seat/?sh=617b7115568f\u00a0\u2026— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1604613433
But, "Boebert has continued to boost specific QAnon conspiracies, most notably this false belief that there is a huge number of children currently trafficked for sex in the U.S.," Gilbert wrote.
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