Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) recently said she wants to “turn down the heat” now that Republicans control the House, but she still reserved choice words for fellow far-right Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) .
“I was asked to explain MTG’s beliefs about Jewish space lasers because he appeared at a conference about white supremacists. … I just won’t go,” Boebert told The Associated Press in an interview during the House Speaker election, referring to one of Greene’s most derided conspiracy theories. “She wants to say all these things and look confused on Twitter, so be it.”
Boebert and Greene, while on the same end of the political spectrum, don’t seem to be in a romantic relationship right now. The two have sparred publicly in recent weeks over Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s candidacy for House Speaker, which Greene fervently supported, breaking with a bloc of far-right Republican colleagues.
Last month, Boebert attacked Greene at a conservative conference in Phoenix, criticizing her for believing in absurd conspiracy theories and endorsing McCarthy as a speaker. Greene responded on Twitter, accusing Boebert of “school drama” and noting that the Colorado Republican won re-election.
Boebert was among the most vocal against McCarthy’s House leadership bid. However, in the 14th and 15th rounds of voting, she switched from supporting other candidates to the “present” vote, helping to pave the way for McCarthy to finally raise the gavel.
In an interview last month with CBS Colorado, Boebert said he plans to tone down his heated rhetoric now that Republicans are in control of the House, following feedback from his constituents, who re-elected her in November by an unexpected margin of narrow.
“I think the biggest takeaway from what I’ve seen and what I’ve heard from voters is that I’m right about the policies, but everybody is ready in Washington, DC, to turn the heat down somehow,” he said. said. said. “And I’m very excited and optimistic that we have the opportunity to do that now.”
In the same Associated Press interview in which he criticized Greene, Boebert noted that his narrow re-election “opened my eyes to another chance to do everything I promised to do.”
According to Boebert, this includes focusing on implementing the policies he led rather than “owning the left” and working to reduce conflict and “bring unity.”
In his first term, Boebert built a national profile of extremism, fiercely embracing unlimited gun rights, religious rhetoric and tiresome support for former President Donald Trump. While ridiculing Greene for believing in so-called “Jewish space lasers,” Boebert also flirted with conspiracy nonsense after voicing his support for the QAnon movement, which claims a vast network of pedophiles controlled by top Democratic Party leaders and donors.
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