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TexasTowelie

(112,121 posts)
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 11:32 PM Mar 2021

Boebert Says Colleges Are "Leftist Training Camps"

The largest school in her district, Colorado Mesa University, is led by a prominent Republican.


In a column published yesterday, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) called all colleges and universities “leftist training camps.”

Writing for Glenn Beck’s far-right website The Blaze, Boebert attacked Congressional Democrats’ proposed update to federal voting laws, called the For The People Act (H.R. 1), which among other reforms would implement many of Colorado’s “gold standard” election laws across the country.

Despite having handily won an election conducted under these laws, Boebert accuses Democrats of trying to rig the system, including attempting “to use taxpayer dollars to establish aggressive voter recruitment programs at leftist training camps — otherwise known as colleges and universities.” Boebert’s office did not respond to a request for additional comment.

Colorado’s Third Congressional District contains five schools offering four-year degrees: Colorado Mesa University, Western Colorado University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College and Adams State University. The district is also home to numerous regional campuses for junior and community colleges.

Read more: https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/154456/boebert-says-colleges-are-leftist-training-camps#more-154456
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Boebert Says Colleges Are "Leftist Training Camps" (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP
And she should know, because her degree is in... BusyBeingBest Mar 2021 #1
How would a high school dropout with a GED know that? jpak Mar 2021 #2
who only earned the GED months before running for office... How convenient. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #21
She must have felt that way about high school, she avoided that too. dem4decades Mar 2021 #3
ALL colleges and universities? no_hypocrisy Mar 2021 #4
Did she say that without drooling? RainCaster Mar 2021 #5
no curiosity, no ideas... just naked envy. She exemplifies ignorance. NewHendoLib Mar 2021 #6
Has she ever been on a college campus? Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2021 #7
This is the whole "truth has a liberal bias" problem Renew Deal Mar 2021 #8
The GOP's gun-toting useful idiot Blue Owl Mar 2021 #9
I say we boycott Aspen Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2021 #10
I feel good with her having a gun, and of course, the brain power to use it wisely elias7 Mar 2021 #11
She's mad because every time her husband is around a school they make him pull his pants up. Midnight Writer Mar 2021 #12
One of the poorly educated The Wizard Mar 2021 #13
Says a woman who got her GED last year kimbutgar Mar 2021 #14
Education is the enemy of the GOP. JDC Mar 2021 #15
And bowling alleys are where pedophiles train you blm Mar 2021 #16
Funny I have a GED as well vercetti2021 Mar 2021 #17
I know several other people with GED's, and they happen to be very smart, wonderful people. niyad Mar 2021 #20
One of her devoted constituents was just saying yesterday that all libs are ignorant. So, which niyad Mar 2021 #18
High school dropouts... SergeStorms Mar 2021 #19

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)
1. And she should know, because her degree is in...
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 11:35 PM
Mar 2021

oh wait, never mind. She got a GED in order to run for office.

no_hypocrisy

(46,080 posts)
4. ALL colleges and universities?
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 11:43 PM
Mar 2021

Even Liberty University?

I had a liberal arts background and we never discussed revolution unless it was the French Revolution or the Russian Revolution.

To rebut Lauren Boebert, I probably shared dorm space with some of the most conservative women I have ever met. If my friends and I weren't conservatives, and that makes us "leftists," so be it. We're still smarter than she is.

 

Mary in S. Carolina

(1,364 posts)
10. I say we boycott Aspen
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 11:57 PM
Mar 2021

I think we should all boycott Aspen - there are many great places to ski in Colorado that welcomes Democrats, we don't need to go to Aspen as long is "it" is their representative. Email Aspen at https://cityofaspen.com and tell them to get rid of that...thing.

blm

(113,043 posts)
16. And bowling alleys are where pedophiles train you
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 12:40 AM
Mar 2021

to look at the tattoos on their peters.....you know....before you drop out of high school and marry that pedophile.

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
17. Funny I have a GED as well
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 12:41 AM
Mar 2021

But I'm smarter than her lol says volumes about the brain capacity of Qonservatives.

niyad

(113,259 posts)
20. I know several other people with GED's, and they happen to be very smart, wonderful people.
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 01:28 AM
Mar 2021

She, on the other hand, is just disgusting.

niyad

(113,259 posts)
18. One of her devoted constituents was just saying yesterday that all libs are ignorant. So, which
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 01:24 AM
Mar 2021

is it, twits? Idiots, or educated?

I suspect it is serious cases of diploma envy.

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