77-513: The Lake Christine Fire was a wildfire that burned near Basalt and Carbondale , in Eagle County , Colorado , United States. The fire was the result of an act of criminal arson. It started on July 3, 2018, and was later downgraded to a Burned Area Response on September 4, 2018, after 13 weeks. It destroyed a total of 12,588 wilderness acres on Basalt Mountain and seriously injured a volunteer firefighter. The Lake Christine fire also destroyed
154-594: A MAGA firebrand to a hard-working congresswoman. In 2023, she blamed her narrow 2022 victory on " 'ballot harvesting' — a GOP term for third-party collection of absentee ballots — rather than what Democrats have called her 'MAGA extremism' and political charades" while her press releases focused on local issues, including a "$ 5 million grant for a rural health center in a spending package she voted against". Boebert announced on December 27, 2023, that she would switch to running in Colorado's 4th congressional district on
231-408: A QAnon -supporting web show, Boebert said she was "very familiar with" the conspiracy theory: "Everything I've heard of Q, I hope that this is real because it only means America is getting stronger and better." The Colorado Times Recorder reported that she followed multiple YouTube channels connected with QAnon before deleting her YouTube account when it came under scrutiny. Boebert later said she
308-407: A concealed carry permit after a man was "beaten to death by another man's hands ... outside of [her] restaurant", and began encouraging the restaurant's servers to carry guns openly . That is mostly false: in 2013, a man who had reportedly engaged in a fight blocks away ran to within about a block of Boebert's restaurant, fell, and died from a methamphetamine overdose. The Boeberts also owned
385-562: A "stunning upset"; The Hill made a similar statement. Tipton conceded defeat on election night and Trump congratulated Boebert in a tweet. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Cheri Bustos said in a statement that national Republicans should disavow Boebert for supporting QAnon. Boebert was the first primary challenger to defeat a sitting U.S. representative in Colorado in 48 years, since Democratic Representative Wayne Aspinall lost to Alan Merson. She pledged to join
462-651: A Democrat from 2015 to 2020. At age 19, Boebert herself registered to vote in 2006 as a Democrat; in 2008, she changed her affiliation to Republican. According to Boebert, she became religious while attending a church in Glenwood Springs , and that she became a born-again Christian in 2009. She has said she volunteered at a local jail for seven years, but attendance logs at the Garfield County Sheriff's office show that she volunteered at
539-407: A baby; she earned a GED certificate in 2020, a month before her first election primary. Boebert has stated that her family depended on welfare when she was growing up, and that she was raised in a Democratic household in a liberal area. Records at the Colorado secretary of state 's office show that her mother was registered to vote in Colorado as a Republican from 2001 to 2013 and as
616-540: A challenge to five-term incumbent Scott Tipton in the Republican primary . During her campaign, she criticized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of " The Squad ", positioning herself as a conservative alternative to the progressive representative. Seth Masket, a political science professor at the University of Denver , suggested that Boebert wanted to motivate Republican voters to participate in
693-497: A closer than expected race. The margin was so close it triggered an automatic recount. The recount was completed on December 12 and affirmed that Boebert won by 546 votes out of 327,000. Boebert filed her statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on January 13, 2023. After narrowly winning reelection in 2022, she attempted to rebrand her image with the voters in her district from
770-402: A group of people using tracer rounds at the rifle area of the range, located on the south side of the shooting area. Fire personnel who reported from the scene noted that the impact site of the rounds was on a hillside adjacent to the gun range, far outside of the targeted shooting area. The Roaring Fork Valley, including Basalt, had been under Stage 2 Fire Ban Restrictions for several weeks, and
847-470: A letter co-signed by more than 80 Republicans, Boebert asked Speaker Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to uphold the 1967 law exempting members of Congress from a Capitol Hill ban on firearms, which allowed them to keep arms in their offices. After saying that she planned to carry a gun while working on Capitol Hill , Boebert published a viral video advertisement showing her placing
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#1732801652797924-581: A lot of stuff." In late February 2021, Boebert's campaign updated its campaign finance filing, reclassifying $ 3,053 claimed for mileage to "hotels", and $ 867 claimed for mileage to Uber rides, thus claiming a mileage of around 30,000 miles. Despite campaign finance laws and ethics laws requiring Congressional candidates to reveal their immediate family's income sources to show potential conflicts of interest, Boebert did not report her husband's income in her 2020 filing, instead belatedly revealing it in August 2021,
1001-619: A measure banning guns in city-owned buildings at a meeting of the Aspen City Council. The ordinance passed unanimously a month later. Boebert was an organizer of the December 2019 "We Will Not Comply!" rally opposing Colorado's red flag law , which allows guns to be taken from people deemed a threat. The American Patriots Three Percent militia, affiliated with the Three Percenters , provided security, and members of
1078-424: A restaurant called Smokehouse 1776 (now defunct), across the street from Shooters Grill. In 2015, Boebert opened Putters restaurant on Rifle Creek Golf Course, which she sold in December 2016. Shooters Grill, according to her congressional disclosure forms, lost $ 143,000 in 2019 and $ 226,000 in 2020. In 2017, 80 people who attended a Garfield County fair contracted food poisoning after eating pork sliders from
1155-534: A state legislator to pass laws legalizing hemp , which Coram grows (state voters approved the amendment legalizing marijuana in 2012), and as not Republican enough. A Democratic-aligned Super PAC made false claims and unproven allegations about Boebert. Boebert's attorney said in June that she would file a defamation lawsuit against the group, but she has not done so. The temporary restraining order she obtained on June 23 against David Wheeler, one of its co-founders,
1232-564: A temporary location set up by Shooters Grill and Smokehouse 1776. The restaurants did not have the required permits to operate at the temporary location, and the Garfield County health department determined that the outbreak was caused by unsafe food handling at the event. In 2020, Boebert protested orders issued by Colorado Governor Jared Polis to close businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic . In mid-May 2020, she violated
1309-598: A work release program, community service, and received a total $ 100,000 fine for restitution to the group of victims. Estimates put the firefighting costs for government agencies in the range of $ 30,000,000 USD. Fire crews from Arizona and parts of the Pacific Northwest arrived in the Roaring Fork Valley in the days after the fire began to assist local crews and air support personnel. Nearly 1500 fire personnel were sent from thirty-nine states in
1386-411: Is allowed in the state . Boebert won the primary with almost 66% of the vote. In a debate with Democratic nominee Adam Frisch on September 11, 2022, Boebert took credit for bills she had voted against, did not cross-examine Frisch, proposed more oil and gas development to respond to climate change, and continuously attacked House speaker Nancy Pelosi . Boebert defeated Frisch by a small margin in
1463-507: Is "tired of this separation of church and state junk" and argued for greater church power and influence in government decision-making. Boebert was born in Altamonte Springs, Florida , on December 19, 1986, to Shawna Roberts Bentz, who was 18 at the time of Boebert's birth. The identity of her father is not known. Professional wrestler Stan Lane was suspected of being Boebert's father, but two DNA tests ruled that out. At
1540-629: Is a part of the Edwards-Glenwood Springs, CO Combined Statistical Area . Basalt was first named Aspen Junction after the railroad junction which led to present day Aspen, Colorado . Aspen Junction was a territory serving Aspen to Leadville Mining towns, with the Railroad Junction, also going West and South to Carbondale and Glenwood Springs. It was first served by the Colorado Midland Railroad , it
1617-485: Is also a popular regional destination for boating and other watersports. Basalt is a hub for mountain biking in the Roaring Fork valley. There are a dozen world class cross country trails as well as lift-accessed downhilling within 15 miles of Basalt, both up and down the valley. Lauren Boebert Lauren Opal Boebert ( / ˈ b oʊ b ər t / BOH -bərt ; née Roberts ; born December 19, 1986)
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#17328016527971694-638: Is an American politician, businesswoman, and gun rights activist serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 3rd congressional district since 2021. From 2013 to 2022, she owned Shooters Grill, a restaurant in Rifle, Colorado , where staff members were encouraged to carry firearms openly . A member of the Republican Party , Boebert is known for her gun rights advocacy. In the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado she unexpectedly defeated incumbent Scott Tipton in
1771-420: The 4th congressional district , which is on the other side of the state and is more favorable for Republicans. Boebert was reelected to a third term in 2024 . Boebert's views are broadly considered far-right , a label she rejects. She is an ally and supporter of former president Donald Trump and supports Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him and voted to overturn its results during
1848-613: The Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests following the murder of George Floyd to those who attacked the Capitol. She alleged in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland that he was being too lenient toward those who were arrested during the 2020 BLM riots, as compared to the Capitol rioters. She also entered a resolution seeking to recognize antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and said BLM would "burn down cities and destroy businesses". Boebert opposes
1925-563: The Electoral College vote count . She has also promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory. Boebert opposes transitioning to green energy , COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates, abortion , sex education , gender-affirming surgery for minors, and same-sex marriage . She advocates an isolationist foreign policy, but supports closer ties with Israel for religious reasons. A self-described born-again Christian , Boebert has said that she
2002-629: The Freedom Caucus upon taking office. Boebert faced Democratic former state representative Diane Mitsch Bush , a retired sociology professor from Steamboat Springs, Colorado , in the November general election. Boebert said that Mitsch Bush's platform was "more government control" and that Mitsch Bush had a "socialist agenda". Boebert emphasized her devotion to Trump and his policies and reiterated her points about deregulation of industries and decreasing healthcare funding, while rallying for
2079-597: The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact , which would elect the president by popular vote. Boebert supports eliminating the U.S. Department of Education . She has said that one of her top legislative priorities is to eliminate critical race theory from schools, even though it is not part of the K-12 Colorado Academic Standards. During a press conference, she asserted that it was a lie, that it
2156-653: The Proud Boys attended the rally. On Twitter , Boebert has used rhetoric friendly to the Three Percenters and posed with members of the group (she deleted the tweet with the photos after being asked about it). During her congressional campaign, she said she was "with the militia". In December 2019, Boebert launched her campaign to represent Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives , beginning with
2233-526: The census of 2000, there were 2,681 people, 1,052 households, and 637 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,394.8 inhabitants per square mile (538.5/km ). There were 1,218 housing units at an average density of 633.7 per square mile (244.7/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 91.53% White , 0.48% African American , 0.52% Native American , 1.27% Asian , 0.11% Pacific Islander , 4.77% from other races , and 1.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.75% of
2310-471: The Capitol was being stormed, Boebert posted information on Twitter about the proceedings of the certification, including that the House chamber had been locked down and that Pelosi had been evacuated. She was accused of endangering members' safety and faced calls to resign, but refused, defending her actions because Pelosi's evacuation was also publicly broadcast live on TV; academic Zac Parker opined that it
2387-492: The FEC declaring that the campaign money had been used to settle rental and utilities bills, and had since been reimbursed. Boebert sought a second term representing Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the 2022 election . During the primary, her main challenger was Don Coram , a state senator who positioned himself as more moderate. Boebert aimed to portray him as corrupt, in particular by alleging that he used his powers as
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2464-619: The Lake Christine Wildlife Shooting Range in Basalt, and this provision was in effect on July 3 on posted signage at the range. The Lake Christine Gun Range was fully-operational under the Colorado Department of Wildlife Agency's District 8 Manager when the fire broke-out. CPW Officer Perry Will was the manager responsible for maintaining the gun range. Although the risk for fire at the range
2541-603: The Proud Boys". Bishop left the Boebert campaign shortly after Boebert won the Republican nomination. In October 2020, Boebert's campaign denied any connection to the Proud Boys and said Boebert did not share Bishop's views. On June 30, Boebert won the Republican nomination with 54.6% of the vote to Tipton's 45.4%. The result gained national attention and surprised political commentators. CNN and Politico called it
2618-638: The Republicans, but Boebert won the election, 51.27% to 45.41%. According to the Atlas of the 2020 Elections , Boebert was able to command strong support in the traditionally conservative areas of the Western Slope of Colorado and the San Luis Valley while retaining enough Republican votes in liberal-leaning Pueblo and other Democratic areas. It also stated that Boebert did not suffer from
2695-759: The Spring of 2019 after voicing opposition to new gun laws being proposed for public safety in the Colorado Legislature. 2,100 residents were evacuated in areas of Basalt, the Fryingpan River, Missouri Heights, and El Jebel. Two evacuation centers were opened; one at Basalt High School in Basalt, and the other at the Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale. The Red Cross assisted in the evacuation efforts. On July 20, 2018,
2772-507: The Trump effect, as compared to the support of Trump at the polls, with the 3rd district witnessing few split-ticket votes . Her campaign succeeded by appealing to independence and rebellion. Boebert reimbursed herself $ 22,259 for mileage costs in 2020 from her campaign's finances, which legally would require her to have driven 38,712 mi (62,301 km). The Denver Post reported in early February 2021 that three ethics experts said that
2849-580: The U.S. Capitol. She later explained that she objected to giving an award to Billy Evans, who was included in the resolution and who died during an unrelated Capitol attack in April that year . Boebert additionally rejects the term "insurrection" for the January 6 events and has called the House inquiry into the attack a "sham witch hunt". She has equated the behavior of some of the rioters who participated in
2926-578: The Union to Colorado to assist with the fire. Helicopters worked for several days from local water sources and retardant pickup stations to battle the blaze from the airspace. Thousands of residents of the Carbondale, El Jebel, Basalt and Fryingpan Valley areas were evacuated from their homes on July 4, 2018. An approaching storm from the East pushed heavy winds but provided no rainfall for the fire suppression effort. Wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour gave fuel to
3003-496: The act had a provision that led to citizenship and provided funding for housing for undocumented farm workers. Boebert decried what she said were Tipton's insufficient efforts to continue funding for the Paycheck Protection Program , whose money had run out within two weeks, arguing that more was needed. Boebert raised just over $ 150,000 through the June 30 primary. In a May 2020 interview on SteelTruth ,
3080-533: The age of four, Bentz took her from Florida to Colorado to stay with her boyfriend, only to move back to Florida with a different boyfriend, and then finally returned to Colorado with the Colorado man, who became her stepfather. When she was 12, she and her family moved to the Montbello neighborhood of Denver and later to Aurora, Colorado , before settling in Rifle, Colorado , in 2003. Boebert dropped out of high school during her senior year in 2004 when she had
3157-410: The apparent use of more than $ 6,000 from Boebert's 2022 reelection campaign funds for her personal expenses. The funds were used between May and June 2021 via four Venmo payments. Boebert's communications director said that these were indeed personal expenses, "billed to the campaign account in error", and that the "reimbursement has already happened". In September 2021, Boebert submitted documents to
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3234-406: The average family size was 3.00. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 42.3% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 3.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.6 males. The median income for a household in the town
3311-665: The beginning of the 118th Congress, she was one of 20 far-right Republican members who prevented the election of Kevin McCarthy to the House speakership on the first 14 ballots. In February 2023, Boebert co-sponsored a bill to designate the " AR-15 -style rifle" the National Gun of the United States. During the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis , Boebert was a vocal opponent of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and vowed to vote "nay" on
3388-441: The bill, which passed in the House 314–117. She missed the vote and said on the record that she had been "unavoidably detained". Two days later, Boebert tweeted that she had missed the vote as a "no-show protest" but CNN had recorded video of her running up the steps to the House and being told that the vote had been closed. Boebert has blocked critics on her personal Twitter account. A blocked constituent sued her for access, but
3465-565: The case was dismissed with prejudice in October 2022. Boebert has twice attempted to impeach President Biden. In September 2021, she submitted a resolution to impeach him and another to impeach Vice President Kamala Harris over the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan . Boebert made another attempt in June 2023, when she filed a privileged resolution to bypass House leadership and bring impeachment articles against Biden for his immigration and border protection policies to
3542-543: The community of El Jebel during the Fall of 2018 and Spring of 2019. A community meeting was held in March 2019 to inform local residents of future dangers within the burn scar area and the significant chances for mudslide activity. Some areas along the eastern edge of the fire in Basalt were impacted by mudslide and debris activity in August 2019. Colorado Parks and Wildlife specifically outlaws flammable tracer round ammunition at
3619-508: The county dropped its temporary restraining order. Shooters Grill closed in July 2022, when the building's new owner opted not to renew the lease. In September 2019, Boebert made national headlines when she confronted Beto O'Rourke , a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary , at an Aurora town hall meeting over his proposal for a buy-back program and a ban on assault-style rifles like AR-15s . Later that month, she opposed
3696-416: The expansion of gun rights. In late July, Boebert was considered the front-runner. A September survey paid for by Michael Bloomberg 's Democratic-leaning House Majority PAC had Mitsch Bush ahead by one percentage point. Mitsch Bush outraised Boebert, with $ 4.2 million for her and nearly $ 4 million spent by Democratic operatives, as opposed to Boebert's $ 2.4 million raised and more than $ 5 million spent by
3773-419: The false claims aired by Donald Trump , and accusing everyone who intended to accept the "results of this concentrated, coordinated, partisan effort by Democrats" of having allied themselves with the extremist left. In December 2021, Boebert doubled down on these allegations, saying that hundreds of thousands of ballots were illegally mailed to voters, without providing evidence. When the vote count resumed after
3850-545: The fire and spread it rapidly into areas of Missouri Heights and El Jebel. Local residents assisted ground personnel in battling the blaze. Flames reached heights to more than 100 feet in the air. On September 4, 2018, the fire was downgraded to a Burned Area Response. The fire destroyed the homes of five separate families in El Jebel and destroyed a historic cabin on Basalt Mountain. The large landscape burn scar on Basalt Mountain threatened to produce mudslide activity nearby
3927-587: The fire grew, causing pre evacuation orders to be put in place for Cedar Drive, Toner Creek, Seven Castles and Taylor Road. Basalt, Colorado Basalt is a home rule municipality located in Eagle and Pitkin counties , Colorado , United States . The town population was 3,984 at the 2020 United States Census with 2,917 residing in Eagle County and 1,067 residing in Pitkin County. Basalt
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#17328016527974004-630: The floor for a vote. The House voted instead to refer the matter to the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees. For the 118th Congress : Boebert is a member of the following Congressional caucuses: On January 5, 2021, the day before the storming of the United States Capitol , Boebert urged people to "remember these next 48 hours", saying they would be among the most important in American history. The next day, in
4081-455: The high figure was suspicious. Boebert's campaign attributed the figure to her "aggressive travel schedule", but members of her campaign did not provide evidence for the amount of travel. CPR News calculated that it was plausible that Boebert had driven 30,000 miles based on her visits to 129 events. Boebert said in a mid-February interview that she "drove tens of thousands of miles ... I had to make those connections, and really, I underreported
4158-565: The home of a long-time volunteer firefighter who was battling the blaze in response to his call of duty on the evening of July 4. Several other structures were also destroyed. The fire started just before 6:00pm on July 3, 2018, at the Basalt Shooting Range. Criminality for the fire was officially assigned to Richard Karl Miller, 23, and Allison Sarah Marcus, 22, of the Maryland/Washington DC area. They were in
4235-691: The hours before the Capitol was attacked, she described the day's events as Republicans' " 1776 moment ", a reference to the American Revolutionary War . Boebert then told Speaker Nancy Pelosi that her constituents were outside the Capitol and that she had promised to represent their voices in the chamber. During a town hall in March, Boebert appeared to defend the January 6 attackers on the Capitol, saying, "We already see in Washington, D.C. You can't petition your government. You're an insurrectionist if you do that!", later claiming that
4312-646: The jail nine times between May 2014 and November 2016. After leaving high school, Boebert took a job as an assistant manager at a McDonald's in Rifle. She later said that this job changed her views about whether government assistance is necessary. After marrying Jayson Boebert in 2007, she got a job filing for a natural gas drilling company and then became a pipeliner , a member of a team that builds and maintains pipelines and pumping stations. In 2013, Boebert and her husband opened Shooters Grill in Rifle, west of Glenwood Springs, Colorado . Boebert says she obtained
4389-549: The label. As of January 29, 2022, Boebert had introduced 17 bills and seven resolutions, none of which passed committee. In August 2022, The Colorado Sun reported that Boebert had violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012 , a federal transparency and conflict-of-interest law, by failing to properly disclose sales of stocks, cryptocurrency , and brokerage funds belonging to her husband worth between $ 5,000 and $ 80,000. In January 2023, at
4466-548: The other side of the state, where political conditions are more favorable to Republicans. Within a week, Boebert stated that the reason for the change in district she was running in was "Hollywood elites" such as Barbra Streisand and " Ryan Reynolds coming in and donating to the Democrat" in the 3rd congressional district. Boebert has been criticized as a " carpetbagger " for switching to a more Republican leaning district. Observers describe Boebert as far-right ; she rejects
4543-408: The population. There were 1,052 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% were non-families. 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and
4620-531: The primaries and went on to win the general election over Democratic nominee Diane Mitsch Bush . In Congress, Boebert has associated herself with the conservative Republican Study Committee , the right-wing Freedom Caucus , of which she became the communications chair in January 2022, and the pro-gun Second Amendment Caucus . She won reelection in 2022 by a narrow margin of 546 votes against former Aspen City Council member Adam Frisch . In December 2023, Boebert announced that she would switch districts to run in
4697-526: The primary during a slow election cycle by stirring up their anger at Ocasio-Cortez and others. Boebert criticized Tipton's voting record, which she said did not reflect his district. Before the primary, Trump endorsed Tipton, but Boebert characterized him as unsupportive of Trump. She accused him of supporting amnesty for undocumented immigrants by voting for H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019, saying that
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#17328016527974774-440: The remarks were made "in reference to the ongoing security measures in place around the Capitol complex". During the counting of the Electoral College votes before the attack, Boebert objected to accepting Arizona 's votes in a speech to the joint session of Congress . She accused Arizona of "unlawfully amending its voter registration laws by extending the registration periods", alleging widespread voter fraud , which echoed
4851-403: The restrictions introduced as a result of the spread of what she called the " Fauci -funded China virus" ( SARS-CoV-2 ). Boebert supporters failed to throw Coram off the ballot for allegedly not having collected enough signatures. Several thousand Democrats tried to influence the election by renouncing their membership in the party and voting as independents for more moderate Republicans, which
4928-516: The rioters had been removed from the Capitol, the challenges to Arizona's and Pennsylvania 's electoral votes proceeded to a vote while those against several other states were dropped. Boebert voted against the certification of both states' electoral votes. Democratic politicians in Colorado and the Aurora Sentinel Colorado accused Boebert of helping to incite violence at the U.S. Capitol and called on her to resign. While
5005-495: The same day the Federal Election Commission (FEC) sent her a letter investigating her campaign expenses. The filing, while misnaming the company involved, stated that her husband, Jayson, was paid $ 460,000 in 2019 and $ 478,000 in 2020 as a consultant for Terra Energy, one of Colorado's largest natural gas producers and fourth nationwide in methane emissions. The company told The Daily Beast that Jayson
5082-416: The state's stay-at-home order by reopening Shooters Grill for dine-in service, for which she received a cease and desist order from Garfield County, with which she refused to comply. The next day, Boebert moved tables outside, onto the sidewalk, and in parking spaces. The following day, Garfield County suspended her food license. By late May, with the state allowing restaurants to reopen at 50% capacity,
5159-560: The suspects in-hiding and they were arrested in the early morning hours of July 15, 2018, outside of a home in Carbondale by the Basalt Police Department. Miller and Marcus were offered a deal by prosecutors to plea guilty to a single misdemeanor charge each. Eight felony charges were eliminated by the prosecution team. The gunmen originally faced multiple 4th degree felony arson charges, but all felony charges were later dropped. Miller and Marcus were sentenced to
5236-493: Was $ 67,200, and the median income for a family was $ 73,375. Males had a median income of $ 40,791 versus $ 30,532 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 30,746. About 4.9% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over. Basalt is well known for its Gold Medal trout fishing in the Frying Pan River. Ruedi Reservoir
5313-464: Was a contracted shift worker for the company who was not paid directly but through another company, Boebert Consulting. As of 2021, Colorado classified Boebert Consulting as a delinquent company due to the lack of filings or registered agent with the state. Boebert oversees the energy industry via her position on the House Committee on Natural Resources. In August 2021, the FEC investigated
5390-489: Was appointed to the Colorado House of Representatives District 57. In campaigning, he attended rally events with pro-gun political candidate, Lauren Boebert , who is from nearby Rifle, Colorado. Boebert has appeared as an outspoken advocate for gun ownership since she attended a local town meeting in the nearby City of Aspen in the Fall of 2019. The Eagle County Sheriff made headlines in conservative media outlets in
5467-540: Was experiencing serious drought conditions when the fire ignited. Marcus and Miller were contacted by law enforcement at the gun range on July 3 along with the other members of their party, but were not arrested. In mid-July, the District Attorney's office indicated that the suspects could not be located. The pair were reported to have fled the State of Colorado. Public contacts to law enforcement helped to locate
5544-459: Was extremely high with Stage II fire danger conditions en effect during the early parts of July 2018, the gun range remained open. Upper Cattle Creek in the southbound direction and Kelly Lake Road were closed during the fire. After the fire, CPW Officer Perry Will appeared in a low-budget propaganda-style video made for the promotion of the gun range. The video was released in the Spring of 2019 on Facebook and YouTube outlets. Later in 2019, Will
5621-586: Was later bought out in 1901 by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad . The town was named for the basaltic rock formation on Basalt Mountain, and began as a railroad town. The town was incorporated in 1901. Basalt is located along State Highway 82 , and at the confluence of the Fryingpan and Roaring Fork rivers. At the 2020 United States Census , the town had a total area of 1,280 acres (5.178 km ) including 4.9 acres (0.020 km ) of water. As of
5698-503: Was not a follower of QAnon, in a statement where she endorsed investigations into "deep state activities that undermine the President". In September 2019, Boebert aide and future campaign manager Sherronna Bishop published a video on her Facebook page in which she interviewed a self-proclaimed member of the far-right group Proud Boys , which Bishop called "pro-everything that makes America great", adding, "thank God for you guys and
5775-565: Was racist, and that it would lead to children hating each other. Boebert opposes sex education in schools. Boebert supported Louisiana's order to display the Ten Commandments in public schools, as she commented in June 2024: "This is something we need all throughout our nation … because we need morals back in our nation." Boebert is a strong advocate of gun rights. During her primary campaign, she voiced opposition to Colorado's recently enacted red flag law . On January 1, 2021, in
5852-493: Was still a potential security threat since C-SPAN did not focus on Pelosi, and had it not been for Boebert's tweet, the protesters might have not noticed it. Boebert's communications director resigned on January 16 in response to her behavior on January 6. In June 2021, Boebert was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended
5929-515: Was vacated in July and the case dismissed. Boebert's campaign had a significant advantage, with $ 5 million in campaign funds to Coram's $ 225,000; Coram also started campaigning late in the primary, and Trump endorsed Boebert. During the pre-primary debate on May 26, Boebert emphasized the bills she had introduced in Congress while questioning Coram's legislative votes. She also repeated claims of massive election fraud and invoked her opposition to
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