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July 06, 2021 09:41 AM UTC

No ‘Coincidence’ That July 4 Fell on Sunday This Year, Says Boebert at Grand Junction Rally

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  • by: Sharon Sullivan

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By Sharon Sullivan, Colorado Times Recorder

A group of about 150 Mesa County residents cheered as Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert walked up the steps of the old Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction, where the group Stand For The Constitution (SFTC) hosted a July 4 “freedom rally” immediately following Grand Junction’s Independence Day parade.

Boebert was expected to ride on the Mesa County Republicans float during the parade, but when she hadn’t appeared by parade time organizers noted that she had been at a Trump rally in Sarasota, Florida , the night before and might be late. Rally goers gathered on the courthouse lawn as they waited for Boebert to appear, enduring triple-digit temperatures and listening to various speakers.

Boebert (photo by Sharon Sullivan)

Wearing jeans, a white tank top, red stiletto high heels, and a red hat that said “Save America” — along with her trademark holstered firearm — Boebert made a commanding presence as she began to speak.

Her speech, which was full of God references, started off curiously with a mention of Israel.

“There are two nations created for God’s glory – Israel and the United States of America,” Boebert said.  “We stand strongly with Israel.”

She went on to say how she was thinking of the Founding Fathers that morning and how they “dared to go against the King of England. They had faith in God and each other,” she said.

“We will not back down until we have everything God has promised us,” Boebert said. “We are an army for everything that Jesus has purchased for us and our children, and our children’s children.

“It’s not a coincidence that Independence Day is on a Sunday this year.

She went on to say how it’s easy to complain about what the enemy is doing, and admonished the crowd “today [to] put a guard over your mouth when you’re tempted to agree with the enemy.”

Boebert made a few mentions of former President Donald Trump, including her most recent trip to the border in June.

“I went with who is still leading this nation, and so then suddenly [Vice President] Kamala [Harris] decides to go herself,” she said.

She mentioned joining Trump last year for the Fourth of July celebrations in South Dakota. She also told a story how she recently told him he “looked good” and hadn’t aged 20 years like most presidents when they leave office.

“That is the anointment of God,” she said.

Regarding President Joe Biden, whom she did not refer to by name, Boebert said he’s not in charge.

“God is on the throne,” she said. “It doesn’t matter who is President; we serve the almighty King. Trump has not given up and he will not give up.”

RELATED: Boebert Says Her Election Was a ‘Sign’ From God

Jim Drummond, a U.S. military veteran from Grand Junction, was one of many who posed with Boebert afterward for a photo. He said he has been an early supporter of Boebert.

“It was an amazing speech,” he said.

Grand Junction resident Richard Gunst, who wore a Trump 2020 hat, is also a fan.

“We’ve been with her all along,” he said. “We ate at her place all the time when we had a company in Rifle. [Boebert owns Shooters Grill in the town of Rifle, roughly 60 miles east of Grand Junction.] “I had no idea the woman serving us would be the same woman serving us [in Congress] not in the restaurant. I’m so proud of her. She’s easy to understand and clear-spoken.”

Afterward, as she mingled and posed for photos, Boebert was asked if she was in favor of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). She responded,“Who are you with?” before turning away and refusing to answer, saying, “I have to talk to these people.”

According to AARP, all ACA plans are required to cover emergency services and hospitalization due to COVID-19. Policyholders, however, may have out-of-pocket costs from coronavirus-related care, depending on their individual plans and any copayment and cost-sharing responsibilities.

Mesa County Health Department has stated that the highly contagious India variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Mesa County, where the vaccination rate has remained low, around 41%. At the same time the city’s two hospitals have operated at capacity off and on for weeks.

Other speakers at the rally included Jacquelyn Anderson, a close friend of Boebert’s who also serves as first vice-chair of the Mesa County Republican Party; Mesa County commissioner candidate Bobbie Daniel; self-described freedom fighter Pamela Chapman; and Tom Keenan, president of Stand For The Constitution, (SFTC), the same group that has been petitioning Mesa County’s Republican Commissioners for weeks to adopt a resolution declaring Mesa County a Constitutional Sanctuary.  The commissioners declined the request at the June 28 meeting.

Keenan, who said he was an educator for 20 years, told the crowd that if you believe in God and the Constitution you are welcome to join SFTC, which meets weekly at a local church.

He complained about schools “rewriting history” and that the Critical Race Theory tells people that “if they are white they are racists and should feel bad about themselves.” Critical Race Theory is actually an academic concept that racism is not merely individual bias or prejudice, but also something embedded in legal systems and policies.

“We want to improve leadership in Mesa County to what it used to be,” before the community veered “away from moral character,” Keenan said.

“It’s time for us to fight as warriors,” he said. “This is a war. It’s no longer about Democrats and Republicans. It’s about good and evil replacing what we believe in in this country.”

Jacqueline Anderson, First Vice-chair of the Mesa County Republican Party, leaves the old Mesa County courthouse steps after introducing U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), shown walking up the steps. (photo by Sharon Sullivan)
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37 thoughts on “No ‘Coincidence’ That July 4 Fell on Sunday This Year, Says Boebert at Grand Junction Rally”

  1. The things she says sound exactly like what a mentally disturbed and unmedicated person holding a sandwich board shouts on street corners, because that's precisely what she is.

    The only thing she cares about is getting attention, good or bad. No one should be giving it to her.

    1. Yeah… the whole "anointed by god" immediately followed with "god is on the throne" is some baldfaced deification of the bastard president.

      She's doing it for attention, I agree. With that in mind, I try to call and respectfully, professionally explain in the most mundane detail, how unrepresentative she is of her constituents.  

      What she needs (and her GED didn't give her) is an authority figure who is not amused by her antics and demands professionalism.

      God she's the worst of Colorado.

      1. There’s an increasing about of that deification happening because a lot of them seem to have decided that he is their god. That’s what makes it a cult.

        It is strange that she’s adopted faux-Christian sanctimony to such an extent: Obviously it’s marketing for the people who drink that up, but it will never not be confounding coming from someone so obviously full of un-Christian hate and with such a long criminal rap sheet.

      2. She's very representative of most constituents of Mesa, Delta, Montrose, Rio Blanco and Moffat counties, gudolph. Too many are willfully ignorant and very proud of it. Just look at the vaccination rates.

        I should know. I live here.

         

        1. In people of Pew-Pews’ ilk, credit or blame can be applied to the almighty, directly proportional to ones’ ability or inability to explain things otherwise.

          When you are involved in treason, it has to be Gods’ will,…if it is YOUR will, that makes you a traitor. Amirite?

          Great story, Sharon!👍

        2. Me too, Gertie, me too.  There are some good eggs on the Western Slope who are at least realizing the "good ol' boys" club (of which Boebert is certainly a part) is lousy and deserves some reconsideration. 

           

          My optimism waxes and wanes, and the sheer ignorance Mesa County is showing with a pandemic speaks volumes of how stubborn they are, but it's home, and I want for our community to thrive, which means accepting that there is something she offers that they need, or at least hold dear.  Figuring out how to highlight what those things are means picking battles.  If the beast is starved of controversy and attention, I'm not so sure she will be as long lasting as she would channeling the tangible frustrations of her party members into empty rhetoric and drama.

          1. I think what she offers them is hope. "They", Pew-Pews' loyalists, see the same thing they see in T***p. A validation of their grievances and a dramatic vow, however phony, to return them to the "good old days".

            She slings "God" around because she knows he (God) is still a major influencer on her Republican constituents. 

            Yes…she may soon discover the bouquet of religious cheese, and discover she likes it better than government cheese.

  3. I'm often confused by people … but this one befuddled me:

    “God is on the throne,” she said. “It doesn’t matter who is President; we serve the almighty King. Trump has not given up and he will not give up.”

    If it doesn't matter who is President, why is she so concerned about Trump and Biden?? 

  5. Ms. Anderson looks like she's packin' too. A regular at Shooter's Grill?

    Red stilettos- Seriously? Wouldn't that instability affect your aim?

    2. Does anyone know…? What weapon is in that holster? I can't imagine the utility of a low-slung glock…which I understand she normally carries.

      She seems to have a lot of testosterone, but maybe not enough to spill someone's life on the street with that hip cannon.

    3. Welcome eraserhead. R U Gnu 2? Always good to welcome internet wayfarers to a safe harbor where conservative whackadoodles fear to tread.

  6. Is it a coincidence that today, July 6th, is on a Tuesday this year??? . . .

    . . . just want to be clear on these things . . .

    Lemme’ see, hmmmm, 07042020 that’s gotta mean something — another sign from above? Qbie’s garage door code? . . . 

    7 plus 4 plus 2 plus 2 = 15
    07 plus 04 plus 20 plus 20= 51

    15 or 51 — It’s probably no coincidence that one of those two is Moderatus’s IQ???

    Or maybe, it’s that the 15th letter of the English American God’s alphabet is “O”, and the 51st letter is “Y”, which gives oy as in “Oy vey, Qbie?!?” ??? 

      1. LOL, I’d like to believe that it is probably no coincidence, divine inspiration / god’s perfect message revealed through an imperfect messenger maybe, that I f’d that up? . . . 

        OK then, 16 or 52, it is — both of which are now higher than Fluffy’s IQ . . .

        BTW I have no inkling what the hell “pz” might mean? . . .  I’m sure it’s Q-Q-Qbietacular, however?

  7. Boebert isn’t a total loser. I actually found something to commend her on. She’s signed on to co-sponsor Reps. Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Curtis (R-UT), and Joe Neguse’s so-called SHRED Act (HR 3686). The bill would allow the US Forest Service to retain locally some of the money paid annually by ski areas as part of their special use permits. Retaining these funds will help local forests better cope with the increased recreational use.

    A companion bill has been introduced in the Senate by Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Barrasso (R-WY). Senator Hickenlooper also is supporting.

    1. Not to be cynical (ok, yes I am), but do you really think Boebert has any clue what that bill is about?  Some staffer that does understand its benefits probably convinced her that the funds would go to the Trump 2024 campaign. 

      Otherwise, she couldn't give a rat's ass.

      2. @Harry: I did not try to speculate if Boebert has a clue or not. I did see the list of her original senior staff after she was elected. Whether one agrees with her action or not, there were a couple of competent people there.

  9. She also told a story how she recently told him he “looked good” and hadn’t aged 20 years like most presidents when they leave office.

    lol

    Not “ag[ing] 20 years” in office is a function of the facts that (1) the old incontinent fat guy already looked like 10 gallons of diarrhea in a 5-gallon buck before he announced his candidacy, and (2) unlike other presidents, he wasn’t troubled with actually giving a damn about the nation and its citizens.

    Should we bother to tell Qbert that the reason Christian fundies get all spun up over the restoration of Israel is that having all those Jews in one place makes it easier for Invisible Magic Sky Daddy to off them after the true believers get raptured? Nah, what would be the point?

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