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Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who lost her seat to a Democratic challenger in one of the biggest upsets of the midterm elections, posted a farewell video on social media declaring that “God’s got this.”
Users on X ridiculed the post, accusing her of hypocrisy over her Christian messaging, with some bringing up her infamous 2023 removal from a Denver theater performance, one of several personal controversies that trailed her throughout her three terms in Congress.
The race was called Friday for Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and former National Security Council member. It is a major upset in a heavily Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 18 points in 2024.
Following the loss, Boebert shared a video on X reflecting on her political rise from her former gun-themed restaurant, Shooters Grill, in Rifle, Colorado.
“Years ago, while in fervent prayer inside my restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, I cried out ‘Here I am, Lord! Send me!’” Boebert wrote in the post. “I did not know at that time where He would send me. He sent me to 53 Colorado counties and to our Nation’s Capitol. He sent me to serve.”
