Twitter users scoffed at Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) via a tweet in which she argued that defending the US Constitution “doesn’t mean trying to rewrite the parts you don’t like.”
Protecting and defending the constitution doesn’t mean trying to rewrite the parts you don’t like.
– Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) February 19, 2021
Users on Twitter were quick to point out to the gun rights defender the many amendments ratified to the constitution since it became the country’s official legal framework in 1788.
According to the Philadelphia nonprofit National Constitution Center, the constitution as first drafted in 1787 did not contain the first 10 amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights.
In the more than 200 years since this first set of rights was passed through an agreement with several states, more than a dozen constitutional amendments have been added that many Americans have identified as pivotal moments in US history, including the abolition of slavery. , which guarantees women. the right to vote and the determination of the legal voting age at 18 years.
So did @laurenboebert Miss ALL Schoolhouse rock? https://t.co/L7SUbJyk8N pic.twitter.com/8D6FBIJfmy
– masschaostheory (@masschaostheory) February 19, 2021
Lauren Boebert is a member of Congress and does not understand that we have literally rewritten / revised the constitution 27 times to do things like abolish slavery and, you know, expand the right to vote and run for office to women … like Lauren Boebert. https://t.co/PuxrFJuJuG
– Charlotte Clymer ️ (@cmclymer) February 19, 2021
That’s … what an amendment is … https://t.co/BqYr2oGM9Q
– George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 19, 2021
What are changes for $ 200? https://t.co/GcaQaKkf6H
– Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) February 19, 2021
“That’s literally what it means.” – The Bill of Rights https://t.co/Y6glAnmiTd
– Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) February 19, 2021
Journalist Kyle Clark pointed out that Boebert has supported a constitutional amendment last month proposed to add term limits for members of Congress.
Rep. @laurenboebert is a co-sponsor of HJRes.12 to amend the Constitution to add time limits for Congress. https://t.co/Zap389Qn7C
– Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) February 19, 2021
The Hill has contacted Boebert’s office for comment.
Boebert went viral last month for an ad she ran in which she was seen walking around the Capitol and saying she would carry her firearm in Washington DC and in Congress.
Among existing Capitol Police RegulationsMembers of Congress are exempt from the blanket ban on firearms anywhere in the Capitol, although guns are banned altogether in the House and Senate chambers.
Boebert on Thursday said about Zoom during a virtual House Natural Resources Committee that heard that carrying weapons is “a listed right that American citizens have,” and opposed an amendment to delete a provision banning firearms in the interrogation room.
The GOP congressman, who has expressed support for the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, has also been sharply criticized after tweeting details about the locations of lawmakers during the January 6 breach of the Capitol.
In a letter In the leadership of Congress, shortly after the riot, 68 Colorado officials called for an investigation into Boebert’s actions before and during the siege.
The first-term legislature already has a 2022 challenger for her seat in the state of Rep. Donald Valdez (D), who announced his race on Thursday, calling Boebert a “threat to democracy” and blaming her for helping instigate the deadly Capitol uprising.