Rootin’ tootin’ Lauren Boebert adores guns so much that she once (as shown above) open-carried in her now-defunct restaurant, Shooters Grill, in Rifle, Colorado. She also posed with a t-shirt that labeled guns as human-hole punchers, and she recently trashed a pin that was meant to commemorate a school shooting victim.
Her love for the Second Amendment does win fans over to the Boebert side, however. That led one of her followers to make an inquiry (while using this Getty image) to ask people if they’d want to “go shooting” with the lawmaker from Colorado. To that, Boebert posted an even more rootin’ tootin’ photo of herself while apparently operating an M203 grenade launcher, and having a good time with that type of ammo (even training rounds) does not exactly sound like the cheapest hobby out there.
Grenade launching is fun too! https://t.co/jZsoOQk0qM pic.twitter.com/ISP7i2sTVe
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) August 4, 2023
This is perhaps literally rich, given that (only a few tweets prior) she had been complaining that “groceries are up” due to “Bidenomics.”
Groceries are up.
Rent is up.
Interest rates are up.
Gas is up.The latest jobs report is down.
Real wages are down.Welcome to Bidenomics.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) August 4, 2023
To that, Boebert’s followers were weighted in a blue-check way so that the thirsty responses floated to the top. However, it wasn’t lost on everyone that (as one user put things) Boebert can “afford f*cking grenades,” so she “can afford avocados, too.”
This is a US Congressperson. Hard at work on the issues that concern most Americans. A few tweets down, she was whining about the cost of groceries. Shit, Boebert, you can afford fucking grenades. You can afford avocados, too. pic.twitter.com/QvHy5ZUrCq
— Jack’s 🇺🇦House of The Way (@FluteMagician) August 5, 2023
A grenade is just an exploding avocado. Don't put it in your mouth. And don't complain about the price of groceries when you can post them through an automatic grenade launcher. Some of us are content with three per engagement.
— Atiyaah A. Miu🇺🇦📯 (@AtiyaahDollfie) August 5, 2023
Still, you gotta hand it to Boebert for some creative points. There’s a whole lot of right-wingers out there who have gun-filled Christmas card photos like she does, but FWIW, she one-upped them in outrageousness.