Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert entered Congress in 2021 as a pro-Trump MAGA stalwart.
Boebert burnished that reputation as a fighter over the last five years.
But now a medical mystery has just hit Lauren Boebert like a freight train.
Republicans are barely clinging to a majority, and Lauren Boebert was incensed that New Jersey Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr. has missed over 100 votes dating back to March 5, when he disappeared from Washington and hasn’t been seen since.
Kean’s had little contact with the outside world save a brief May 21 phone call with the New Jersey Globe, where he said he was suffering from a medical ailment and would return to Congress in a few weeks.
“My doctors are confident that I’m on the road to a full recovery,” Kean stated. “I understand the need for public transparency, and I appreciate the support of my constituents.”
“I anticipate that in the next couple of weeks, I’ll return to voting and to the campaign trail,” Kean added.
More than two weeks later, and no one has seen a trace of Kean, with his only activity being submitting financial disclosure forms showing that while he wasn’t well enough to vote, he was up to trading stocks.
“Congressional financial records reviewed by NOTUS indicate Kean bought and sold shares of eight different stocks between March 10 and March 31, including those of Amcor, Chubb Limited, First Citizens BancShares, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo,” NOTUS reported.
TMZ asked Boebert about Kean’s absence, and she declared it was “embarrassing” that Kean didn’t show up to work and was forcing Republicans to cater to his Joe Biden-esque schedule.
“Where is he?” Boebert declared. “No, seriously. It’s embarrassing. We’re supposed to be the party that is against campaigning from the basement.”
“I don’t know where this guy is,” she continued. “I haven’t heard from him. I’ve heard people cover for him.”
“I mean, sure, we need a majority, but under these circumstances?” Boebert asked, wondering how Kean was compromising the GOP’s ability to govern.
Boebert went on to say that she “worked my **** off to get re-elected and serve the people of my district,” but “this guy hasn’t been here since, what? March?”
Boebert then revealed she’s never seen Kean in person.
“I don’t know if everyone knows who he is. I don’t know if I have ever seen him in person. I don’t know this guy,” Boebert exclaimed.
When asked if the voters should give Kean another term, Boebert said that was up to the voters, but she believed it was “embarrassing” that Kean vanished and still hasn’t informed his colleagues what is wrong with him or when he will be back to vote, since with such a slim majority, every vote counts in trying to pass President Trump’s agenda.
“Listen, that is up to the voters back home, but I would recommend [to Kean] showing up, and saying something,” Boebert went on to say.
“I’m not saying that he’s dead,” Boebert added, “but, I mean, come on — absent. Like where is the representation? It’s taxation without representation, is it not?”
“Again, I wish the guy well — I hope he gets better with whatever ails him,” Boebert concluded.
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