Boebert met with White House officials before the petition was finalized but denied she was pressured to remove her support.

Despite a last minute push from Donald Trump, GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert kept her name on a discharge petition that would demand the full release of investigative files around convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Boebert is one of four Republicans who signed the bipartisan discharge petition led by GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California to force the Justice Department to release all the files.

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
    100·
    20 hours ago

    Here’s my take.

    Anyone who has spent 30 seconds with Trump knows that he’s not going to do anything of the next GOP Presidential candidate. Right now, setting yourself up as anti-Trump, pro-MAGA is a good move.

    Boebert and MTG are both playing that game.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      3 hours ago

      Because the point of politicians is to get re-elected. This is why we need minimal education standards and two term limits for everyone elected.

      • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        2 hours ago

        Strong disagree with minimal education standards because those are 100% going to turn out like the literacy requirements did.

        Limiting who can vote and who can run for office is always a bad idea. They are rights - not privileges.

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      423·
      20 hours ago

      I don’t think either of them are smart enough to intentionally play that strategy, but yes, I think these are people who got elected based on certain principles and they stick to what got them elected in the first place. If trump doesn’t adhere to these prunciples, then they will gladly pick MAGA over him. And that does happen to be what is probably a good long-term strategy.

      • 4am@lemmy.zip
        16·
        16 hours ago

        They don’t operate ina vacuum (no matter how much they suck. Ha!)

        They have staffers and advisors and they probably talk to some other congresspeople.

        It’s a different game once they’re in.

        • axx@slrpnk.net
          3·
          11 hours ago

          Exactly. I can’t see this having no component of political strategy and influence.

          Trump is going to crash hard once all the horrible stuff he’s (very very likely) done comes out. At which point he’ll be extremely toxic andand anyone “true to MAGA” but seen to have pushed for “the truth” will have good political credit with that base.

          But also, I think people like Boeberts or Taylor Greene are true believers, to a strong degree. They believe in lots of absolutely fucked up shit, but they are also unwilling to compromise on defending nonces, which is one thing we can agree on and respect them for.

          So, a mix of both I’d say.