GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Suggests Ridiculous Way To Tackle Delta COVID-19 Variant

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday tweeted and then deleted a post mocking the threat of the delta variant of COVID-19.

“The easiest way to make the Delta variant go away is to turn off CNN,” wrote the QAnon-endorsing Republican, touting ignorance as a defense against the mutated strain of the coronavirus first discovered in India that is significantly more transmissible than other variants.

“And vote Republican,” she added, in a further attempt to politicize the issue.

Boebert nixed the post after an hour, but it remains documented on ProPublica’s “Politwoops” page.

In response, Colorado state Rep. Steven Woodrow (D) said Boebert “proves once again that stupidity has a champion in Colorado.”

https://twitter.com/WoodrowForCO/status/1410268318787846146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1410268318787846146%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Flauren-boebert-covid-19-delta-variant-tweet_n_60dd5e33e4b0b94d34de3a12

Other critics agreed. Many reminded Boebert that parts of her own district are now seeing a surge in the number of cases of the delta variant:

https://twitter.com/DeborahShulman3/status/1410255071254880263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1410255071254880263%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Flauren-boebert-covid-19-delta-variant-tweet_n_60dd5e33e4b0b94d34de3a12

Colorado’s @RepBoebert has deleted her tweet on the Delta variant. Boebert represents Mesa County, where the Delta variant was first found in Colorado and now makes up 50%+ of its COVID cases. pic.twitter.com/UaIu7EmhAm

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) June 30, 2021

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Mesa County he the highest rate of deadly Delta variant infections in Colorado. The CDC has been dispatched to investigate the situation.

But don't worry folks, Lauren Boebert says she knows the cure for the Delta variant. https://t.co/JJYEGbxbtN #copolitics #copols #coleg #co03 pic.twitter.com/Db7ukmVp3U

— Colorado Pols (@coloradopols) June 30, 2021

Colorado’s @RepBoebert has deleted her tweet on the Delta variant. Boebert represents Mesa County, where the Delta variant was first found in Colorado and now makes up 50%+ of its COVID cases. pic.twitter.com/UaIu7EmhAm

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) June 30, 2021

Lauren Boebert deleted this tweet. I guess she doesn’t want people to see how opposed she is to science, saving children & the immunocompromised, and medical professionals who are mentally & physically exhausted from dealing with this shit. #covid #Delta #GQP #COVIDIOT pic.twitter.com/RGJBQoHGYz

— Eliza (@lamElizaBee) June 30, 2021

https://twitter.com/ChrisNoNews/status/1410251898662293507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1410251898662293507%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Flauren-boebert-covid-19-delta-variant-tweet_n_60dd5e33e4b0b94d34de3a12

The Flu Klux Klan.

— DrForester (@DrForester) June 30, 2021

LB deleted this insensitive, uninformed tweet a few hours ago, probably after learning that one of her district’s counties has one of the worst outbreaks of the Delta variant in the country. pic.twitter.com/9HnHVgp3Ks

— WC (@striveforfacts) June 30, 2021

How’s the Delta Variant treating your district again science girl? pic.twitter.com/I6xH5Em2Ri

— kateg (@kateg1977) June 30, 2021