- Greene said there are some “good candidates” in Colorado’s crowded primary
- The conservative firebrand said she has no plans to get involved in the race yet
- Boebert announced her move to run for Colorado’s more conservative 4th District in December, after Rep. Buck had announced his retirement
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has warned her Republican colleague Lauren Boebert that she should be “very concerned” after finishing fifth in a poll of voters in her new Colorado district.
Boebert was first elected to represent Colorado’s 3rd District in 2020, but last month she announced she would shift her reelection bid to the more conservative 4th District after fellow Republican House member Ken Buck said that he would withdraw from Congress.
Boebert appears to face an uphill battle to earn the district’s Republican nomination after a series of controversies and her husband’s arrest dominated headlines.
Rep. Greene said Boebert should be “very concerned” after finishing fifth in a straw poll of Republican voters in Colorado’s 4th District
Representative Greene (left) and Boebert attend a House Freedom Caucus press conference in 2021
Rep. Lauren Boebert (left) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shout “build the wall” as President Biden delivers his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress
Her fifth-place finish out of nine candidates in last week’s straw poll followed the first debate among Republican candidates running for the seat.
“I saw that she came in fifth in the straw poll this weekend, which should be a big concern for her,” Greene said in an interview with The hill. “I think this is a serious primary and it looks like there are some good candidates out there.”
Greene said it remains to be seen what happens with the elections in the Colorado district, but she has no plans to get involved in the race yet.
“I think she has to earn the support of those people,” Greene said of Boebert.
Although Greene will not intervene to tilt the race for now, there has been no love lost between the two far-right congresswomen in Washington, where they have exchanged hostilities both in and out of the House.
Last January, during the Speaker election, Greene and Boebert reportedly nearly got into a shouting match in a women’s restroom near the House floor over Boebert’s opposition to Kevin McCarthy.
Their animosity toward each other then entered the public spotlight over the summer when they had a heated argument on the House floor.
Greene accused Boebert of copying her over a resolution to impeach President Biden, reportedly calling Boebert a “little b***h” to her face.
In November, Greene posted about Boebert’s “vaping” in a rant on Beetlejuice in Denver before he was kicked out. of the theater.
In 2022, it was reported that the two had to be physically separated during a House Freedom Caucus event, where they almost clashed.
Boebert’s move was a move that would have put her in a safely Republican congressional district if she defeated fellow GOP candidates for the party nomination.
Representative Boebert speaks at a House Freedom Caucus press conference in Washington in 2023
In 2022, the conservative firebrand narrowly pulled off a victory over Democrat Adam Frisch in the 3rd District. She won that race by less than 600 votes.
When announcing her move to the district in December, Boebert said it was a fresh start after her divorce and “personal mistakes.” The divorce of the 37-year-old mother of four and grandmother was finalized last fall.
But Boebert has joined a crowded field of Republicans vying for the Colorado seat vacated by Congressman Buck. Of the 117 votes cast in the straw poll, Logan County Commissioner Jerry Sonnenberg led with 22 votes, former Colorado House Minority Leader Mike Lynch received 20 votes, local filmmaker Deborah Flora received 18 votes and Colorado House Minority Whip Richard Holtorf came in fourth with 17 votes. to vote. Boebert received 12 votes.
