Do Arizona Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar still back the bigoted Rep. Lauren Boebert?

Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert has left little doubt that she is a bigoted Islamophobe, brazen enough to be caught on video twice telling the same phony, hateful trope about Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Suggesting Omar is a terrorist.

Calling her “evil.”

Saying she’s a member of a “Jihad Squad”.

Engendering the kind of threatening, hateful response from the ignorant goons who somehow believe Boebert. Putting Omar’s life at risk.

All while Boebert’s fellow Republicans largely say … nothing.

Gosar said he was 'proud' to serve with Boebert

For instance, I haven’t heard anything from Arizona’s two biggest Boebert backers – Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar.

Not long ago Boebert was one of those Gosar said he was “proud” to serve with.

Proud.

He tweeted as much, saying:

And also:

Then again, Boebert was one of those who rose to Gosar’s defense when the House voted to censure him for posting a doctored anime video showing him killing New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and threatening President Joe Biden.

During her Gosar defense Boebert managed to call Omar a terrorist sympathizer and member of the “Jihad Squad.”

Biggs has called Boebert his 'friend'

Then there’s Rep. Biggs, who also brags of Boebert being his “friend.”

Posting tweets like:

And like:

Boebert also voted against ratifying the Electoral College results from Arizona, joining Biggs, Gosar and Rep. Debbie Lesko in their effort to disenfranchise millions of Arizona voters.

The day the mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, Boebert tweeted, “Today is 1776.”

The nasty responses Omar has received following Boebert’s nasty comments suggest there also are racist undertones to an attack on the Muslim representative. Then again, bigots rarely limit their prejudice to only one race or religion or ethnic group.

And if, like Biggs and Gosar, you refer to such a person as a “friend,” and you talk about how “proud” you are to serve with her, even as she so publicly displays her hateful tendencies, what does that make you?

Reach Montini at ed.montini@arizonarepublic.com.

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