ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Boebert wins endorsement from Gun Owners of America

Second Amendment defenders Gun Owners of America, an organization that bills itself as “the only no compromise gun lobby,” is endorsing Republican Lauren Boebert’s campaign to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, the group said Sept. 2.

Boebert, a first-time candidate and owner of the Rifle restaurant Shooters Grill, where the waitstaff carries loaded firearms, rocketed to fame when she called out Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke over the then-presidential candidate’s proposal to confiscate assault weapons at an Aurora town hall. She defeated U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton in the June 30 Republican primary…

“Lauren Boebert may be new to the world of politics, but she’s not new to defending the Second Amendment,” said Erich Pratt, GOA’s senior vice president, who announced the endorsement on Sept. 5 in Pueblo. “I look forward to her standing up to the anti-gun likes of Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the halls of Congress.”…

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