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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia

MAGA loyalist Lauren Boebert dismisses Trump’s primary challenge threat

  • President Donald Trump threatened to endorse a primary challenge against Republican Representative Lauren Boebert , labeling her as "weak-minded."
  • Boebert responded that she cannot be primaried as the filing deadline for candidates in Colorado passed on March 18, two months before Trump's threat.
  • Trump's ire was sparked by Boebert campaigning for fellow Republican Thomas Massie, a prominent critic of Trump within the House Republican conference.
  • Massie subsequently lost his primary to Ed Gallrein, with Boebert suggesting Gallrein's victory was due to Trump's backing rather than his own merits.
  • This incident follows a previous clash in which Trump vetoed Boebert's legislation to secure clean drinking water in Colorado.

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