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Elaine McCallig
Dec 08, 2021
A Republican has shared a Christmas picture in which her four children are brandishing guns.
Representative Lauren Boebert shared the snap of her kids holding what appear to be assault rifles just days after a similar photo from Republican congressman Thomas Massie was met with widespread outrage.
Both images have been shared in the wake of the Oxford High School shooting in Michigan which claimed the lives of four students and injured at least eight others.
Boebert shared the image with the message: “The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie! (No spare ammo for you, though).”
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The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie! (No spare ammo for you, though) https://t.co/EnDYuXaHDF— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1638931529
The joke about ammunition is in response to Massie’s gun-toting tweet which asked Santa to bring ammo.
Massie’s picture was retweeted by Boebert along with the message: “That’s my kind of Christmas card!”
That's my kind of Christmas card! https://t.co/tqjObtY1to— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1638656254
After posting the picture, Boebert has also received backlash, with Piers Morgan calling it “sickening”:
My God…. it’s been just a week since America suffered yet another horrific school shooting and a second politician… https://t.co/B2gjlqemC9— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1638941438
@laurenboebert @RepThomasMassie Imagine being this proud of being a worldwide embarrassment. But here we are.— Angela Belcamino (@Angela Belcamino) 1638933128
She has four kids holding guns in this pic. That’s exactly the same number of kids gunned down and murdered by anot… https://t.co/YP5NmPx3An— Mehdi Hasan (@Mehdi Hasan) 1638932344
@laurenboebert @RepThomasMassie Extra points for your smallest child being around the same age as the kids lost at… https://t.co/pikR6zRyU2— NoelCaslerComedy (@NoelCaslerComedy) 1638934709
@laurenboebert @RepThomasMassie This is disgusting on so many levels.— Ruthanne Sanchez (@Ruthanne Sanchez) 1638932766
@laurenboebert @RepThomasMassie I srsly don't understand this mentality. Weown guns & we've taught our kids how to… https://t.co/jfSHDfjnJy— Red state blues (@Red state blues) 1638957640
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 reboot that country. https://t.co/6qkm4M0Wl6— Ryan (Ron Wilson - Bus Driver) (@Ryan (Ron Wilson - Bus Driver)) 1638946912
This is not normal. Nor should it ever be treated as such. https://t.co/q3Lp3IFpOb— Steven DeKnight (@Steven DeKnight) 1638946694
However others had more light-hearted critiques:
Ok so I don't want to take the bait on the fact that there is no circumstance where children should be carrying gun… https://t.co/j2Usj7sACr— Tim Miller (@Tim Miller) 1638944708
MeidasTouch said they would not share the “deranged” image of Boebert’s children “holding weapons of war”.
Instead they shared a picture of the four victims in the Oxford High School shooting on November 30. The four killed in the shooting were Tate Myre, 16; Hana St Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17 and Justin Shilling, 17.
We will not be posting the deranged photo of Lauren Boebert and her young children holding weapons of war. Instea… https://t.co/i5lrJ1saTx— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch.com) 1638934699
Hopefully this is the last image of Republicans showing off their guns we have to see this year…
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