{"id":584171,"date":"2023-07-24T23:28:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T20:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/boebert-apologizes-for-appearance-of-disrespecting-uvalde-victims\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T23:28:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T20:28:49","slug":"boebert-apologizes-for-appearance-of-disrespecting-uvalde-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/boebert-apologizes-for-appearance-of-disrespecting-uvalde-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"#Boebert apologizes \u2018for appearance\u2019 of disrespecting Uvalde victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/BoebertLauren_0623.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) offered an apology Saturday \u201cfor the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance\u201d of disrespecting children who died in the Uvalde shooting, after footage of the congresswoman discarding a tribute pin for one of the victims prompted a wave of harsh criticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anyone thinks that I was disrespecting a child who tragically lost their lives at the hands of an evil, evil person, I want to apologize for the appearance of that. But that\u2019s not at all what it was,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In a video that circulated late last week, an activist appears to hand Boebert a pamphlet and a pin. The pin honored one of the 19 children who died in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Another activist is heard saying to Boebert, who is well known as an advocate for gun rights and an opponent of gun control, that \u201cwe hope you take action on gun violence prevention.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Boebert does not appear to respond to the two activists but can be seen in the video discarding the items in a nearby trash can as she continues walking.<\/p>\n<p>The activist who posted the video <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahefishkind\/status\/1681324415445811200?s=20\">said Boebert shook her head<\/a> and said \u201cno\u201d when she gave her the pamphlet.<\/p>\n<p>In the new video, Boebert accused the activist of being aggressive with her previously. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI simply did not want to receive anything from this aggressive man who has been harassing me and my office,\u201d Boebert says in the video. She also said she was wearing AirPods and told the person that she was \u201coccupied.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>She said her pastor inspired her to film the response video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week, there was a video of me throwing an item away that I had received randomly from somebody in the hallway. I was walking and had AirPods in, tried to tell the man that I was occupied, and he continued, and as he was handing me what turned out to be a memorial pin, I recognized him as a man who came at me very aggressively just a few weeks prior during a press conference,\u201d Boebert said. <\/p>\n<p>Boebert, one of the most vocal pro-gun members of Congress, im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely came under fire when the video first aired last week. Local <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2SvNXYxe7jE\">reported\u00a0on the backlash<\/a> from families of the victims and from political activists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) offered an apology Saturday \u201cfor the appearance\u201d of disrespecting children who died in the Uvalde shooting, after footage of the congresswoman discarding a tribute pin for one of the victims prompted a wave of harsh criticism. \u201cIf anyone thinks that I was disrespecting a child who tragically lost their lives at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":584172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/BoebertLauren_0623.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[134417,117,139252,139529,73014,90482,134827,115,134345,136458],"class_list":["post-584171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blog-briefing-room","tag-business","tag-business-economy","tag-defense-national-security","tag-health-care","tag-house","tag-lauren-boebert","tag-news","tag-state-watch","tag-uvalde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}