Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) latest attempt at dunking on Democrats and President Joe Biden was met with an instant fact check on Tuesday.
The QAnon conspiracy theory-endorsing lawmaker sought to expose “DEMOCRAT HYPOCRISY” with a photograph of Biden and first lady Jill Biden visiting former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter.
“Hey look, here is a picture released today of the Biden’s with the Carter’s ― tell us again why schoolchildren are still forced to wear masks?” she wrote.
Boebert received an instant reminder of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, which currently state that “you can gather indoors with fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart.”
All Americans over 16 are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 shots. The Food and Drug Administration is set to authorize the Pfizer vaccine to be used in children ages 12 to 15 next week. Pfizer said Tuesday it will apply in September for emergency use authorization to give it to children ages 2 to 11.
“It’s pretty simple. All four people in (the) picture are vaccinated. Children under 16 are not,” one person responded to Boebert.
Said another: “They have all been vaccinated, and no doubt tested again before their meeting. Science is an interesting concept, you should try it sometime.”
Others were offended by Boebert’s misplaced apostrophes:
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