In response to the Gazette’s viewpoint, Lauren Boebert is a dangerous embarrassment to the people of Colorado. She latched on to Donald Trump’s false narrative of voter fraud, which has been extensively investigated. On the morning of Jan. 6, she tweeted, “Today is 1776,” suggesting she knew of the coming insurrection and was looking forward to it.

Rep. Boebert’s anti-muslim statements should not be tolerated. A video from a speech she gave in September showed her claiming to have gotten on an elevator with a staffer and Rep. Ilhan Omar. She claimed to say to the staffer, “...Well, lookey there, it’s the Jihad Squad. She doesn’t have a backpack, she wasn’t dropping it and running, so we’re good.”

At this same event, she also called Omar and Rashida Tlaib, another Muslim congresswoman, “black-hearted evil women.” In a video from another event, she tells supporters the same recycled story except with more drama. This time, a Capitol police officer is sprinting toward the elevator door as it closes, and she reassures him that because Omar doesn’t have a backpack, she and the staffer are fine. (Omar has stated, not surprisingly, that this event never occurred.)

Boebert’s hateful rhetoric is offensive to all who cherish the freedom of religion we are granted by the Constitution. Islamophobia cannot be condoned.

Don Coram is not the only choice to unseat Boebert in the coming election; conservative voters should also consider Marina Zimmerman. Whoever they choose, I hope the people of the Third Congressional District will have the wisdom to vote this buffoon out of office.

Beatrice Dalloway

Colorado Springs