Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert and California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell have little admiration for one another. The two have exchanged a number of angry tweets in the wake of the Highland Park mass shooting in Chicago on Independence Day.
Boebert is famously against introducing more restrictive gun laws, while Swalwell is in favor.
We’re not sure how far back this beef between them goes, but yesterday Swalwell posted a photo of Boebert holding a gun alongside a photo of the man arrested for killing seven in Chicago on July 4th. Swalwell, captioned the tweet, “Let’s start drawing straight lines.”
Let’s start drawing straight lines. pic.twitter.com/md1xKqoo6O
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 5, 2022
That tweet has had over 56k likes.
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It sent Boebert on the warpath. First she tweeted, “Trying to link responsible gun ownership with murder makes less sense than @ericswalwell’s Presidential Campaign.”
Trying to link responsible gun ownership with murder makes less sense than @ericswalwell’s Presidential Campaign.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) July 5, 2022
She followed this with tweets about a former associate of Swalwell’s.
In late 2020, it was revealed that Swalwell’s election campaign had used a woman later believed to be a Chinese spy named Fang Fang (also known as Christine Fang).
Fang was alleged to have infiltrated her way into positions of influence with several politicians, including helping to raise funds for Swalwell’s 2014 House re-election campaign. Swalwell cut ties with Fang, who left the US in 2015, after being alerted by the FBI. There is no allegation that he knew anything of her activities or that any laws were broken through his fundraising.
Tucker Carlson on Fox News has previously alleged Swalwell and Fang Fang had a sexual relationship. Swalwell’s has always declined to comment on that particular allegation.
Boebert went on to post tweets about Swalwell and Fang, drawing lines between the Democratic lawmaker, the spy and China President Xi Jinping.
Yes, let’s.
How’s Fang Fang these days? https://t.co/J2na3YZyTY pic.twitter.com/HZGa2gquzb
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) July 5, 2022
Democrats love to talk about dangerous rhetoric.
Swalwell is a Russia Hoax conspirator and failed presidential candidate that slept with a Chinese spy.
Now he’s comparing me to a deranged murderer.
When will Democrats condemn HIS dangerous rhetoric? https://t.co/lyZGAH0DaD
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) July 5, 2022
Swalwell then posted a photo of Boebert when younger, wielding a particularly large gun in a pair of skimpy denim shorts. The accompanying caption said, “Posted without comment …”
Posted without comment … pic.twitter.com/QGNubJ1KLv
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) July 5, 2022
An unimpressed Boebert responded, “@EricSwalwell, give it up creep. Did Fang Fang block you on WeChat? You can’t date me.”
.@EricSwalwell, give it up creep.
Did Fang Fang block you on WeChat?
You can’t date me. https://t.co/ajBTJS3ZNm
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) July 5, 2022
On Facebook, Boebert fumed, “Eric is a sad little man, and he represents a sad little party.”
Besides Boebert, Swalwell also had Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in mind when drawing lines between inflammatory rhetoric and mass shootings. He posted a photo of Greene, also brandishing a gun.
Greene responded angrily, tweeting, “You had a sexual relationship with a Chinese spy, you aren’t capable of drawing straight lines dumbass.🤣 Try something new, think with your real head. Read Illinois gun laws and let me know how their assault weapons ban and red flag laws stopped the shooter.”
You had a sexual relationship with a Chinese spy, you aren’t capable of drawing straight lines dumbass.🤣
Try something new, think with your real head.
Read Illinois gun laws and let me know how their assault weapons ban and red flag laws stopped the shooter. https://t.co/3Pg8c9dmvd
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 5, 2022
Green and Boebert, despite being leading figures among the ultra-conservative, America First section of the GOP, are rumored to not be that close. There were reports of a heated argument between the two at a meeting earlier this year, which led to them having to be physically separated from one another.
It seems like there’s one thing they’re now united upon: Their dislike of Eric Swalwell.
Covid Hermit
More stupid Republican bull.
It is a fact that, in many instances, the guns used to commit crimes in Chicago are brought in from other states (Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, etc) with looser gun laws. This has been widely reported elsewhere. Get your facts straight, doofus.
KellyRobinsonJr
Mario, please learn the difference between cooperating with an investigation and being investigated…
Mister P
Guns are out of control. We need to get them under control.
Denial about this will not solve the problem.
ZzBomb
Oh the irony of how Boebert goes after Swallwell for alleged “sexual” interactions with a former election campaign worker when we have the receipts of her being an actual prostitute who was paid to bang Ted Cruz. Ever wonder how she got into Congress? Follow the $$$$
Mario
Gay activist and Democratic congressman, Sean Patrick Maloney, speaking of the dementia patient in the White House, Joe Biden: “Rudderless, aimless and hopeless.”
That says it all.
LMG
Do you live on this site? They miss you under the bridge. Do you have a shrine somewhere for worshipping DeSantass who always seems to look like a giggling child – which he is by the way he acts, threatens, and signs so much nonsense into law. DeSantass’s ratings with Repooplicans have nothing to do with Biden; and it’s a long way to November 2024. Get a life you miserable Troll.
Jon in Canada
I eagerly await reading your obituary, may it be published sooner rather than later.
mailliw110
So you’re a Swallwell supporter? I’m gonna take a guess here because you didn’t say anything about the story you are commenting on. And the fact that everyone who posts here is gay.
Mario
CIVIQS poll (July 5, 2022):
Biden’s approval/disapproval ratings:
Approval: 27%; Disapproval: 64%
DeSantis 2024!
Chrisk
Bidens approval ratings have never been that high. I still closed my nose and voted for him though. Anyone with a lick of sense knows the Repugs offer nothing as an alternative. Dumbass.
jcool
you keep quoting that same one poll but changing the numbers. did you learn math from nikki haley?
Bosch
According to collated poll data from Fox News, Gallup, Pew Research, Ipsos, and 10+ others, last updated June 27, 2022:
-President Biden’s overall approval average at this point in his term is 46.7%, 5.8 percentage points higher than President Trump’s average of 40.9% at this point in his term.
-Congress’ overall approval average under President Biden is 22.7%, 6.2 percentage points higher than its average of 16.5% at this point in President Trump’s term.
-President Biden’s termwide approval rating average is 46.7%, with weekly averages ranging from 39.4% to 54.4%. At this point in President Trump’s term, his termwide approval rating average was 40.9%, with weekly averages ranging from 37.3% to 45.9%
-Congress’ overall approval average during President Biden’s term is 22.7%, with weekly averages ranging from 15.2% to 34.6%. At this point in President Trump’s term, Congress’ overall approval average was 16.5%, with weekly averages ranging from 12.3% to 24.4%.
Huh! It looks like Biden’s approval rating is much higher, once you expand the number of poll participants.
Kangol2
Thanks, Bosch. But you won’t get through to GQP shill Maria/Marcy/JamesHart etc. Quoting tendentious polls and lies are all she’s got.
dbmcvey
Once De Santis announces people will hear just how extreme he is. Also, Trump will destroy him.
Kevan1
Both are dried up c_nts.
dbmcvey
How dare he post photos directly from your own social media!
Ken A.
With people like these aging menopausal white chicks, I think we need more guns to defend ourselves against their stupidity and insanity.
craigbrew2
First, Highland Park I’d NOT a neighborhood of Chicago. It’s a town 20 miles to the north. Also, Republicans are responsible for this mass shooting. We need LESS guns, not more. Nothing is going to change sadly.
GrizzleyMichael
Someone reported this bitch to children services for endangering her children and having them holding gun. Worst mother of the century
MISTERJETT
she’s ready for the next parade.
scotty
nice one.
JromeGervais09
WTF, God, where did these such intellectually challenged women come from? Can they wipe their asses without graphic instructions?
johncp56
Bobert and MTG ok i may be kicked out but those two are the defantion of C-u-n-Tss moronic gun C!@#$Ts!!! spewing hate nonstop
JromeGervais09
Why is the Btch complaining? These pics of her with weapons have been all over the web for months. She is cray cray. Ignore the Btch. This is what she wants. Remember that media masters know that no news is bad news. Better to have a bad story about yourself than no story at all. They like being in the press as much as possible with lies and any bullshit to keep their followers all riled up.