Rep. Lauren Boebert is making it crystal clear to President Donald Trump: if he wants revenge for her backing Rep. Thomas Massie, he should’ve started months ago.
The Colorado firebrand brushed off Trump’s public threat to support a primary challenger against her, flatly declaring the idea politically impossible because the filing deadline has already come and gone.
During a tense exchange on NewsNation with host Chris Cuomo, Boebert sounded more amused than worried when asked whether she could survive if Trump turned against her.
“Well, first of all, my election and my primary is settled. It is certified,” Boebert said. “There is no time for a write-in candidate, and so when the president called for a primary opponent against me, that can’t happen.”
Boebert pointed out that she is now locked into a straight-shot general election matchup against the Democrat in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, with no Republican challenger waiting in the wings.
Trump’s weekend tirade came after Boebert committed the ultimate MAGA sin of the week: siding with Massie, the Kentucky libertarian-minded conservative who has repeatedly clashed with Trump and the GOP establishment.
Massie had endorsed efforts to force the release of long-sealed files tied to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein — a move that has triggered a nasty fracture inside Republican circles and reportedly infuriated Trump allies.
Boebert then endorsed Massie in his own primary race, where Trump had already thrown his support behind challenger Ed Gallrein.
That lit the fuse.
“Boebert is campaigning for the Worst ‘Republican’ Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie,” Trump blasted on social media over the weekend. The president added that “anybody who can be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight!”
Trump also hinted he’d happily yank his own endorsement if “the right person came along,” promising to back a “good and proper alternative.”
There was just one problem with the threat: Colorado election law. Candidates seeking to run in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 4th District had until March 18 to file paperwork. The June 30 primary ballot has already been finalized, and overseas ballots are reportedly already in circulation.
Boebert became one of several Republicans caught in Trump’s crosshairs after supporting a discharge petition aimed at forcing the public release of Epstein-related records. Massie was among the loudest voices behind the push.
The intraparty bloodletting has already claimed casualties. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — another conservative bomb-thrower who signed onto the effort — stepped down from Congress earlier this year after months of public sparring with Trump. Now Boebert, never exactly known for backing down from a fight, is signaling she has no plans to grovel for forgiveness either.
