The Post found no shortage of opinions about the second-term congresswoman during a recent swing through Colorado’s sprawling 3rd Congressional District, which swoops from the northwest corner of the state down through many of its southern counties. “I didn’t come here to go along to get along, and just do things the way they’ve always been done - because they aren’t working,” she said. But she said she doesn’t plan any drastic changes in her approach to the job.

The headlines and attention that initially won her fans have taken a toll.īoebert, in moments of reflection during a recent interview with The Denver Post, acknowledged the challenges she faces in her re-election bid, especially after the theater incident. More than three years have passed since Boebert, a handgun-toting former restaurant owner from the Rifle area, rocketed to prominence by ousting a seasoned Republican congressman in a party primary, on her way to winning the seat. Whether it’s incendiary comments Boebert has made to colleagues in Congress, her shouting at the president during a State of the Union address or her recent ejection from a musical in Denver for inappropriate behavior, plenty of residents in her district - including some who liked her in the past - have had enough. He speculated about her high-profile congressional perch: “I think it’s gotten to her head.” “She’s vitriolic, she’s sensationalistic, she draws attention to herself,” said Moore, a Pueblo native and loyal Republican who’d just left that county’s courthouse on a warm September afternoon after picking up collector plates for his 1986 Mercedes-Benz 420SEL. Meet Thomas Moore Jr., who voted for Boebert in 2020 and last year. “Even Republicans are getting tired of the shenanigans.” “She’s in it to make these outrageous comments,” suggested Fetchenhier, a Democrat who owns Fetch’s Mining & Mercantile on Greene Street in Silverton and also serves on the San Juan County commission. (Photo by Nina Riggio/Special to The Denver Post) Scott Fetchenhier, San Juan county commissioner, stands in the Silverton Mining Museum, a building he had a hand in creating, in Silverton on Wednesday, Nov. SILVERTON - In a town of fewer than 700 people perched at 9,300 feet in Colorado’s San Juan mountains, Scott Fetchenhier isn’t shy about expressing his repugnance for U.S.

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