House of Representatives, Boebert maintains her past is something she can draw on to provide a perspective few in Congress can offer. While she may not have a background typical of people who seek seats in the U.S. вЂњPeople are sick and tired of Washington because of people like Lauren Boebert who think the rules donвЂ™t apply to her.вЂќ Not to mention poisoning 80 people with spoiled pork,вЂќ Cade said. вЂњThereвЂ™s a pattern of Lauren breaking the law to suit her own interests and a willingness to put public safety at risk вЂ“ whether itвЂ™s holding an indoor fundraiser with no masks in Pitkin County for campaign checks or opening her restaurant in the middle of a pandemic. IвЂ™m not a polished politician trying to pretend to be something IвЂ™m not.вЂќД¬aleb Cade, communications director for Mitsch BushвЂ™s campaign, said in an email BoebertвЂ™s past arrests indicate вЂњshe thinks sheвЂ™s above the law.вЂќ But thereвЂ™s nothing in my past that IвЂ™m trying to hide from anyone. вЂњI know me better than they do,вЂќ she said in the interview. The latest hits on Boebert come after revelations that a restaurant related to her Shooters Grill in Rifle served pork sliders that were responsible for sickening 80 people with diarrhea at the 2017 Rifle Rodeo and that Boebert had been arrested or issued a summons for several misdemeanors, including disorderly conduct at a country music concert and a dispute about dogs with a neighbor dating back to 2010. вЂњAnd theyвЂ™re often overlooked, as you know, mediocre or lesser-than, but theyвЂ™re opportunity-creators, and IвЂ™m just so grateful to have had that experience.вЂќД«oebert said her hardscrabble upbringing first in Florida, later in the Denver-metro area and finally in Rifle on the Western Slope is exactly the demographic that would add diversity in Congress. вЂњBusinesses like (McDonaldвЂ™s) are so vital to communities, and to helping people not only get a start, but to provide jobs that people could actually stay connected to for the rest of their lives,вЂќ she said. If need be and under different circumstances, she added, she might have continued with a rewarding career with the fast-food outlet вЂ“ a career that would have supported a family. While in high school, she said she had worked her way up the ranks at McDonaldвЂ™s, eventually serving as a manager, a job that paid well. I loved being there, but I was starting my family and had different priorities.вЂќ

вЂњI didnвЂ™t go through the typical education course,вЂќ she said. And I chose to take care of my child,вЂќ she said.Д«oebert said she received her GED after completing a four-course review. вЂњI was a brand-new mom, and I had to make hard decisions on successfully raising my child, or getting to high school biology class. On her educational background, she said she never claimed to have graduated from Rifle High School. Rural Colorado UnitedвЂ™s website says it is вЂњtaking the fight to congressional candidate Lauren Boebert and her extreme agenda.вЂќД«oebert said, вЂњSo, I donвЂ™t really care what someoneвЂ™s trying to dig up.вЂќ And so there could have been some influence there for her to register something, but my mom and I have spoken nearly every election season, and weвЂ™ve always argued about her votes.вЂќ вЂњI know that oil and gas was a huge influence.

I donвЂ™t know about her party affiliation,вЂќ Boebert said. In a visit Tuesday to Durango, Boebert, the Republican candidate for 3rd Congressional District, spoke to the Southwest Republican Women at the DoubleTree hotel and gave an interview to The Durango Herald after the talk, which was held in the banquet room with only 50 people allowed in to practice social distancing.Д«oebert of Rifle faces Diane Mitsch Bush, a Steamboat Springs Democrat, in the race for the 3rd District, which covers the Western Slope.Д®arlier in the day, a political action committee called Rural Colorado United sent journalists an email with documents from Garfield County indicating BoebertвЂ™s mother was registered Republican when she was growing up and noted she never graduated from Rifle High School. Lauren Boebert defended herself against the latest attacks that her origin story вЂ“ growing up collecting welfare in a Democratic household while learning the Republican values of hard work at McDonaldвЂ™s вЂ“ is misleading.

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