This is why Rep. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo. It has now been made public that (a) threw away a pin honoring a young victim of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting moments after receiving it.
The pin was an exact replica of the green Converse shoes that Maite Rodriguez, 10, was wearing when she was fatally shot. The family of Maite was able to find her body after she passed away thanks to those shoes.
In a video shared by the PatriotTakes account on Twitter, Boebert expressed regret for “the appearance” of “disrespecting a child” by tossing the pin into the trash, but she attributed her behavior to using AirPods and said the man who gave her the pin had previously approached her “aggressively.”.
Boebert said, “I recognized him as a man who came at me quite forcefully just a few weeks prior during a press appearance. He handed me what turned out to be a memorial pin. Despite my attempts to explain that I was on the move and wearing AirPods, the man persisted. He was so combative that after being apprehended by another member, Capitol Police officers detained him.
Boebert claims that she wanted to “make it very clear that I did not want to receive anything that this man had to give, nor did I know what he was handing me. ”.
She went on to say that she had been “very vocal” about the shooting in Uvalde and that she had thrown the pin away without any ill will.
Lauren Boebert apologized for “the appearance” of “disrespecting a child” killed in the Uvalde school shooting after a video of her throwing away her memorial pin went viral.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) July 24, 2023
Boebert partially blamed throwing the pin away on wearing AirPods and claimed the man was “aggressive.” pic.twitter.com/otyk9XPaxa
The activist Jake Burdett, who was expelled from a press conference by Rep. Boebert, is confused with him. Clay Higgins, a Republican from Louisiana. According to Elijah Pelton, the activist who gave Boebert the pin, Boebert received the pin in May for voicing concerns about his divorce.
The pin is shown below along with video of Boebert throwing it away during their encounter last week. The pin was attached to a card that summarized Maite’s story.
Update: We just talked to Lauren Boebert about what the pin represents. She immediately threw away the pin and shook her head “no” when I said we hope you can take action on gun violence prevention. https://t.co/51amIYJiUx pic.twitter.com/Yh4lboUr8t
— sarah fishkind (@sarahefishkind) July 18, 2023
