A Republican has posted a Christmas photo in which her four children are flaunting guns.
Just a few days after a similar picture from Republican congressman Thomas Massie had faced extensive criticism, Representative Lauren Boebert also posted the picture of her children showing off what seem to be assault rifles.
Both of these pictures have been posted as a consequence of the shooting incident that took place in the Oxford High School of Michigan which led to the death of the four students and wounded a minimum of eight others.
The picture was shared by the Republican Boebert with the caption, “The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie! (No spare ammo for you, though).”
The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie!
(No spare ammo for you, though) pic.twitter.com/EnDYuXaHDF
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) December 8, 2021
The quip about ammunition is about Massie’s gun-carrying tweet which urged Santa to get ammunition.
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Massie’s snap was retweeted by Boebert together with the caption, “That’s my kind of Christmas card!”
That’s my kind of Christmas card! https://t.co/tqjObtY1to
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) December 4, 2021
Critics Slammed the Picture Widely
Following the snap was posted, major criticism was received by Boebert as well, with Piers Morgan who described it as “sickening”:
My God…. it’s been just a week since America suffered yet another horrific school shooting and a second politician posts a photo of her young family parading semi-automatic weapons in front of a Christmas tree.
This is sickening. 🤬 https://t.co/NxNYLEyafI— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 8, 2021
The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie!
(No spare ammo for you, though) pic.twitter.com/EnDYuXaHDF
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) December 8, 2021
She has four kids holding guns in this pic. That’s exactly the same number of kids gunned down and murdered by another kid with a gun just days ago. This party is a death cult, part 335. https://t.co/EZ9APhaGvD
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 8, 2021
Extra points for your smallest child being around the same age as the kids lost at Sandy Hook and holding the same weapon. It takes a special kind of stupid to be that cruel.. @laurenboebert
— NoelCaslerComedy (@caslernoel) December 8, 2021
Why not focus on legislating or governing? You’re a member of Congress, right? This is acting more like a social media influencer.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) December 8, 2021
This is disgusting on so many levels.
— Ruthanne Sanchez (@LouisShortXIV) December 8, 2021
I srsly don’t understand this mentality. Weown guns & we’ve taught our kids how to handle them responsibly. And I feel like part of that is teaching them not to fetishize guns.
— Red state blues (@LDonivan) December 8, 2021
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 reboot that country. https://t.co/6qkm4M0Wl6
— Ryan (@itsRyanUnicomb) December 8, 2021
This is not normal. Nor should it ever be treated as such. https://t.co/q3Lp3IFpOb
— Steven DeKnight (@stevendeknight) December 8, 2021
Apart from these, others had a bit light-hearted opinions:
Ok so I don’t want to take the bait on the fact that there is no circumstance where children should be carrying guns but I have to weigh in on the MAJOR gaffe in this photo…
She purchased her child a Raiders sweatshirt? In Colorado? https://t.co/h5or9FiTCP
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) December 8, 2021
It was stated by MeidasTouch that they would not share the “deranged” image of Boebert’s children “holding weapons of war”.
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Rather, they shared a photo of the four victims in the Oxford High School shooting on 30th November. These four had lost their lives amidst the shooting, their names are Tate Myre, Hana St Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, and Justin Shilling, 17.
We will not be posting the deranged photo of Lauren Boebert and her young children holding weapons of war.
Instead, let’s honor the teens who were murdered due to this fetishization of guns:
Hana St. Juliana, 14.
Tate Myre, 16.
Justin Shilling, 17.
Madisyn Baldwin, 17. pic.twitter.com/IdQnHXobNA— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) December 8, 2021
We hope that this was the last picture we have seen this year in which Republicans are flaunting their guns.
