Thread by @saradannerdukic

My favorite part is how dumb it is. Usually such reimbursements require a detailed log—which if obviously fabricated also provide a tidy, written record of intent of fraud. news.yahoo.com/amphtml/rep-la…

I’m guessing she was too lazy and unimaginative to conjure enough details for mileage of 1.5 times the circumference of the Earth, and has something like 1 entry of thousands of miles.

Someone tweeted at me that I don't understand how mileage works. I understand how mileage works.

"Boebert split the reimbursements into two payments, with the second one totaling $21,000 on November 11."

(cont'd)

"If she used only the first payment of $1,060 for gas before April, that would mean she put up at least 36,870 miles of campaign travel between the beginning of April and early November."

I guess it's possible she drove the entire length of her district several times a week, every week, for 7 months straight during a pandemic. If she did, it can be cleared up easily with supporting evidence from her campaign and calendar.

CPR has done a very detailed analysis: cpr.org/2021/02/07/wha…