Thread by @Qbertglock

In the wake of the assassination attempt on the Speaker of the House and the skull fracture of her husband, Americans in Colorado CD3 have some thinking to do.

What does it mean to be an American? A Coloradoan? A Democrat? A Republican? 1/

#laurenboebert
#AdamFrisch

Let’s go back to basics.

America is set of ideas.

1. Free and fair elections to free and replace our representatives.

2. Guarantees for universal rights.

3. An active and informed citizenry.

4. Respect for the rule of law. 2/

#laurenboebert
#adamfrisch

There is a Maren Morris song that is as much about democracy as love.

Life has put America through a pandemic followed by Putin’s war, and global inflation.

But the House don’t fall when the bones are good. 3/
#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

Our foundational ideas are under attack.

1. TFG tried to overthrow the government on 1/6.

2. Ugly racism and anti-semitism stalk the land. The clock was set back 50 years on women’s rights. 4/
#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

Our foundational ideas are under attack.

3. We have become consumers instead of citizens—Some proud of our ignorance and toddler self-centeredness.

4. TFG warns there will be violence if he is indicted. 5/

#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

Free and fair elections are under attack.

Human rights are under attack.

Active and informed citizenship are under attack.

The rule of law is under attack.

Our foundations—our very bones—are under attack. 6/
#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

As Paul Pelosi fought for his life in San Francisco, the hammer blows meant for the Speaker of the House and the third in line for the Presidency not just fractured Mr. Pelosi’s skull, but put another hairline crack in our democracy. 7/
#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

We are the people of Steel City, hardscrabble plains, isolated Valley, the mineral rich, god-touched Western slope, and pockets where we show off our rivers, mountains, and ski hills.

In Colorado CD3, we are Americans trying to live our dream. 8/

#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

Democracy is cracked and on fire, and in CO CD3, we sent a hammer-wielder and arsonist to Congress.

Lauren Boebert brandished me on her hip, spoke bluntly to our skepticism about government, and divided the world into a lazy Us vs.Them. 9/

#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

Boebert demonized The House Speaker and arguably put her life at risk on January 6th by Tweeting her whereabouts. In another stunt, she spent two minutes on camera berating Pelosi and bizarrely ended her vid with the sound of a gunshot. 10/
#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

Lauren Boebert is not a killer—though if you are a dog-owning neighbor of hers, that is an open question.

At best she is an Unserious Mean Girl Clown starring in her Angertainment Reality show.

At worst, she is a stochastic terrorist. 11/

#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

@AdamForColorado for Colorado is a boring and earnest small biz and small town nerd who is a lot more like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington than the Sarah Palin remake we voters in CO CD3 greenlighted in 2020. 12/

#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

So you have your ballot on the kitchen table and you see Boebert and Frisch there. You might be unhappy about gas prices and inflation. You are either a sensible Republican or an independent.

What will you do? 13/

#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

“When the bones are good, the rest don’t matter.”

We will get through inflation and war and rumors of war. We are a can-do people—inventive, resilient, practical, skeptical, and usually kind and generous to a fault.

Protect the bones. 14/
#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

A great republic cannot take more hammer blows to the head.

We can’t survive another insurrection.

We need to be citizens who run the show, not sit at the circus.

We must protect human rights.

We must show that no one is above the law. 15/

#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

Paul Pelosi came within a hammer blow of being a martyr for democracy.

Send a message AND a Congressman to the People’s House.

Serious times call for serious people.

I’m voting for @AdamForColorado

Protect the bones. The rest don’t matter. END/

#LaurenBoebert
#AdamFrisch

@MarenMorris