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These are ready for use : Rep. Lauren Boebert defends her gun display Zoom background
Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., was criticized by her Democratic colleagues and Twitter users online for displaying as her Zoom background what one congressman called a gun shrine.
During a Natural Resources Committee organizing meeting, Boebert sat in front of a bookshelf with several high-capacity weaponsdisplayed, some strewn on top of books.
Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., slammed Boebert s display, saying “If somebody wants to have a shrine to their gun fetish as a Zoom backdrop in their private life, they can do that. But this is our hearing room and at some point we will get past the COVID epidemic and we’ll all start showing up in person and our safety and our ability to conduct business civilly, without feeling threatened, is a relevant consideration, unfortunately.” ....

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