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The Guardian reports:
The Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert was condemned for comparing the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the clearing of a truckers’ protest in Ottawa, saying: “We also have neighbors to the north who need freedom and who need to be liberated.”
She was discussing the Ukraine invasion at CPAC, the conservative event in Florida, in an interview with Fox Nation hosts Pete Hegseth and Kayleigh McEnany, the latter a former White House press secretary under Donald Trump.
Anthony Housefather, a Liberal member of the Canadian parliament, told Boebert that “while it’s good that you are not following the Trump line and are standing with Ukraine instead of Putin, it is sad to hear you compare free and democratic Canada to the invasion of Ukraine.”
The Insider reports:
It is unclear what Boebert meant by “liberated” in this context, and representatives for the congresswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
However, the controversial lawmaker has been a strong advocate of gun ownership. Last February, she attended a virtual House committee meeting while seated in front of a bookshelf stacked with guns.
Boebert last month also openly backed the Freedom Convoy, a movement sparked by thousands of truckers in Canada who to the country’s capital to protest vaccine mandates.
The first tweet below is from the former US ambassador to Canada.
Reckless, dangerous and crosses every line of diplomacy and decency. Boebert would have been expelled from the @GOP before Trump but now the darling of CPAC. Canada is our best friend-best trading partner- closest ally and should be treated as such. https://t.co/W4VJhE1ENO
— Bruce A. Heyman (@BruceAHeyman) February 27, 2022
Lauren Boebert said Canada “also” needs to be liberated along with Ukraine.
Is she evil or just stupid?
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) February 27, 2022
“Liberate Canada” says one of the absolute dumbest members of congress Lauren Boebert.
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 28, 2022
Republicans ready to go to war with Canada @laurenboebert: Canada ‘also’ needs to be ‘liberated’ along with Ukraine https://t.co/lmlfAkbwhj
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 28, 2022
Dear Lauren Boebert,
Canada is doing just fine and we don’t need to be ‘liberated.’ Can you even point to Canada on a map, because I understand you’re not very bright.
So in closing, stay out of our politics you blithering idiot.
Sincerely,
37.9 million Canadians ?? pic.twitter.com/r5fYtTQ2Jh— cαηα∂α нαтεs тя☭мρ (@Trump_Detester) February 28, 2022
As Ukrainians fight for their lives during the Russian invasion, the extremist lawmaker used their plight to nonsensically push her ideology. https://t.co/nGQCNtMoF9
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) February 27, 2022