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Thursday, Sep. 30, 2021

Did Rep. Lauren Boebert live-tweet Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s whereabouts during the Jan. 6 insurrection?

Christiana Dillard, Lead Stories
no

Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican who represents Colorado, is being criticized on social media for revealing where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was hidden during the January 6 insurrection.

Boebert tweeted when Pelosi was removed from the House chamber, ignoring instructions, but she did not tweet where Pelosi was specifically located or headed in a building with 540 rooms and 850 doorways.

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