Barking mad: Lauren Boebert slams 'trolls' for spreading story she shot useless her neighbor's canine

Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) denied claims that she shot and killed a neighbor’s canine after the canine attacked the congresswoman’s goats on her property.

Boebert, a staunch supporter of gun rights, got here beneath scrutiny after a lady named Yaritza Mendoza claimed in a Fb submit that the Colorado Republican had shot and killed her husky “with the ‘energy’ of your gun,” in keeping with the Impartial. Boebert responded to these claims in a tweet on Monday, noting she has “by no means” shot a canine earlier than.

“For the uninformed trolls: The story that was began saying I killed a neighbor’s canine just isn't true. I’ve by no means shot or killed any canine, ever,” Boebert stated in a tweet on Monday.

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Mendoza accused Boebert of capturing the canine after the pet entered the congresswoman’s property in August and “damage the goats,” she wrote in her Fb submit.

“I might have hoped you had the decency to tell us you had killed her. As a substitute you waited till I knocked in your door after hours of listening to me yell her title,” she wrote. “I didn't discover out from you that you just killed her. I discovered from the authorities who additionally handed me a quotation for a ‘Canine at giant’ together with the devastating information. I used to be given a quotation attributable to the truth that you had been contemplating her to be ‘violent.’”

Boebert denied the claims, arguing another person had already “advised the police that he shot two canine.” Police with the Garfield County Sheriff’s Workplace denied the declare that Boebert shot the canine, in keeping with the outlet.

Boebert is operating for reelection in Colorado’s third Congressional District and can face Democrat Adam Frisch. The race is anticipated to lean Republican.