Trump endorses Lauren Boebert for re-election months after calling her ‘dumb and weak-minded’

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump endorsed Rep Lauren Boebert (R-CO) for re-election on Friday, closing a months-long rift with the Colorado Republican just days before the midterm elections. The endorsement came after a tele-rally with Boebert, who is seeking another term in Colorado’s 4th District against Democrat Eileen Laubacher, a retired Navy rear admiral.

The two had been close allies, but disagreements over the Epstein files, a Colorado water project, and Boebert’s support for Rep Thomas Massie strained the relationship over the past year. Boebert has said throughout that she remained loyal to the president.

Trump calls Lauren Boebert ‘MAGA Warrior’

Trump on Friday called Boebert an "America First Patriot" and a "MAGA Warrior" who was "doing an incredible job representing Colorado's 4th Congressional District."

He added: "Lauren Boebert has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election. GET OUT AND VOTE FOR LAUREN - SHE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!"

In a Friday afternoon X post, the congresswoman wrote that she "just finished a FANTASTIC Tele Rally with President Trump!" adding, "We're going to win on Tuesday and SAVE AMERICA!"

For months before this, Trump called the Colorado Republican "dumb" and "weak-minded" and threatening to withdraw his support after she campaigned for Representative Thomas Massie, a frequent Republican critic of the president.

The endorsement comes just days before Tuesday's midterm elections and marks a sharp change in tone from May, when Trump publicly turned on Boebert after she campaigned for Massie.

The Massie fight and ‘weak-minded’ remarks

Trump lashed out at Boebert in May after she campaigned with Massie, a frequent Republican critic of the president who was then fighting a Trump-backed primary challenger.

Before Trump's attack, Boebert had defended supporting Massie while maintaining her allegiance to the president. "I support both of these men," she wrote on X, calling Massie her friend and Trump her friend and president. "And if that makes you angry, bless your heart."

"Is anyone interested in running against Weak Minded Lauren Boebert in Colorado's Fourth Congressional District?" Trump wrote at the time.

He went on to criticize Boebert for supporting Massie, writing that "anybody who can be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight!"

"Even though I long ago endorsed Boebert, if the right person came along, it would be my Honor to withdraw that Endorsement, and endorse a good and proper alternative," he wrote.

Boebert, however, maintained her support for Trump. Boebert also said she had anticipated Trump would attack her over her support for Massie.

"The president is always going to come up with something like that," she said. "I was actually curious as to what name he was going to give me, because I was expecting him to say something publicly when he found out I was campaigning for Congressman Thomas Massie."

Five months later, Trump is again firmly behind Boebert as she seeks reelection in Colorado's 4th Congressional District against Laubacher, a retired Navy rear admiral.

Trump made a broader appeal to Colorado voters Friday, urging them to support Republican congressional candidates Jeff Hurd, Boebert, Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans and saying they all had his "Complete and Total Endorsement."

In a separate post devoted to Boebert's race, Trump praised the congresswoman for working to cut taxes and regulations, expand American energy production, secure the border, support the military and veterans and defend gun rights.

Her district is Colorado’s most Republican-leaning. Election Day is Tuesday.