On Saturday, as she spoke to a group of so-called “Christians” in Colorado Springs, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) proudly announced that she prays for President Joe Biden each and every day. She then added that she prays he’ll drop dead.
Newsweek reports that video of Boebert’s remarks has quickly gone viral:
Speaking on Saturday at the Charis Christian Center Family Camp Meeting in Colorado, where she was a guest speaker, the Republican politician referred to bible verse Psalms 109:8 as she spoke about the 79-year-old Biden, much to the delight of the crowd. The video has so far been viewed over 480,000 times on Twitter.
Here’s what Boebert said:
“I do want you to know that I pray for our President. Psalm 109:8 says, ‘May his days be few and another take his office.'”
The roomful of fake Christians began cheering in response to what Boebert said, so she added:
“Hallelujah! Glory to God.”
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that this isn’t the first time a Republican has used Psalm 109:8 as a death wish on a president.
In 2016, then-Sen. David Perdue also called for President Barack Obama’s time in office to be brief, according to Business Insider:
“In his role as president, I think we should pray for Barack Obama. But I think we need to be very specific about how we pray. We should pray like Psalms 109:8 says. It says, ‘Let his days be few, and let another have his office,'” Perdue said at the time.
In a perfect example of karma, Perdue lost his senate seat in the 2020 election.
Reaction to Boebert’s hateful remarks on social media was swift:
If Lauren Boebert is a Christian (she most definitely isn’t) then personally I think I’d rather wind up in hell.
