Lauren Boebert & far-right Republicans slam spending bill for failing to decimate LGBTQ+ rights

U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R)
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President Joe Biden averted a government shutdown on Saturday when he signed a new $1.2 trillion federal spending bill – one that had in part been held up over a slew of anti-LGBTQ+ provisions that extreme conservatives were determined to include.

In the end, only one of the more than 40 anti-LGBTQ+ riders made it into the bill – a provision preventing Pride flags from being flown over U.S. embassies in foreign countries, something Biden staunchly condemned and that embassies can creatively work around anyway.

In a February letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), the far-right House Freedom Caucus said members would vote against the spending bill and shut down the government unless these riders were included.

In response to the bill’s passage, the caucus – which referred to the bill as the “swamp omnibus” – tweeted a list of…

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