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Lauren Boebert says she hopes Trump's veto isn't retaliation for "calling out corruption and demanding accountability"

Boebert said she hoped Trump’s veto was not retaliation for her calls for accountability.

Lauren Boebert says she hopes Trump's veto isn't retaliation for "calling out corruption and demanding accountability"
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This article1 analysis · Oct 12, 2026
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Lauren Boebert said she hopes President Donald Trump’s veto of a bipartisan drinking-water project bill was not retaliation for her push to release the Epstein files. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper also criticized the veto or urged Congress to overturn it.

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Representative whose comments linked Trump’s veto to her advocacy for releasing the Epstein files

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who vetoed the drinking-water project bill

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Michael F. Bennet
D · CO · SEN

Senator who supported Boebert and called the veto a “revenge tour”

John W. Hickenlooper
D · CO · SEN

Senator who urged Congress to overturn the veto

Marjorie Taylor Greene
Former U.S. Representative (R-GA)

Representative mentioned for her earlier support of releasing the Epstein documents

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Lauren Boebert Responds to Trump's Veto of Colorado Water Project Bill

Outlets agree President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan Colorado water-project bill. Boebert criticized the decision and suggested it could be retaliation for her support of releasing Epstein files. Left-leaning outlets focus on Boebert's suggestion that the veto may have been retaliation for her Epstein-files vote. Center outlets also foreground that claim, while some stress an override effort, the project's water benefits or its cost. Right-leaning outlets pair her retaliation question with the White House's cost rationale.

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