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Boebert: 'You don't have to be a rubber stamp for the president to support him'

Boebert said Republicans can support Trump without agreeing with him on every issue and criticized White House staff's role in negotiations.

Boebert: 'You don't have to be a rubber stamp for the president to support him'
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Lauren Boebert said Republicans can support President Trump while disagreeing with him, after she campaigned for Thomas Massie, who lost his primary. She also criticized White House staff's role in congressional negotiations.

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Lauren Boebert R · CO-4
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Representative who campaigned for Thomas Massie and defended supporting Trump while disagreeing with him

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Tim Burchett
R · TN-2

Representative who described raising disagreements with Trump and reaching compromises

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose endorsements and response to Boebert's support for Massie frame the story

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4

Representative who lost his Kentucky primary after Boebert campaigned for him

Bill Cassidy
R · LA · SEN

Senator who lost his Louisiana primary

Representative who said disagreement with Trump does not mean disloyalty

Julia Letlow
R · LA-5

Representative who defeated Cassidy in the Louisiana primary

Democratic House candidate expected to face Boebert in Colorado's general election

Ken Paxton
R · TX

Texas attorney general and Senate candidate endorsed by Trump

Republican House candidate who defeated Massie in the Kentucky primary

Louisiana treasurer and Senate candidate named as a candidate who defeated Cassidy

John Cornyn
R · TX · SEN

Senator facing Paxton in the upcoming Texas Republican Senate primary

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Trump Threatens to Back a Primary Challenger to Lauren Boebert

Outlets agree that Boebert backed Thomas Massie and that Trump threatened to withdraw his endorsement and support a primary challenger against her. Left-leaning outlets frame Trump's threat as retaliation for Boebert's support of Massie and stress her rebuttal and the settled Colorado primary. Center outlets mostly recount the endorsement dispute and Boebert's responses, with later coverage noting her statement after Massie's primary loss. Right-leaning outlets treat the clash as an internal Republican test of Trump's influence and loyalty, while also covering Boebert's response.

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