The next MTG? Another GOP queen knifes Trump as vicious retaliatory attacks tear MAGA to shreds
The 39-year-old grandmother suggested Trump's veto was the result of 'political retribution.'
By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER
Published: 20:18 GMT, 31 December 2025 | Updated: 20:55 GMT, 31 December 2025
One of Trump's most loyal female lawmakers is turning on him as jealousy and paranoia flood the MAGA world.
Republican Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert issued a rare statement condemning Trump's veto of a unanimously approved bill that brings more water to rural communities in her home state.
The 39-year-old grandmother suggested Trump's move was the result of 'political retribution' after Colorado's governor refused to release a female MAGA supporter sent to jail for 2020 election fraud.
Boebert said on Tuesday: 'President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Why?'
'I must have missed the rally where he stood in Colorado and promised to personally derail critical water infrastructure projects. My bad, I thought the campaign was about lowering costs and cutting red tape.'
The Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, which was approved in the House and Senate unanimously, would have finished construction on a pipeline project seeking to bring clean drinking water to dozens of communities in rural Colorado.
Democratic Colorado Senator Michael Bennett claimed Trump's veto 'is payback because Colorado won't bend to his corruption.'
Trump on Wednesday praised former Clerk and Recorder of Mesa County Tina Peters, who was convicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 election and sentenced to nine years.
Lauren Boebert attacked Donald Trump for vetoing a bill that would have provided rural communities in Colorado with clean drinking water
Boebert suggested Trump's veto could be the result of 'political retaliation'
Boebert is one of Trump's most vocal supporters in Congress
Previously, Trump had threatened retribution against the state if the governor did not release her from prison.
Although the President tried to pardon Peters on December 11, she remains in prison because she was convicted on state charges.
In his Wednesday statement, Trump called for Peters to be freed as critics speculated that her case may be behind his reasoning for vetoing the bill.
Last month Boebert was pressured by the White House to drop her crusade to push forward the Epstein Files Transparency Act.