Lauren Boebert is clapping back at Dave Chappelle after he accused her of having “weaponized” his transgender jokes for political gain.
Speaking with TMZ on Capitol Hill, the conservative Congresswoman spoke about the trans community.
I don’t think I used his joke, though. I mean, transgenderism is a joke,” Boebert said, using the term favored by opponents of trans rights. “There was no jab, I was just stating facts.”
Following the TMZ reporter saying that Chappelle “didn’t like being used as a prop,” Boebert slammed his remarks in a recent interview with NPR.
“I mean, you’re a comedian, be a little tougher… People say things about me all the time. I go in my comment section. Do you think I sit at home and cry about it, and just wait for NPR to show up and have a counseling session with them?
During an appearance on NPR’s Newsmakers podcast, Chappelle blasts Boebert for “using” his jokes to advance her agenda.
”I did resent that the Republican Party ran on transgender jokes,” Chappelle said/. You know, I felt like they were doing a weaponized version of what I was doing. That’s not what I was doing.”
Chappelle then recalled meeting and taking a photo with Rep. Lauren Boebert in Washington, D.C.
“I was on Capitol Hill, and everybody ran up to take pictures with me from every congressional office/ I just take pictures with whoever asks. I didn’t ask how they vote or what their voting record is,” Chappelle said.
Then here comes [Republican representative] Lauren Boebert, and she said, ‘Can I get a picture?’ And I had already taken 40 pictures. I didn’t want to say no in front of everybody, but I didn’t know the phrase ‘I respectfully decline.’ So I just took the picture.”
“She posted the picture before I could even get from there to the show and says something to the effect of, ‘Just two people that know that it’s just two genders,’” he continued. “Just instantly, like, weaponized or politicized [it]. So I got to the arena, and I lit her ass up for doing that. And she should never do that to a person like me. You do whatever it is you do, but don’t — get me out of the splash zone…”