Republicans - Phonies, Tax Cheats and Grifters

Gun packing, Trump loving and newly elected Member of Congress Lauren Boebert appears to be just as much of a phony business person as Trump himself.  She apparently doesn't believe in paying her fair share of taxes.

Between August 2016 and February 2020, Shooters Grill, the gun-themed Rifle restaurant owned by Boebert, accumulated eight liens for nonpayment of unemployment insurance premiums, according to records from the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s office.

The liens, filed by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, indicate that Shooters Grill was delinquent on UI premiums dating back to its opening in 2013. By early 2020, Boebert’s restaurant owed the state a total of $19,552.86, including interest and penalties.

In a surprising twist Boebert payed off all of those liens just two weeks before the November election.  Subsequent financial disclosures from her campaign showed that she paid herself over twenty two thousand dollars as reimbursement for mileage travelled during her campaign.  Interesting...

Boebert appears to be as much of a failure at running a business as Trump himself.  

On a congressional financial disclosure statement that Boebert filed as a candidate in January 2020, she reported that Shooters Grill had posted a net operating loss of $242,347 in 2018. Boebert also disclosed liabilities that included a “business loan” valued at between $15,000 and $50,000.

And, of course, like Trump she doesn't believe in following the rules to keep the public safe during a global pandemic.

In May, public health officials in Garfield County revoked Shooters Grill’s license after Boebert repeatedly opened the restaurant for in-person dining in defiance of state and local coronavirus restrictions. The license was reinstated two weeks later, and Shooters Grill was allowed to reopen under the condition that it followed certain restrictions, including operating at 50% capacity.

Republicans have decided to unleash phonies like Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene on the United States.  As a political party Republicans gave up on truth and honest government back in the Reagan days and gave up on integrity and public service in the 1990s.  Now, it appears that they have given up on the very concept of reality.