Twitter users mocked first-term Rep.
Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Friday
over a tweet in which she argued that defending the U.S. Constitution “doesn’t mean trying to rewrite the parts you don’t like.”
Users on Twitter were quick to point out to the gun rights advocate the many changes that have been ratified to the Constitution since it became the country’s official legal framework in 1788.
According to the Philadelphia nonprofit the
National Constitution Center, the constitution as first drafted in 1787 did not include the first 10 Amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights.
In the more than 200 years since these first set of rights were adopted through an agreement with several states, more than a dozen constitutional amendments have been added that many Americans point to as pivotal moments in U.S. history, including the abolition of slavery, guaranteeing women the right to vote and establishing the legal voting age at 18 years old.
Can this woman be any dumber? The best part? Boebert has
cosponsored a constitutional amendment proposed last month seeking to add term limits for members of Congress and yet... hasn't a clue about amendments!