Boebert Goes to GW And Tries to Rip Down a Pro-Palestinian Flag: ‘That Sh*t Needs to Come Down’

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), never one to shy away from a camera, ventured on Wednesday to the pro-Palestinian encampment on George Washington University’s campus, where she was quickly filmed trying to tear down a Palestinian flag.

Boebert was joined by some of her GOP colleagues including Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY).

Boebert walked through the encampment and when she came across a statue of George Washington covered in pro-Palestinian flags and other symbols, she attempted to take down the largest flag. A protester tried to stop Boebert and told her this was “private property.”

Boebert can be heard responding to the protestor, who put herself between the Republican and the statue, saying, “This is America, and that shit needs to come down.”

The Hill reported that Boebert later addressed the protestors and threatened university faculty present with Congress cutting their funding.

“If the faculty here, who many are involved in this right now — I had people proudly saying that they are faculty — and not wanting to remove a Palestinian sign from the George Washington statue. If they don’t want to do something to address this? Well, then kiss your federal funding goodbye,” Boebert said.

Luna also spoke to the crowd and said, “We know for a fact that there are professional organized protesters that are not students, who are currently inciting what you are seeing happen at this community right now.”

“There’s also a big difference between the First Amendment and peaceful protest and intentionally preventing people from being able to get an education, intentionally trespassing on property going around with signs, which we see, that say, ‘final solution,’ which you all know is racism. It’s not OK, and it should never be tolerated,” Luna added, according to the Hill.

Watch the clip above.