CongresswomanLauren Boebert is nothing if not a controversial public figure.
Boebert became Colorado’s Third Congressional District representative in 2020.
She was also both the first woman and the first mother to represent there.
Boebert got her GED rather than graduating high school.
In January 2021, whispers that the Republican congresswoman had never graduated high school took the internet by storm.
Some folks used the news as a way to criticize Boebert’s political success.
“TIL that Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, QAnon conspiracy theorist, obtained her GED just last year.
The American Dream,” oneX, formerly known as Twitter, usersarcastically quipped.
“I feel like political science degrees should be a requirement,“another userreplied.
While this may have seemed like just gossip to some, it was ultimately confirmed as fact.
Boebert had received her GED just months before getting elected to the House of Representatives.
And I chose to take care of my child,” the congresswoman explained.
According to her, “I was a great student.
I had great grades.
I loved being there, but I was starting my family and had different priorities.
“Boebert went on to have three more sonswithher husband, Jayson Boebert.
In 2023, the couple called it quits after 18 years of marriage.
