Former U.S. Representative, past Colorado gubernatorial hopeful and onetime Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo has a well-deserved reputation for saying exactly what he thinks without regard to whether anyone else likes it or not.

Tancredo endorses gun-toting restaurant owner Lauren Boebert in challenge to Scott Tipton.

Calling her a "principled, no-nonsense patriot," former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo on Monday endorsed fellow Republican Lauren Boebert, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton in a primary.

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Republican gun advocate Lauren Boebert has announced her candidacy against Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., hoping to bring conservative values back to Congress.

Lauren Boebert, who burst on to the national stage earlier this year when she confronted Democratic presidential candidate Robert Francis O’Rourke in Colorado over his extremist anti-gun proposals, announced today that she is running for U.S. Congress as Republican in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

Lauren Boebert, owner of Shooters Bar and Grill, is challenging Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) for the GOP nomination next year but her ultimate fight is against someone else.

Lauren Boebert, owner of Shooters Bar and Grill, is challenging Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) for the GOP nomination next year but her ultimate fight is against someone else.

Rifle, Colorado - Lauren Boebert, a conservative Republican, successful small business owner, mother of four boys, and 2nd Amendment advocate, announced the launch of her campaign to represent the citizens of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.