AOC slams Lauren Boebert's 'anti-LGBT hate' after Colorado Springs shooting

The outspoken progressive Democrat accused her Republican colleague of spreading homophobic rhetoric and blocking gun control laws.

"The news out of Colorado Springs is absolutely awful," Boebert tweeted."This morning the victims & their families are in my prayers. This lawless violence needs to end and end quickly."

"[Lauren Boebert] you have played a major role in elevating anti-LGBT+ hate rhetoric and anti-trans lies while spending your time inblocking even the most common sense gun safety laws," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a tweet."You don't get to 'thoughts and prayers' your way out of this. Look inward and change."

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