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By James Bickerton
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Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert told fellow Republicans at a dinner Wednesday that she believes humanity is "in the last of the last days" with the "second coming of Jesus" approaching.
"It is an honor to serve in this time. I believe that many of us in this room believe that we are in the last of the last days and that's not a time to complain, that's not a time to grumble, to be dismayed, to be disheartened, but a time to rejoice," Boebert said at the event hosted by the Knox County Republican Party in Tennessee.
"You get to be a part of ushering in the second coming of Jesus," she added.
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The congresswoman's remarks come less than three weeks before the midterms, with control of both chambers of Congress up for grabs. In November, Boebert will also face a vote to keep her seat.
The audience responded to Boebert's remarks with cheers and applause.
Some Christians are convinced Jesus will descend to Earth a second time, after his death around 2,000 years ago according to traditional interpretations of the Bible. Boebert has frequently spoken about her Christian beliefs, suggesting in a June interview that God was behind her political success.
She stoked controversy that same month by bringing up Jesus in a pro-gun argument during an appearance at a Christian center in Colorado. Boebert also sarcastically said that she prays for President Joe Biden: "May his days be few and another take his office."
On Wednesday, the congresswoman began her speech by referencing her recent Twitter gaffe. The congresswoman was mocked online when she tweeted on October 9: "Two Words: Let's Go Brandon!"
"I want to start with two words: 'Let's go, Brandon!' In all seriousness, there is a calling on each and every one of you to be involved and to rise up," Boebert said.
The phrase has been adopted by some Republicans as code for "F**k Joe Biden."
Her remarks were condemned by the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump conservative group founded in 2019.
"Christian or not, Lauren Boebert cannot adequately represent any constituent who does not believe in this end times prophecy," the group tweeted. "Can you really have someone making decisions on your behalf that thinks nothing they do now will matter?"
Boebert's Democrat rival Adam Frisch is hoping to unseat her in the November midterms. In a highly unusual move, Republican Colorado state Senator Don Coram, who ran an unsuccessful primary challenge against Boebert, has endorsed Frisch.
Coram said the Democrat challenger is "more interested in representing the district than being a celebrity."
A recent Keating Research poll found Boebert's lead over Frisch has been cut to just two percent. Some 500 people were surveyed for the poll between September 28 and October 2, with a 4.4 percent margin of error.
Newsweek reached out to Representative Boebert for comment.
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