Lauren Boebert Flunks U.S. Geography As Map Meme Backfires Badly

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was given a fast geography lesson on Twitter after she tweeted a U.S. map with some very notable omissions.

Boebert, who has embraced some QAnon conspiracy theories and known as for the church to direct the federal government, wrote “generally a meme says it greatest” as she shared a contorted picture of a map displaying the Decrease 48 states on a globe with nothing else however ocean.

“Map displaying the one place my taxes ought to go to,” the picture says:

Typically a meme says it greatest. pic.twitter.com/5t06m5hem6

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) March 1, 2023

Leaving apart the numerous methods U.S. dollars spent abroad can profit the nation and allies in addition to ship humanitarian aid, the map itself leaves out thousands and thousands of precise People. The map omits two U.S. states ― Hawaii and Alaska ― in addition to a part of Michigan and U.S. territories corresponding to Puerto Rico and Guam.

Boebert’s critics chimed in:

Alaska? Hawaii? Guam? Puerto Rico? US Virgin Islands?

— Stephanie Liebergen (@NewsLiebs) March 1, 2023

Or, a GIF, when a US Congresswoman forgets Alaska and Hawaii are states and there are locations like Puerto Rico: pic.twitter.com/cgoh7CywFQ

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 2, 2023

Completely. Fuck Alaska.

— Helen Kennedy 🌻 (@HelenKennedy) March 2, 2023

You forgot to incorporate Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

To not point out the lots of of American navy bases and diplomatic missions positioned throughout the globe. https://t.co/lmaFynvdDr

— Mahi (@MahiArchipelago) March 2, 2023

The place's Alaska and Hawaii? Cease attempting to study issues from Memes. Cease embarrassing the nation.

— Leroy Patterson (@HumanTackboard) March 2, 2023

What amazes me is how assured your stupidity is.

— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) March 2, 2023

Amen! We should instantly put ahead measures to ensure none of our tax dollars go to Alaska and Hawaii.

— Gary Peterson 🇺🇸 (@GaryPetersonUSA) March 1, 2023

I suppose we've got 48 states now and Puerto Rico, Guam and the opposite territories are now not a part of the U.S.

Keep in class youngsters otherwise you’ll find yourself posting memes like this. https://t.co/tMjmt5GzyM

— Juliet Jeske 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@JulietJeske) March 2, 2023

Ah, sure. America. A rustic well-known for having 48 states. https://t.co/qRfla4mfGw

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) March 2, 2023

You do not like Alaska? Hawaii? Israel?

— Matt Sarelson, Esq. - Dhillon Regulation Group, Inc. (@MSarelson) March 2, 2023

Powerful day for Alaska and Hawaii. https://t.co/al0nE2qsEZ

— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) March 2, 2023

Wow. Shocked you'd reduce funding to Israel. Good for you.

— sheltz32tt (@sheltz32tt) March 2, 2023