Lauren Boebert, Eileen Laubacher talk tariffs and inflation during televised debate – The Denver Post

Lauren Boebert, Eileen Laubacher talk tariffs and inflation during televised debate  The Denver Post

The major party candidates for the 4th Congressional District faced off in a televised debate Monday, as election day looms three weeks away The two women vying to represent Colorado’s easternmost congressional district engaged in a feisty back-and-forth during a televised debate Monday night, touching on topics ranging from tariffs to the Iran war to diesel prices. The candidates, incumbent Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and retired Navy rear admiral Eileen Laubacher, also waded into more arcane topics like Laubacher’s previous work history and Boebert’s vote against a bill to help veterans. On the Iran war, which has driven up diesel prices to record levels in recent weeks, Boebert, a 39-year-old Republican, said she hadn’t wanted for the country to be at war but stands by President Donald Trump.

“I will stand by and say the president is commander in chief,” she said. “This was never about regime change — this was about making sure Iran never has a nuclear weapon.” Laubacher, a 58-year-old Democrat who served in the Navy for 34 years, said the United States and Iran were in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program when Trump bombed the country on Feb. 28. “When negotiations are on the table, you do not start a war,” Laubacher said. “We should have given those serious efforts and instead of that, we go to