Rapper 50 Cent raised eyebrows with a social media submit about assembly far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday.
“Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican making the white house look good,” the entertainer captioned a photograph of them collectively on X, previously Twitter.
However the “In Da Club” rapper was really on the Capitol, the place he met lawmakers from each side of the aisle — and posed for pictures with Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), former Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and others— to advocate for extra Black illustration within the liquor trade.
Some folks on social media mocked the situation error.
Scripps Information congressional correspondent Nathaniel Reed likened the gaffe to “summer tourists who think the U.S. Capitol is the White House.”
Related Press congressional reporter Farnoush Amiri mentioned it was like her mother “not knowing where I work.”
Others, nonetheless, introduced up that Boebert controversy at a “Beetlejuice” efficiency final yr.
The rapper, whose actual identify is Curtis James Jackson III, responded to these feedback on X by saying: “Wait, wait, guys i took pictures with everyone and all you seem to care about is Lauren. What did she do in a dark theater that hasn’t been done, my God!”
Boebert, in the meantime, captioned a photograph of the pair: “I’d still love you if you flipped burgers at Burger King. @50Cent, I used to do that myself! Thanks for the photo, great to meet you!”
Throughout his go to to Capitol Hill, 50 Cent mentioned he hadn’t determined who he’ll vote for within the 2024 election. He has beforehand claimed to have been provided $500,000 to marketing campaign for Donald Trump within the 2016 election however turned it down as a result of it wasn’t “good money.”
