\u201cThe cycle of poverty is a real thing, and far too many people in our country don\u2019t know another way of life,\u201d she writes of her childhood. \u201cI lived it, and I can tell you it\u2019s a tough cycle to break, no matter how hard you try, because it turns out hope and change is easier said than done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boebert details her decision to open her now-closed restaurant in Rifle, Shooters Grill. The gun-themed restaurant became infamous after she and other staff members began open-carrying guns in the restaurant.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next thing I knew, a whole lot more of America was stopping in, not just the regular locals,\u201d Boebert writes. \u201cThey wanted to know who were these girls with guns on their hips serving food in Rifle? Lines formed out the door. It was so crazy packed that we had to expand our hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also touches on her faith, recounting the time she served as a minister in a Garfield County jail.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent seven years working in the jail ministry \u2013 it\u2019s where I learned compassion, patience, perseverance, and how to love the unlovely,\u201d she writes. She also discussed how she made sure that Shooters hired some of the inmates she worked with over the years.<\/p>\n
One focal point in the book is Boebert\u2019s views on guns and the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the record, I don\u2019t believe guns cause violence, I believe it is the evil in man that illegally shoots and kills. It is our right to ably defend ourselves from such evil,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n
In 2019, Boebert went to a rally in Aurora for former presidential candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke, where she gained infamy after telling him, \u201cHell no,\u201d to his views on gun control.<\/p>\n
Before representing Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, Boebert had never held or ran for political office. In the book, she recounts how she came to be involved in politics and eventually unseated Scott Tipton, who had represented the district for five terms in Congress.<\/p>\n
According to the book, Boebert\u2019s first time being involved in community organizing or activism was when she decided to help gather signatures to put a measure on the ballot in Colorado to overturn the state\u2019s participation in the National Popular Vote Compact, which was a piece of legislation that several states enacted that would have awarded the state\u2019s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who won the popular vote. In 2020, Colorado voted to support the initiative.<\/p>\n
After that, Boebert said she started to get more involved in conservative politics, speaking at a Lincoln Day Dinner in Washington state where she would eventually meet Dinesh D\u2019Souza, a right-wing political commentator and author. She also recounts going to a city council meeting in Aspen to voice concerns about a proposal to ban open-carry in city buildings and parks.<\/p>\n
In her decision to run for Congress and unseat Tipton, Boebert said spontaneity was an important factor. She said she had become \u201cincreasingly concerned\u201d about the direction of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day, I\u2019d meet like-minded Americans who expressed their concerns about the liberal indoctrination of our children through the public school system, the mainstream media that refused to cover the news in a non-biased way, and the politicians who failed to solve problems, politicians more concerned with interfering in our lives,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n
She shared her admiration for Cruz\u2019s views, saying he \u201cwasn\u2019t shy about speaking up about the importance of God and guns.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boebert doubles down on her support of former President Donald Trump, writing that she was \u201cMAGA from day one\u201d and had ordered a cardboard cutout of him. Trump\u2019s values and his viewpoint as an outsider to politics made him a president she could get behind, she writes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the president as my inspiration, I grew more resolute than ever to help take on the liberals and defend our rights here in Colorado,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n
After defeating Tipton in the primary, Boebert went on to defeat her Democratic opponent Diane Mitsch Bush in the general election by six points.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the reasons why I believe so many people connected with our campaign was because I was actually out there, in the district, meeting them,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n
She also touches on the pandemic and takeaways from her time in Congress so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a war being fought for the soul of America, and the fight isn\u2019t between the Left and the Right or Democrat and Republican. We\u2019ve gone way past that,\u201d she writes. \u201cIt\u2019s a war between good and evil, between freedom and socialism. For all the progress we\u2019ve made as a nation over the course of more than 200 years, in many ways, we\u2019ve gone backward, primarily because of the efforts of the Left.\u201d<\/p>\n