Lauren Boebert tried to win a battle of wits with Pete Buttigieg. She lost.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) tried to prove out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrong when it came to Donald Trump’s refusal to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, but she was instead mocked for missing the mark.

President Joe Biden had agreed to two debates with Trump, the second of which would have happened on September 10 and been moderated by ABC News. After Biden dropped out of the election last week — making Harris all but certain to be the Democratic nominee — Trump backed out of the debate.

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“I have agreed to the previously agreed upon September 10th debate, he agreed to that previously,” Harris told reporters last Thursday. “Now it appears he’s backpedaling. But I’m ready. And I think that the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on a debate stage and so, I’m ready. Let’s go.”

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Buttigieg, who has emerged as a top surrogate for the Harris campaign, mocked Trump on social media for backing out of the debate.

“Has a presidential nominee ever agreed to a debate, then pulled out?” Buttigieg posted on X. “Remarkable show of weakness here.”

Has a presidential nominee ever agreed to a debate, then pulled out?

Remarkable show of weakness here. https://t.co/tw9KhmhkpN

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) July 26, 2024

Boebert wasn’t going to let that insult towards her party’s nominee go unanswered. So she decided to bring up Biden dropping out.

“Yes, actually,” she responded. “Biden agreed to two and backed out of the second.”

Yes, actually.

Biden agreed to two and backed out of the second. https://t.co/MMBJidOpTu

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) July 26, 2024

The problem with her argument, as people pointed out, is that Buttigieg specified “a presidential nominee.” Biden was not the official Democratic nominee before dropping out, and was no longer the presumptive nominee after he dropped out. Trump, on the other hand, was officially made the GOP nominee two weeks ago at the Republican National Convention.

Biden isn’t the nominee

— Matthew Wollenweber (@MWollenweber) July 26, 2024

We really couldn’t care less. We were all betting on Trump backing out and we don’t really care what the reason is.

— Wren (@wrens_dens) July 26, 2024

You obviously don’t know enough about pulling out, Gropert.

— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) July 26, 2024

Trump is a weak old man

— Son Of Jam (@RvrLrd) July 26, 2024

Especially because Biden backed out because he stopped his campaign 😭😭 why do y’all do this to yourselves?!!

— Wren (@wrens_dens) July 26, 2024

As he's not a presidential candidate anymore, he didn't back out. There is literally no reason for him to debate Trump.

Also, who taught you how to count all the way to two?

— Frank Wears A Mask (@Frankwearsamask) July 26, 2024

Whoops 😅

Trump is a COWARD. https://t.co/smANIzSggm

— Debbie (@DebbieSVA) July 26, 2024

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