Lauren Boebert jokes ‘DOW fell below 50,000’ after Bondi ouster
Rep. lauren Boebert mocked Pam bondi’s firing by noting that the Dow Jones fell below 50,000, tying Bondi’s ouster to a moment she referenced earlier in February when she claimed the Dow was above that level. the firing by President Donald Trump occurred less than two months after that hearing. Market data from MarketWatch placed the Dow around $46,500 on Thursday. Reactions from other politicians included Rep. Jared Moskowitz parodying Bondi on The Apprentice and Matt Gaetz praising Bondi as a crime fighter. Trump defended Bondi’s tenure on Truth Social and named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as interim. The piece also references a Washington Examiner opinion on Trump’s effort to restore credibility to the justice Department. Boebert’s quip was posted on X (April 2, 2026), wiht a Twitter embed included in the article.
Lauren Boebert jokes ‘DOW fell below 50,000’ after Bondi’s ouster
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) joked that Pam Bondi’s firing as attorney general was over the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling below $50,000 on Thursday.
Boebert’s post on X referenced a memorable moment from Bondi’s congressional hearing in February, when the then-attorney general said, “The Dow is over $50,000,” while discussing the administration’s handling of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
President Donald Trump fired Bondi on Thursday, less than two months after this hearing.
“DOW fell below 50,000?” Boebert said on X.
The Dow is roughly at $46,500 on Thursday, according to MarketWatch.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) also took a shot at Bondi’s Dow Jones comment after her firing, parodying her as a contestant on the Trump-hosted The Apprentice reality television show.
Former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said Bondi “will be known as one of the great crime fighters of our time” on X. Gaetz was initially nominated by Trump to be his attorney general, though Gaetz withdrew the nomination about a week after.
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Trump said on Truth Social that Bondi did “a tremendous job” as attorney general, and that she would transition to an “important new job in the private sector.” He named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as her interim replacement.
The Washington Examiner contacted Boebert’s office for comment.
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