DENVER (KDVR) — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) recently said on a radio show that she would be interested in being the U.S. secretary of the interior under former President Trump if he is elected in November.
Native Voice One, a radio network that says it serves to bring Native voices to the world, spoke to Boebert on the third day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee.
While Native Voice One was holding a live show from inside the RNC, Boebert walked by the hosts. She was asked who she thought should be the interior secretary under the Trump administration.
“I think Lauren Boebert needs to be the secretary of interior,” she said, followed by a laugh. “President Trump, I would like to be secretary of interior.”
Boebert went on to express her feelings on the position.
“I think this is actually one of the most important agencies within the federal government. Public lands are something that are very dear to me and I’ve spent a lot of time on our tribal lands with our chairman and our councilmembers with the Mountain Utes and the Southern Utes,” said Boebert.
The Department of the Interior is responsible for the management and conservation of federal lands and natural resources.
The hosts then went on to ask Boebert if she thought the U.S. government should move Bureau of Land Management offices to spread them across the country.
Boebert brought up that Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt under Trump in 2020 moved the BLM headquarters to Grand Junction. Then, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland under President Joe Biden relocated the headquarters back to Washington D.C. in 2021.
“I fought to keep that as the Bureau of Land Management regional Western headquarters and save 46 jobs so we could have boots on the ground,” said Boebert.
The full conversation with Boebert lasted about four minutes and included a question about the Antiquities Act, which was signed into law in 1906 to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic or scientific interest on federal lands.
After she walked away, the hosts spent several minutes discussing what she had said and trying to see what impact her policy suggestions would have on the Native American tribes around the country. The full show is available on Native Voice One’s YouTube channel.
Boebert currently represents Colorado’s 3rd District in the House, but she has since moved and is running against Trisha Calvarese to represent Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in November’s election. If Boebert were to win the election and then be appointed to secretary of the interior, or any other cabinet position, she would need to resign from her House seat.
Nexstar’s KDVR reached out to Boebert’s campaign for comment and has yet to hear back.