However, Buentello is not giving up her goal of holding elected officials accountable to their constituents.
On Saturday, as a private citizen, Buentello filed a lawsuit against current Colorado 3rd Congressional District Representative Lauren Boebert for blocking Buentello on Twitter on Jan. 7. At the time, Buentello was still representing District 47 — her term ended on Jan. 13.
"Frankly, I was shocked," Buentello said Monday of the blocking. "The bottom line is we didn't have super computers in 1776, we didn't communicate with our elected officials the same way we do now in 2021.
"However, the First Amendment and the principle of the First Amendment still stands. Whether Rep. Boebert likes it or not, I have First Amendment rights like every other American citizen, and contrary to what she may believe, Nov. 3 was not a coronation for this woman."