Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) said there is "moral decay" in America because the country's leaders "traded truth for a lie."

While speaking to the Turning Point Action Conference on Sunday, Boebert told the group of activists that their work had helped to pass a bill to rescind restrictions on pistol braces. President Joe Biden has vowed to veto the bill.

"Let's make this very clear," she ranted. "You're not a felon because you add a piece of plastic to a firearm. You're an American and now a damn good marksman. They want you disarmed because they don't see you as free people. They see you as subjects."

"And that's why I have put my life on hold," she added, "and left my four boys and my grandson to make sure that you have a voice across this nation to take a stand for your rights and your liberties."

Boebert also told the audience they were "exceptional."

"I love that you won't back down and you confront lies with truth," she said. "That is what we need. There has been a moral decay in our country because too many of our leaders have traded the truth for a lie. But you speaking up and exposing that and speaking truth to power is changing the tides."