It already didn’t look great for Lauren Boebert when she got kicked out of a Denver theater for being disruptive during a performance of the Beetlejuice musical — or when video emerged of the voluble Republican congresswoman being escorted out of the theater. But that was hardly the end of this saga. A second video showed Boebert vaping in front of a pregnant woman, who claimed that the lawmaker refused to stop doing so when asked. The story really went nuclear when a third surveillance video leaked, showing that Boebert and her date were getting awfully comfortable with each other during the show.

Unfortunately for Boebert’s campaign to rebrand as a normal lawmaker, more juicy details keep coming out. Boebert — who has condemned drag shows in the past — was co-groping at Beetlejuice with an Aspen bar owner whose establishment hosts drag shows and participates in an event called Aspen Gay Ski Week. “I learned to check party affiliations before you go on a date,” Boebert told TMZ, although the pair have been reportedly seeing each other for months now.

In an interview with OAN, Boebert, who has been arrested four times, said that she is “very known for having an animated personality.” But the private incident in public is having a big impact on her professional life, distracting from her effort to impeach President Biden. Days after the incident, she was removed from the list of speakers for the Texas Youth Summit later this month.

At least she has her defenders. In a long Facebook post published Monday, Boebert’s ex-husband, Jayson, said he shared the blame for the incident, claiming that his acts of cheating “broke her down.” While it’s odd to have your recent ex-husband come to your defense for getting handsy in public, Jayson Boebert is something of an expert in this realm, having once been arrested for exposing himself to a teenager at a bowling alley.

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    1 year ago

    Didn’t watch the video, huh?

    had her tits out

    No she didn’t.

    diddling her boyfriend in front of kids

    Meh, a quick grope looked more like it. Same for him. In front of kids? How about, “In the dark with kids nearby.”?

    well lit theatre

    Funny, the video I saw was clearly recorded in infrared (or some sort of night vision).

    As if this woman and her actions aren’t heinous enough, we gotta make up shit? It’s easy to point to facts and say,

    She needs to be charged and put on a list!

    Imagine a conservative reading these lies and saying, “BS! Not gonna read or listen to any more of this liberal crap!”

    Lies do us liberals a disservice.

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      How about, “In the dark with kids nearby.”?

      Are you… somehow implying that is supposed to mollify people?

      Secret groping in the dark near other peoples children is not better lol

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        1 year ago

        Of course I must be defending this removed because I called out a lie.

        Remember kids! Lying is A-OK if it’s us libs doing it! But’s it BAAAD when those other people do it!