The GOP congresswoman has accused trans people and drag queens of “grooming” and “sexualiz[ing]” children

Rep. Lauren Boebert has been outspoken about her disapproval of drag queens, but that didn’t stop the Colorado congresswoman from spending hundreds of campaign dollars at a bar that hosts drag shows.

According to Politico, which cited her latest Federal Election Commission filings, Boebert’s campaign spent $317.48 in July for “event catering” at Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar in Aspen, Co., which is owned by Boebert’s former boyfriend, Quinn Gallagher. Boebert and Gallagher were booted from a performance of Beetlejuice last month for disruptive conduct, including vaping, loud singing and fondling each other at the family-friendly production. Boebert later said she and Gallagher, a Democrat, had broken up. “All future date nights have been canceled. I learned to check party affiliations before you go on a date,” Boebert told TMZ.

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    1 year ago

    I learned to check party affiliations before going on a date

    Yeah, that was definitely the Problem. Not the vaping, fondling, obnoxious behavior… Sure.

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      1 year ago

      Don’t forget the tits out for Harambe too. She exposed herself in the presence of children—a tried and true Republican tradition at this point.

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        When did this happen?

        The most I’ve heard is that her husband whipped it out in front of her and her friends, she fondled her new play-toy at a Beetlejuice musical, and apparently is OK with public lewdness so long as it’s not with a Democrat. Not sure where this came from.

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          It happened. Her boyfriend was playing with her boobs, and she was giving him an over the pants rub in the theater. There are night vision shots of it that were published at the time. I’m not googling it for you, but try “Boebert Beetlejuice fondling” and that should find it.

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            Please point out where she whipped out her boobs.

            Yes, we all know the incident happened. We don’t need to make it any worse than it really is by claiming they did things they never actually did. They groped each other, yes, but at no point did she “whip them out” or actually expose herself or her date.

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                Oh, come on. That’s a load of horseshit and you know it.

                There’s the image. There is zero chance in hell your “wife” saw nipple or anything else. You can barely even make out that his hand is on her boob. She absolutely did not expose herself.

                And the fact that you used the terms “turned on the high beams for her” shows you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. “High beams” doesn’t mean her tits were out. It means her nipples would have been hard, and from that distance you wouldn’t be able to tell unless she were standing on the chair topless. The fact that she was tucking in a boob means nothing; walk down the street and you’ll see random women making random adjustments all the time. That, and we already know he groped her, so her having to adjust herself shouldn’t be a surprise.

                For the love of God, what she did was bad enough without having to completely make shit up to make it sound even worse.

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                  I love how you put “wife” in quotes as if she’s my imaginary friend, lol.

                  I was trying to bring some humor to the situation with my word choice. It’s a ridiculous story of ridiculous behavior by a ridiculous person. Rather than say high beams, I probably should have said she’s a vapid, hypocritical, idiotic, white trash, no good, dumpster fire of a woman. You can see all that from the video a mile away.

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                    I love how you put “wife” in quotes as if she’s my imaginary friend, lol.

                    Given the fact that you made up the fact that you can see her boobs in that video, she very well might be.

                    I was trying to bring some humor to the situation with my word choice.

                    By exaggerating it to make it sound worse than it was by accusing her of doing more than she did?

                    Rather than say high beams, I probably should have said she’s a vapid, hypocritical, idiotic, white trash, no good, dumpster fire of a woman. You can see all that from the video a mile away.

                    Now this is correct. Heck, you don’t even need video footage for proof of that.

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          He wasn’t her husband when he sexually exposed himself to minors in a bowling alley. The fact he ended up marrying one of them doesn’t make him any less a paedophile.