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An outmaneuvered Lauren Boebert will face more obstacles in 2024 elections (www.theguardian.com)

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Colorado congressman Ken Buck’s abrupt resignation has left the far-right member with two tough choices, upsetting her re-election plans

As well as further reducing US House speaker Mike Johnson’s already threadbare majority in his legislative chamber, last week’s abrupt departure of Colorado congressman Ken Buck has the potential to significantly damage another prominent Republican figure: Lauren Boebert.

The far-right firebrand seized on Buck’s declaration last year that he would not seek re-election by opting to switch from a district the congresswoman barely won in 2022 to run in Buck’s soon to be vacant seat.

The calculation was that it would offer safe harbor and a near-certain return to Congress later this year, while allowing her to complete her term in office in her current seat.

Buck’s 15 March decision to bring forward his exit from November to this Friday, however, stripped the floor from beneath her. It triggered a special election in his district that will take place on 25 June and left Boebert with two equally unappealing choices. She could resign her post to run in the special election, giving Democrats the chance to flip her current seat. Or she could stay where she is and gamble on trying to unseat an incumbent in the 5 November general election.

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[-] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 78 points 7 months ago

I have a feeling my 16-year-old blind deaf Irish Terrier could outmaneuver the brain trust that is Lauren "Handjobber" Boebert.

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 61 points 7 months ago

Woah, woah, woah there buddy. It's not just a "handjob" to her, alright? It's a "hand-career".

[-] Dantpool@kbin.melroy.org 20 points 7 months ago

Hope she's better at it than she was in the restaurant industry.

[-] Beefytootz@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

Clearly she must be, the alleged tug she gave ted Cruz got her into Congress. She has headshots and more on a website for escorts allegedly she was in DC escorting around the same time ted Cruz got busted using escorts and somehow, little miss "my ex husband flashes his penis at minors, that's what I love him" ended up as a congressperson

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Woah woah! No shame on her for that! I fully support her transition to a post-political career in sex work!

[-] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Oh no, no hate here. It's smart thinking to have a secondary skill set.

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

Or in this case, a skillset.

[-] groupofcrows@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

It's not a job if you love what you do.

[-] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

"You know, one day it would be nice if Ted Cruz gave me a handy for a change" - Lauren Boebert probably

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 41 points 7 months ago

A GOP "firebrand" is just another term for classless white trash.

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I had to look that word up because I don't hear it very often. It's a really bad usage here. Firebrand implies someone who wants to change things and is passionate about a cause.

BOBO and the rest of the MAGA clan don't have a cause, they just want to incite chaos, be disruptive and petulant, and enable racists.

[-] SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 17 points 7 months ago

I almost didn't recognized her without her hooters hanging out of a cocktail dress.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Starting to think that "Boobs!" would be a better re-election strategy than whatever she's doing now.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Boobert/Exhibitionism 2024!

[-] LaughingM0n@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I can't wait until the day this dumb cunt is serving me my plant based burger at some dumpy fastfood joint.

Edit: no offense meant to fastfood workers.

[-] b3an@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Ohhh noooo… I’m soooo saaaad. Anyway what’s for dinner? 😌

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

Lauren Go-Gurt

[-] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I'm sure she'll blow her way through them.

[-] autotldr 4 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The calculation was that it would offer safe harbor and a near-certain return to Congress later this year, while allowing her to complete her term in office in her current seat.

“It’s ridiculous,” he told the Colorado Sun, stressing his decision to leave the House – where Republicans for the moment had a 219-213 edge over Democrats – was solely over his disillusionment at a lack of action in Congress.

The congresswoman’s second term has been mired in controversy, including an unsavory groping incident involving a male companion at a Denver theater in September, and the arrest of her 18-year-old son in February on felony charges over multiple instances of credit card and identity theft.

Either way, Boebert faces a monumental challenge to extend her political career in a House in which her behavior has been questionable, including unseemly heckling of Joe Biden during his 2022 State of the Union speech.

In December, self-styled “no-nonsense conservative” Richard Holtorf, a candidate in the district four primary, said in a tweet that “seat shopping isn’t something that the voters look kindly on”.

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[-] ATDA@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

And just like that her career dissipates like a cloud of vape smoke next to children.

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