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demmiblue

(36,999 posts)
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 07:40 AM Sep 2023

Rep. Lauren Boebert issues statement after more video from the Beetlejuice performance emerges...

Rep. Lauren Boebert issues statement after more video from the Beetlejuice performance emerges, including that she did vape despite statements to the contrary. “it was not my or my campaign's intention to mislead, but we do understand the nature of how this looks”








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Rep. Lauren Boebert issues statement after more video from the Beetlejuice performance emerges... (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2023 OP
It's funny she keeps doubling down on how excited she was to see a musical, supporting the arts, etc tanyev Sep 2023 #1
She was "excited" all right! LeftInTX Sep 2023 #69
I would have given her credit if she used the word aroused instead. SYFROYH Sep 2023 #98
Excited and no doubt drunk. Bev54 Sep 2023 #85
Yeah she's sorry alright Butterflylady Sep 2023 #2
What a surprise........... Lovie777 Sep 2023 #3
Liar! Liar! Liar! Lunabell Sep 2023 #4
And Hermione Hick didn't write a single fucking word of it . . . hatrack Sep 2023 #5
Why are you insulting Hermione? niyad Sep 2023 #49
Nothing against Ms. Granger - it just scanned well . . . hatrack Sep 2023 #54
How about hopeless? hysterical? heretical? hubristic? niyad Sep 2023 #58
Pretty much. Johonny Sep 2023 #70
My first reaction as well PatSeg Sep 2023 #71
What's with the "we" business? ariadne0614 Sep 2023 #6
Wait. A U.S. Representative gets so "anxious being in a new place" yardwork Sep 2023 #7
That vape juice must be some good shit if she doesn't even remember it. n/t brewens Sep 2023 #8
!!!! x10 bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #14
Remember, it's Colorado, so you may well be on to something there. bottomofthehill Sep 2023 #60
Yeah, that's been my interpretation of this all along. IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 2023 #68
She could be a cigarette smoker that just never allows herself to be seen smoking but that in itself brewens Sep 2023 #93
It was beetle juice.... LeftInTX Sep 2023 #89
What a load of horse pucky. She didn't mention that she's sorry she was almost jerking ratchiweenie Sep 2023 #9
"She didn't mention that she's sorry she was almost jerking her date off in public." LenaBaby61 Sep 2023 #10
C'mon! She was helping him butter his popcorn! LOL n/t brewens Sep 2023 #18
No popcorn for me thanks! Shermann Sep 2023 #48
Not even close to good enough. Resign immediately. (nt) Paladin Sep 2023 #11
I hope Frisch JustAnotherGen Sep 2023 #12
I think bdamomma Sep 2023 #31
No kidding. ShazzieB Sep 2023 #99
A Tale of Two Laurens JustAnotherGen Sep 2023 #100
I agree, Underwood is awesome! ShazzieB Sep 2023 #102
Given the R-rated public groping, I doubt it was the musical that had her so "excited." hlthe2b Sep 2023 #13
I don't believe she wrote that. twodogsbarking Sep 2023 #15
YEah. I doubt she knows how to compose a sentence of more than two words.... 3Hotdogs Sep 2023 #19
Me either moose65 Sep 2023 #28
Your private citizen remark drmeow Sep 2023 #96
Exactly! Duppers Sep 2023 #52
Is well written utahguy925 Sep 2023 #67
Corn in Rebl2 Sep 2023 #86
I question whether she could read it. No joke. twodogsbarking Sep 2023 #90
Looks like a standard PR boilerplate I-let-you-down-but-I-will-do-better-lets-move-forward statement Eugene Sep 2023 #94
She also doesn't mention HootieMcBoob Sep 2023 #16
That's the worst part of this. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #73
Asshole repuke who elevated intolerance The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2023 #17
This 100% radical noodle Sep 2023 #38
Hilarious she uses the word "grace" twice when taking about herself. Will she win back her voters dem4decades Sep 2023 #20
Well, she's got two hands. Aristus Sep 2023 #34
The trump Traildogbob Sep 2023 #42
Yeah Right NowISeetheLight Sep 2023 #21
What about the public groping? The flash photos, the sing along? ... marble falls Sep 2023 #22
I don't think she's toast among her voters. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #74
I will bet that she is not re-elected. She knows, it too. $10 to the DNC? marble falls Sep 2023 #75
I hope not. Her opponent will have an edge in a presidential election due to turn out. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #76
I don't think she'll win her primary. marble falls Sep 2023 #77
I think she will LeftInTX Sep 2023 #78
She even admits she's angered her base with her antics. There's woman hating beyond MAGA challenger marble falls Sep 2023 #80
We'll see. Betcha 10 cents, she will win the primary. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #88
Yer on! marble falls Sep 2023 #91
Like smoke from the Vatican... Hugin Sep 2023 #92
As my mother used to say, "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." Raven Sep 2023 #23
It would be interesting to know who wrote this. TNNurse Sep 2023 #24
exactly gopiscrap Sep 2023 #45
Yea, whatever. Inbred jerk. paleotn Sep 2023 #25
Is there proof some in her district are defending her? Emile Sep 2023 #26
This typical Republican non-apology is.. something. ananda Sep 2023 #27
Rep. Lauren Gropebert CaptainTruth Sep 2023 #29
Boebert bdamomma Sep 2023 #30
Bang Bang Barbie. . .Redneck Barbie. . .Caribou Barbie. . .three skazwags, three faces of the modern AZLD4Candidate Sep 2023 #32
Grace residentcynic Sep 2023 #33
Some PR lackey Conjuay Sep 2023 #35
A lacking PR lackey Generic Brad Sep 2023 #41
How it looks? Not great, rather sorry actually vlyons Sep 2023 #36
"I've tried to handle it with strength and grace as best I can..." SledDriver Sep 2023 #37
Where are the GOP Morality Police? bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #39
I do not trust her as far as i can throw her, but DonCoquixote Sep 2023 #40
Comparing this to a Trump apology would be... 3catwoman3 Sep 2023 #51
But she did not write it, nor does she mean a word of it. niyad Sep 2023 #53
two things gopiscrap Sep 2023 #43
+1 Crowman2009 Sep 2023 #47
Excuses, excuses Crowman2009 Sep 2023 #44
Aw, she's lost the incel vote. Hugin Sep 2023 #46
I wonder if she remembers she the public fondling? relayerbob Sep 2023 #50
All she has to do is watch the videos. Martin68 Sep 2023 #84
What a totally worthless person this is. mwb970 Sep 2023 #55
Apart from all the other observations here, granny b, you are telling us that you, niyad Sep 2023 #56
I'm going to go out on a limb and say... Hugin Sep 2023 #61
Hmmm, I think that you are correct. niyad Sep 2023 #64
That statement reads as though it was written by ChatGPT Wednesdays Sep 2023 #57
One in the same. Hugin Sep 2023 #59
you dont forget vaping moonshinegnomie Sep 2023 #62
"enthusiasm for the musical" jcgoldie Sep 2023 #63
Vaping what? WmChris Sep 2023 #65
A drunk blackout by any other name. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2023 #66
"...the natural anxiety of being in a new environment..." catbyte Sep 2023 #72
"Grace" is not a term I'd associate with Bobo. CanonRay Sep 2023 #79
did not apologize or even acknowledge Sanity Claws Sep 2023 #81
She was obviously high as a kite. Imagine this person having a security clearance... Martin68 Sep 2023 #82
She was a cheap date. lpbk2713 Sep 2023 #83
Aside from being the obvious political whacko was that she is... capechacon Sep 2023 #87
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2023 #104
Thought writers were on strike. Silent Type Sep 2023 #95
Boebert is in FULL HEAT ready to rut with the first person who asks to grab those cans. SoFlaBro Sep 2023 #97
Boebert is a sloppy fucking animal. Disgusting web-cam performer who loves being a pedophile. SoFlaBro Sep 2023 #101
There is a 34% probability this text was entirely written by AI FreeState Sep 2023 #103

tanyev

(42,784 posts)
1. It's funny she keeps doubling down on how excited she was to see a musical, supporting the arts, etc
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 07:43 AM
Sep 2023

What with her despising "wokeness" and all.

LeftInTX

(26,040 posts)
69. She was "excited" all right!
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:09 AM
Sep 2023

She will just double-down on traditional forms of excitement.

"If I can get excited in a theater with my BF, so can you"

Lunabell

(6,159 posts)
4. Liar! Liar! Liar!
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 07:48 AM
Sep 2023

She's only sorry it was caught on video. Wake up, Lauren. It's the 21st century and video is EVERYWHERE!! Plus, her date's conduct of feeling up her breast in public is hardly a "family value". WWJD? He damn sure wouldn't fondle a woman's breast in public. GOP: hypocrites as usual.

PatSeg

(47,967 posts)
71. My first reaction as well
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:12 AM
Sep 2023

She does not have the mastery of the English language to write such an apology, though it sounds like she was channeling Ronald Reagan, "My heart tells me I was not vaping, but my mind and the evidence tell me otherwise".

yardwork

(61,890 posts)
7. Wait. A U.S. Representative gets so "anxious being in a new place"
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 07:53 AM
Sep 2023

That she vapes unintentionally and then doesn't remember doing so?

Hold up here.

brewens

(13,753 posts)
93. She could be a cigarette smoker that just never allows herself to be seen smoking but that in itself
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 11:06 AM
Sep 2023

is chickenshit for someone with her views. Was the boyfriend taking hits? If she was and he wasn't, that might be a clue. She's addicted to nicotine and he's not. Of course, maybe he's not s toner and she is, but it usually doesn't work that way.

ratchiweenie

(7,766 posts)
9. What a load of horse pucky. She didn't mention that she's sorry she was almost jerking
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 07:58 AM
Sep 2023

her date off in public. This woman is very sick and probably has no idea how sick she is. Sad.

LenaBaby61

(6,983 posts)
10. "She didn't mention that she's sorry she was almost jerking her date off in public."
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:01 AM
Sep 2023
THAT PART 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

She and Noem are filth buckets, masquerading as Christians.

JustAnotherGen

(32,200 posts)
12. I hope Frisch
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:04 AM
Sep 2023

Hammers this incident in ads. And the lies that followed.

She has no business sitting in the same chamber as Lauren Underwood. She doesn't have her polish, grace, accomplishments, or character.

For me - It's about putting these garbage people in their place.

ShazzieB

(16,799 posts)
99. No kidding.
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 01:46 AM
Sep 2023
She has no business sitting in the same chamber as Lauren Underwood. She doesn't have her polish, grace, accomplishments, or character.


I could make a long list of people she has no business sitting in the same chamber with, but I'll sore my fingers the typing and let you all use your imaginations.Seriously, there are tons of people in the House whose shoes Bobo is not fit to polish. (And some others she fits right in with, unfortunately.) It's funny, isn't it, how most of the former are Democrats and most (if not all) of the latter are Republicans?

JustAnotherGen

(32,200 posts)
100. A Tale of Two Laurens
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 08:01 PM
Sep 2023

Underwood just dies her job and doesn't embarrass herself or her party.

I hope she's in Fed Gov for a long time. I want her in charge when I'm elderly.

hlthe2b

(102,727 posts)
13. Given the R-rated public groping, I doubt it was the musical that had her so "excited."
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:08 AM
Sep 2023

Skank is not gender-specific, so I'm going to use it here.

3Hotdogs

(12,548 posts)
19. YEah. I doubt she knows how to compose a sentence of more than two words....
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:29 AM
Sep 2023

And the first word is, Fuck.....

moose65

(3,174 posts)
28. Me either
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:41 AM
Sep 2023

Whoever wrote this knows how to put together a complete sentence and knows how to convey tone.

Boebert herself would have doubled down and said, "Yeah I did it. Want to make something out of it, snowflake??"

Interesting that she refers to herself as a "private citizen." Nope - you're not. While you are in elected office, you are NEVER a private citizen, whether you claim to be or not.

utahguy925

(2 posts)
67. Is well written
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:58 AM
Sep 2023

I agree, there is no way she wrote that piece. She doesn't have the corn in her head to come up with that.

Rebl2

(13,701 posts)
86. Corn in
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:42 AM
Sep 2023

her head. That’s a new one for me. No way she wrote this. She has never come across as humble in what I have seen of her. She acts more like a bratty teen to me.

Eugene

(62,036 posts)
94. Looks like a standard PR boilerplate I-let-you-down-but-I-will-do-better-lets-move-forward statement
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 11:21 AM
Sep 2023

Maybe not crisis communications quality, but likely a staffer.

HootieMcBoob

(3,823 posts)
16. She also doesn't mention
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:12 AM
Sep 2023

That she called the pregnant woman sitting behind her who asked her to stop vaping a miserable human being. Or that she and her date were blatantly groping each other in public!

It really blows my mind that this person was actually elected to the House of Representatives.

LeftInTX

(26,040 posts)
73. That's the worst part of this.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:19 AM
Sep 2023

I recently saw some pretty shockingly bad PDA in the line at Dollar Tree. I really thought they were gonna "go all the way" in line.

These days, I don't think the public cares too much about all that....After all it was heterosexual stuff and pretty much within the realm of normal, so it will be OK with Christian voters. ("I'm just a normal human, with "normal" desires".)

The only thing was that it was in a theater. Gotta wonder though: "What do others do at the theater"?

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,867 posts)
17. Asshole repuke who elevated intolerance
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:19 AM
Sep 2023

And bigotry to an art form requests tolerance and understanding after hanging her own shit out in public.

Fuck her.

dem4decades

(11,352 posts)
20. Hilarious she uses the word "grace" twice when taking about herself. Will she win back her voters
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:30 AM
Sep 2023

support by jerking them off one voter at a time?

Aristus

(66,656 posts)
34. Well, she's got two hands.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:00 AM
Sep 2023

She’ll need to double her efforts if she wants to get re-elected.

ATTEND THE NEXT LAUREN BOEBERT RALLY! THOUSANDS WILL BE COMING!

marble falls

(58,169 posts)
22. What about the public groping? The flash photos, the sing along? ...
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:32 AM
Sep 2023

... she's toast. Family values my hiney.

LeftInTX

(26,040 posts)
74. I don't think she's toast among her voters.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:20 AM
Sep 2023

Her past was well-known before she was elected. I don't think they care too much about the groping.

The rudeness to the pregnant woman is a different story. We will see.

LeftInTX

(26,040 posts)
76. I hope not. Her opponent will have an edge in a presidential election due to turn out.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:25 AM
Sep 2023

Her base will still support her. I forget his name, but if he wins, it's not going to be by a wide margin.

marble falls

(58,169 posts)
80. She even admits she's angered her base with her antics. There's woman hating beyond MAGA challenger
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:33 AM
Sep 2023

... going to primary her.

LeftInTX

(26,040 posts)
88. We'll see. Betcha 10 cents, she will win the primary.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:47 AM
Sep 2023

If she loses, I owe you 10 cents or a token or a sticker or shoutout...Lol

Hugin

(33,301 posts)
92. Like smoke from the Vatican...
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 11:04 AM
Sep 2023

If a “D” accidentally shows up behind Gropebert’s name on Fox. The powers will have spoken and she’s toast.

On the brighter side, she got to hand select her replacement.

I’m with you though, this made a mockery of an artsy musical. If it would have happened at a showing of “The Sound of Freedom” she would have been picking up her things off of the Capitol grounds by now.

TNNurse

(6,941 posts)
24. It would be interesting to know who wrote this.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:36 AM
Sep 2023

She has someone on her team who is actually literate and articulate. We need to find out why in hell they support her.

AZLD4Candidate

(5,887 posts)
32. Bang Bang Barbie. . .Redneck Barbie. . .Caribou Barbie. . .three skazwags, three faces of the modern
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:56 AM
Sep 2023

Republican Party.

Conjuay

(1,469 posts)
35. Some PR lackey
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:01 AM
Sep 2023

is trying to save that person from herself.



If it sounds coherent.that person didn’t form the message.

Generic Brad

(14,278 posts)
41. A lacking PR lackey
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:12 AM
Sep 2023

Boebert is a turd that just cannot be polished to a shine. All she has done is smear herself further.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
36. How it looks? Not great, rather sorry actually
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:04 AM
Sep 2023

and what's she doing carrying a vape into a theater? Let me guess. She equated it with being home watching a movie on TV.

What I see is a woman with no self-control over body, speech, and mind.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
40. I do not trust her as far as i can throw her, but
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:11 AM
Sep 2023

As far as apologies go, especially GOP ones, this factually sounded somewhat sincere in that she accepted responsibility and admitted she was wrong. Compare this to a Trump apology.

3catwoman3

(24,219 posts)
51. Comparing this to a Trump apology would be...
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:27 AM
Sep 2023

…hard to do seeing as he’s never given one. Plenty of excuses and rationalizations, but no apologies.

gopiscrap

(23,796 posts)
43. two things
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:16 AM
Sep 2023

first of all, she didn't write that.
second, I have been extremely excited at times in my life, but never have I ever grabbed someone's penis in public as a reaction to that excitement

fuck her, she needs to resign, classless piece of shit that she is

Crowman2009

(2,526 posts)
44. Excuses, excuses
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:17 AM
Sep 2023

She's always acted like this in public, before and after her divorce. Notice how she gives the old "I do not recall" excuse that Alberto Gonzales use to give congressional hearings.

Hugin

(33,301 posts)
46. Aw, she's lost the incel vote.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:20 AM
Sep 2023

They don’t like seconds.

It’s hard to pay for it when you’ve seen them giving it away for free.

mwb970

(11,389 posts)
55. What a totally worthless person this is.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:37 AM
Sep 2023

In the sense of "completely lacking in value or usefulness".

niyad

(114,384 posts)
56. Apart from all the other observations here, granny b, you are telling us that you,
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:39 AM
Sep 2023

'"a strong supporter of the arts" (and what was your vote on NEA funding, again???), have never been in a theater before?? Exactly which "arts" do you support, with proof???

Quite a role model for your children and grandchild.

Hugin

(33,301 posts)
61. I'm going to go out on a limb and say...
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:48 AM
Sep 2023

A ho-down in a hayloft is the bar “art” has to pass by her definition.

moonshinegnomie

(2,525 posts)
62. you dont forget vaping
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:48 AM
Sep 2023

especially when you're asked not to do it by someone and then get tosse dout for it.

just another lie

jcgoldie

(11,674 posts)
63. "enthusiasm for the musical"
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 09:50 AM
Sep 2023

Gosh I thought I'd seen some good shows, but none have ever made me so enthusiastic I was compelled to start jacking off the guy next to me!

catbyte

(34,625 posts)
72. "...the natural anxiety of being in a new environment..."
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:15 AM
Sep 2023

Yeah, I can understand it. A musical is a far cry from her usual entertainment venues such as klan meetings and cock fights. Give me a goddamned break.



Do better next year, CO-03 and kick this piece of crap to the curb.



lpbk2713

(42,795 posts)
83. She was a cheap date.
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:35 AM
Sep 2023


Take her to a movie and then go home and get a BJ from a sitting Member of Congress.

Not bad when you consider PACs spend thousands of $$ to get results.

 

capechacon

(91 posts)
87. Aside from being the obvious political whacko was that she is...
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 10:46 AM
Sep 2023

....the woman is clearly and aggressively off her rocker. To my eye, the real elephant in the room here is how the hell did this nut case scrape up enough mouth-breathing voters to get herself elected to the US House of Representatives?? I mean WTF????

Maybe it's finally time to move to a small town the south of France?? C'est la vie....

Response to capechacon (Reply #87)

FreeState

(10,599 posts)
103. There is a 34% probability this text was entirely written by AI
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 02:01 AM
Sep 2023

8/14 sentences are likely AI generated.

That’s what I get as a result when putting her statement I. Here.

https://gptzero.me/

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