# Please explain Lauren Boebert **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 15, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163 "2023-09-15T14:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/1 "2023-09-15T14:41:48Z")
Lauren Boebert, U.S. House Representative for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, has been in the news lately, as she was seen being asked to leave a musical in Denver, as her behavior was deemed inappropriate. Video has now surfaced confirming that she was vaping, taking pictures, waving her hands and being raucous, and groping her date while the stage production of Beetlegeuse was underway. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hq-DvmZsn5s/maxresdefault.jpg "Surveillance video shows Lauren Boebert vaping during 'Beetlejuice'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq-DvmZsn5s) Ms. Boebert represents a rural part of Colorado (although it does appear to include the city of Pueblo), and sits on the Oversight and Natural Resources committees. But what does she _do_, exactly, for the people of her district, or for the country as a whole? And, more perplexing to me, how exactly did she get here? She only has a GED, and while she is attractive, surely that’s not a sole determinate of one’s rise to success? Marjorie Taylor Greene came from money, and at least has a college degree. Lauren owned a restaurant, that, as far as I can tell, eventually went under. [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/us/politics/lauren-boebert-restaurant-shooters-grill-closed.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/us/politics/lauren-boebert-restaurant-shooters-grill-closed.html) What exactly explains her rise to where she is? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/2 "2023-09-15T14:44:29Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > What exactly explains her rise to where she is? She panders to the common clay of the ~~West~~ mountains. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/3 "2023-09-15T14:44:29Z")
She serves whatever purpose her GOP masters require of her, that’s all that’s needed. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/4 "2023-09-15T14:49:02Z")
No, I get why she is able to _stay_ in that special place she’s at. But how did she _get there_? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/5 "2023-09-15T14:51:53Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > But how did she _get there_? Because that’s who they wanted. I don’t think she’s changed all that much since before the rest of the world knew who she was. > **[Congressional candidate Lauren Boebert has a history of minor arrests, court...](https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/27/lauren-boebert-arrests-colorado-3rd-mitsch-bush/)** > > Congressional candidate Lauren Boebert — who often espouses a pro-police, law-and-order message on the campaign trail — has been arrested and summonsed at least four times over the past decad… ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/6 "2023-09-15T14:57:07Z")
My take – Colorado resident but not in her district: Conservatives used to believe in individual liberties and limited government. Only in the 1960’s … when [wait for it] black people were about to get equal rights … did the Southern Baptist, so-called “social conservatives” FLEE the Democratic party FOR the waiting arms of the Republicans. That “Southern Strategy” was an amazing deal with the devil, in that the Republicans picked up millions of the least informed, least logical, least thoughtful, most dogmatic and cognitively rigid voters in the country, and went AGAINST the values that Conservatives had held until that point. Today’s GOP are doubling down on that, using a “bring out the gimp” strategy, and unearthing the kind of people who are reminiscent of “Deliverance” (in tandem with gerrymandering and voter suppression) in order to gain and maintain power. It’s disgusting. IOW, the RNC doesn’t believe that they have hit the very bottom of the barrel yet. Rather, they believe that if they keep plumbing the fetid depths, there are more votes to be found. And they have their crew who are ready, willing, and more than able to root around at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/7 "2023-09-15T14:59:36Z")
> **[Lauren Boebert Gets Kicked Out of the Musical “Beetlejuice”: The Musical](https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/lauren-boebert-gets-kicked-out-of-the-musical-beetlejuice-the-musical)** > > “U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert was escorted out of a Sunday night performance of the ‘Beetlejuice’ musical in downtown Denver, accused by venu... ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/8 "2023-09-15T15:07:11Z")
Stupid bitch being stupid is about as succinct as I can make it. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/9 "2023-09-15T15:08:14Z")
It would be interesting to find out exactly what was being vaped. She was most likely high as a kite. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/10 "2023-09-15T15:18:21Z")
That’s brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/11 "2023-09-15T15:38:22Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > But how did she _get there_? Here’s an article explaining it: > **[The Gun-Toting, Millennial Restaurant Owner Trying to Ride the Covid Backlash...](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/13/lauren-boebert-congress-409983)** > > Lauren Boebert pulled off a stunning primary victory after defying government shutdown orders. But could she lose a GOP seat? She’s yet another consequence of the legacy of Covid. She was a restaurant owner who became famous for defying lockdown orders in Colorado in 2020. The incumbent Congressman was in his fifth term and despite being endorsed by Trump, he was a more traditional conservative. She painted him as an “establishment” guy, and sold herself as a more defiant MAGA alternative wanting to fight back against things like lockdowns, masks, and woke culture. It worked and she beat him by 9 points in the primary. After that, Boebert beat her Democratic challenger, a former state representative, by 51% to 45%. In 2022, she won reelection by an extremely slim margin, close enough that an automatic recount was triggered, but she ultimately won. But the basic answer is that she beat the anti-lockdown drum in rural Colorado and it resonated with enough people to put her in power. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/12 "2023-09-15T16:05:59Z")
Two reasons: A lot of riding on Trump’s coattails in 2020. Her opponent Scott Tipton decided to save his money for the general and not spend it on the primary against Boebert. Note that in 2022 she won by less than 600 votes despite being the incumbent in a very red district so that should be a commentary on how her constituents feel about her. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/13 "2023-09-15T16:06:33Z")
IOW, droolin’ idjits _like_ to see someone like themselves in power. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/14 "2023-09-15T16:11:53Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > It would be interesting to find out exactly what was being vaped. She was most likely high as a kite. If I recall, that’s now legal in Colorado for recreational purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/15 "2023-09-15T16:15:18Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > It would be interesting to find out exactly what was being vaped. She was most likely high as a kite. Oddly, vaping was the only thing she tried to deny having done. [Rep. Lauren Boebert escorted out of a ‘Beetlejuice’ musical in Denver, security footage shows - ABC7 Chicago](https://abc7chicago.com/lauren-boebert-kicked-out-video-escorted-of-beetlejuice-musical-theater-denver/13781990/): > Her campaign manager confirmed Boebert was kicked out but denies she was vaping. Boebert and the other guest left. > > “I can confirm the stunning and salacious rumors: in her personal time, congresswoman Lauren Boebert is indeed a supporter of the performing arts (gasp!),” said Drew Sexton, Boebert’s campaign manager, in a text message, adding that Boebert "pleads guilty to singing along, laughing and enjoying herself. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/16 "2023-09-15T16:17:10Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > If I recall, that’s now legal in Colorado for recreational purposes. In 2012 both Colorado and Washington State legalized recreational marijuana use, the first states to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/17 "2023-09-15T16:17:25Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > But what does she _do_, exactly, for the people of her district, or for the country as a whole? Pwns the libtards ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/18 "2023-09-15T16:25:22Z")
Aiui, cannabis is legal, but there are restrictions on where it can be enjoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/19 "2023-09-15T16:28:35Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Oddly, vaping was the only thing she tried to deny having done. She proudly puts all her nastiness on display for the world, but Heavan forbid anyone think she’s a stoner. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/20 "2023-09-15T16:30:00Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Aiui, cannabis is legal, but there are restrictions on where it can be enjoyed. That’s true of most recreational pharmaceuticals. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163.md?page=2)