# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/201 "2023-09-29T04:01:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@scudsucker](#): > > > > Unfortunately being an entitled dickhead is not a crime. > > Quite right. It is however, or at least should be, completely disqualifying in a leader, manager, or politician… That would probably disqualify half of our current “leaders.” I know. I know. I won’t threaten you with a good time. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/202 "2023-09-29T04:26:22Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Can’t say I’m much impressed by the overtones of slut shaming going on here - though I get the hypocrisy angle - but what would bother me if Boebert was my local representative was that she was behaving in a way that disturbed other patrons. I don’t see how that can be separated in this case. Part of what disturbed other patrons was the public sexual activity that they did not consent to be a part of. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/203 "2023-09-29T05:53:39Z")
I think hypocrite shaming is fair game, and although I do suppose it’s possible to take it too far, she’s _just so awful_. [Lauren Boebert’s Attack on Transgender Defense Official Sparks Backlash (newsweek.com)](https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boeberts-attack-transgender-defense-official-sparks-backlash-1830562) ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/204 "2023-09-29T06:13:02Z")
Consensual groping between amorous couples has been going on since Aegisthus had his hand up Clytemnestra’s tunic in an amphitheatre in ancient Greece, and seldom causes complaint from other patrons. IMHO the line isn’t crossed when the sexy stuff happens, the line is crossed when it involves sound or movement that annoys others. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/205 "2023-09-29T06:32:05Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Consensual groping between amorous couples has been going on since Did anybody actually complain about that? I had the impression that that only came to light after reviewing the video, but I wasn’t following too closely. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/206 "2023-09-29T06:48:26Z")
My impression is no, but @BigT would have to comment. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/207 "2023-09-29T09:21:15Z")
The vaping and picture taking was more disruptive. And the refusal to stop. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/208 "2023-09-29T10:50:02Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Consensual groping between amorous couples has been going on since Aegisthus had his hand up Clytemnestra’s tunic in an amphitheatre in ancient Greece, and seldom causes complaint from other patrons. I bet Orestes was none too happy about that. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/209 "2023-09-29T11:13:38Z")
My point exactly ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/210 "2023-12-28T01:32:33Z")
Boebert switches districts, from CO-3 to CO-4. Number 3 is (R+7) - safe if your name isn’t Lauren Boebert - while number 4 is (R+13). Number 3 is the rural west of the state, while District 4 is the rural east. They have a sizeable border in the southern part of the state. > **[Lauren Boebert will switch congressional districts to improve her chances of...](https://coloradosun.com/2023/12/27/lauren-boebert-congressional-district-switch-colorado/)** > > Rep. Lauren Boebert will run in Colorado’s 4th Congressional district for the 2024 election instead of the 3rd Congressional District. A very smart move and good for the GOP. Sure, I doubt whether she has any real ties to eastern Colorado, but who cares? She lives, breathes, and has an R next to her name: Republicans aren’t choosy. They elected Lauren Boebert after all. Anyway, there’s no requirement in Colorado that you have to live in the district, only the state. So no harm no foul for carpetbaggers. District 4 is currently represented by Ken Buck, who is stepping down reportedly due to the GOP’s addiction to election conspiracy theories. Clearly not a team player, well not a Republican team player. District map: > **[Colorado’s supreme court approves new congressional district map](https://www.cpr.org/2021/11/01/colorados-supreme-court-approves-new-congressional-district-map/)** > > Colorado’s supreme court justices have agreed unanimously to let stand the map approved by the state’s new Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission, despite objections from Latino advocacy groups. In the GOP primary Boebert will face off against the following: > [@](#): > > ``` > * Former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling. He’s currently a Logan County commissioner. > * State Rep. Richard Holtorf of Akron > * Conservative talk radio host Deborah Flora > * Former state Sen. Ted Harvey of Highlands Ranch > > ``` > > Colorado House Minority Leader Mike Lynch of Wellington is also expected to enter the race in the coming days. Hrm. Maybe switching districts wasn’t so smart for her after all. Ah well, there’s always a lobbying gig. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/211 "2023-12-28T02:47:41Z")
If the people in her new favorite district are dumb, and stupid, and dumb enough to vote her in, then I wish them well. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/212 "2023-12-28T03:04:45Z")
She barely scraped by in recount to be reelected in her current district, so it is a sensible tactic to move to the district where there’s an open seat and where name recognition plus solidifying the wingnut loon demographic’s turnout among voters she has not had a chance to disappoint directly vs. a large number of other contenders splitting the vote, give her better chances to making it past the primary to a “safer” general. Someone in her political staff _ **is** _ doing their job. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/213 "2023-12-28T04:04:22Z")
This is, alas, a smart move on Boebert’s part. Accusations of carpetbagging just don’t have as much punch as they used to, especially for someone with Boebert’s name ID. > [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Anyway, there’s no requirement in Colorado that you have to live in the district, only the state. This is true in every state. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/214 "2023-12-28T05:44:06Z")
It’s too bad, since it would have been an almost certain win for the Dems in the old district. If she loses the primary in CO-4, someone should start a write-in campaign for her in CO-3. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/215 "2023-12-28T05:49:30Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Accusations of carpetbagging just don’t have as much punch as they used to, especially for someone with Boebert’s name ID. Agreed, and frankly I believe this is a good thing. Representing a district is a job and there’s no reason why a long term resident has to it. I do believe that carpetbaggers should study up on their district, but that’s about it. I also think that Reps should function at least at the college level, but that’s a separate issue. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/216 "2023-12-28T11:31:07Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Agreed, and frankly I believe this is a good thing. Representing a district is a job and there’s no reason why a long term resident has to it. Hmm… disagree. I think you should live in the district, know the people, drive it’s roads, know it’s climate. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/217 "2023-12-28T12:53:48Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > … Agreed, and frankly I believe this is a good thing. Representing a district is a job and there’s no reason why a long term resident has to it. … I don’t know why a candidate should be required to be a “long term” resident, but I do think having a primary residence in the district at the time of filing through any term served is worthwhile. If nothing else, to show that the individual has some skin in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/218 "2023-12-28T13:17:10Z")
Aside: different systems have different takes on that question. In Canada, there’s no requirement that a candidate even live in the province, let alone the riding they want to represent. It’s left up to the voters. Prime Minister Mackenzie King was from Ontario, born and bred, but at various times represented seats in Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan. His longest tenure in one seat was Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, for 19 years. (In one election, he defeated an up-and-coming young local Tory, a guy named John Diefenbaker.) ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/219 "2023-12-28T14:44:58Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > His longest tenure in one seat was Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, for 19 years. (In one election, he defeated an up-and-coming young local Tory, a guy named John Diefenbaker.) For Americans and Canadians too young to know this history, Diefenbaker _was_ from Prince Albert and later became Prime Minister. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/220 "2023-12-28T14:59:15Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Agreed, and frankly I believe this is a good thing. Representing a district is a job and there’s no reason why a long term resident has to it. I do believe that carpetbaggers should study up on their district, but that’s about it. It’s not about long term residence in Boebert’s case. She’s abandoning her district not to seek higher office or do something different, but in an effort to seek more favorable conditions allowing her to win an election in the exact same office she already holds. That tells me she doesn’t give a goddamn about the district she’s been representing for years, so what makes anyone think she gives a goddamn about the district she’s running for? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163.md?page=12)