# 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:** 3
**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, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/41 "2023-09-15T22:55:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > IIRC, that particular disgrace is still married to a different male than the grooee. To be fair, she filed for divorce in April, and I presume they are separated. Her husband is an alcoholic with anger problems and once pled guilty to indecent exposure. When he was served the divorce papers, he was extremely irate and started verbally abusing the process server, and accused him of trespassing. So I think it’s fair to call this an acrimonious divorce. > **[Lauren Boebert files for divorce from her husband](https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/16/lauren-boebert-divorce-filing/)** > > Lauren and Jayson Boebert have been married for nearly two decades and have four sons together The divorce should be finalized next month. > **[Lauren Boebert's divorce is likely to be finalized next month, and it's...](https://www.businessinsider.com/lauren-boebert-divorce-is-likely-to-finalized-next-month-2023-9)** > > In May, Boebert filed for divorce from Jayson, her husband of nearly two decades. It appears Jayson has not cooperated with the proceedings. Of all the things to criticize her for (and there are scads of them), dating someone while she’s not with her husband anymore wouldn’t even make my list. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/42 "2023-09-15T23:14:18Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > IIRC, that particular disgrace is still married to a different male than the grooee. > > To be fair, she filed for divorce in April, and I presume they are separated. Her husband is an alcoholic with anger problems and once pled guilty to indecent exposure. He also speeds through residential streets while drunk, runs over neighbours’ mailboxes, and threatens neighbours. Seems like a perfect match for Boebert. I presume she divorced him because he’s too much of a gentleman for her taste, and would prefer somebody drunker and more aggressively obnoxious. ---
**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, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/43 "2023-09-15T23:16:54Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I presume she divorced him because he’s too much of a gentleman for her taste, and would prefer somebody drunker and more aggressively obnoxious. Yeah, that indecent exposure charge (which he pled guilty to, and it was in front of girls at a bowling alley) was in **2004**. (After they started dating but a year before their first child.) They were married 2 years later. She knew what she was getting into. ---
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/44 "2023-09-15T23:24:02Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Of all the things to criticize her for (and there are scads of them), dating someone while she’s not with her husband anymore wouldn’t even make my list. Besides, judging from some grainy video, she looks to be a fun date. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/45 "2023-09-15T23:31:51Z")
FWIW, there is new surveillance video from the theatre that clearly shows her hitting a vape pen. > **[Lauren Boebert appears to be vaping in theater before being kicked out, new...](https://news.yahoo.com/lauren-boebert-appears-vaping-theater-181726036.html)** > > The new video, first aired by 9News, appears to show Boebert inside the theater, putting something to her mouth and blowing out a cloud of smoke. ---
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/46 "2023-09-15T23:37:06Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > FWIW, there is new surveillance video from the theatre that clearly shows her hitting a vape pen. > > [Lauren Boebert appears to be vaping in theater before being kicked out, new video shows](https://news.yahoo.com/lauren-boebert-appears-vaping-theater-181726036.html) LOL, you could see that same video in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/47 "2023-09-15T23:45:09Z")
Sadly, there’s not much satisfaction to be had from seeing her and her boyfriend kicked out of the theater. People like Boebert and her outstanding ex are very well acclimatized to being on the wrong side of society and the wrong side of the law and probably take actual pride in it. She probably just regrets that she didn’t get to have a mug shot she could flaunt to the rubes, like her orange hero. IOW, a highly desirable politician in today’s Republican Party. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/48 "2023-09-16T00:03:04Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > When he was served the divorce papers, he was extremely irate and started verbally abusing the process server, and accused him of trespassing. So I think it’s fair to call this an acrimonious divorce. Well, you can see why he’d be upset. It hurts to support someone during their early days of teen pregnancy, disorderly conduct, and poisoning people only to be cast aside later when they make it big in politics. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/49 "2023-09-16T01:41:07Z")
They have video of her vaping in her seat and generally annoying people. One report says a pregnant woman asked her to stop vaping and she responded rudely. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/50 "2023-09-16T02:05:39Z")
I know. The only behavior she has **denied** having done is the vaping. She acknowledged and is quite unapologetic about everything else she was reported to have done. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/51 "2023-09-16T02:15:11Z")
And she became a grandmother a few months ago at the age of 36. All I’m going to say is that none of this was the baby’s fault, and I wish them the best. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/52 "2023-09-16T02:29:40Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > To be fair, she filed for divorce in April, and I presume they are separated. My point is she expects everyone else to follow certain rules grounded in a particular religion. Adultery is against those rules. ---
**Author:** ![Digger11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Digger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger11)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/53 "2023-09-16T02:39:15Z")
Exactly. She’s one of those “Christians” who imagines that the Ten Commandments don’t apply to her. When she owned her former restaurant, it was open on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/54 "2023-09-16T02:44:36Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Sadly, there’s not much satisfaction to be had from seeing her and her boyfriend kicked out of the theater. As a theater-goer, I strongly disagree! ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/55 "2023-09-16T03:58:36Z")
Boebert actually issued an apology this evening for her behavior at the musical. Sure, it was only after she had been caught dead-to-rights on video but I’m very surprised she would apologize in any circumstance. > **[Rep. Lauren Boebert apologizes after getting kicked out of show and falsely...](https://apnews.com/article/lauren-boebert-theater-vaping-186d748f754d87a7441268744b0076cf)** > > Rep. Lauren Boebert is apologizing after getting kicked out of a musical play last weekend and then falsely denying that she had been vaping. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/56 "2023-09-16T04:28:03Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > but I’m very surprised she would apologize in any circumstance. Not surprised since she was caught dead-to-rights on video. Maybe she was trying to appease her new boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/57 "2023-09-16T04:32:40Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Not surprised since she was caught dead-to-rights on video. I’m surprised. The Second Law of Modern Republicans is “never apologize”. She should still be denying it happened. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/58 "2023-09-16T04:43:58Z")
At first I couldn’t picture it. But on further reflection, I can see BeetleJuice as a musical. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/59 "2023-09-16T05:08:14Z")
The woes that are Boeberts. Let’s see: Mr. Boebert exposed himself to children in a bowling alley. Knocked up his (ex-)wife when she was 17. He was 23 at the time. Along with his drunk driving and other wonderful attributes, he’s beaten his son (Lauren helped that go away, while she was literally living elsewhere because he’s abusive). Said son has not fallen far from the tree. At 17, he’s a daddy. Mommy was 15 when she got pregnant. Something something predators, something something groomers. Something something LOOK OVER THERE IT’S A DRAG QUEEN! And then there’s the glory of M(r)s. Boebert herself. The only thing she’s done for her constituents is make them the laughingstock of Colorado. Hell, Doug Lamborn must thank his lucky stars every day that she’s around, or he’d be the one called on the carpet for lazy Representative bullshit. I’d say she’s trailer trash Barbie, but I’ve seen Trailer Park Boys, and they’re far classier than the Representative from Colorado. But good news is on the horizon. Adam Frisch, who lost by less than 600 votes in 2022, is running again, and with far more name recognition and financial support. ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/60 "2023-09-16T05:59:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Adultery is against those rules. And she had a child out of wedlock, and so on. But so what? This is like accusing Ted Bundy of not signaling when he drives. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163.md?page=4)