# 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:** 8
**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:** [September 18, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/141 "2023-09-18T12:01:37Z")
Well, yes. “Values” means looking the other way it and not mentioning it when it’s “one of us”… if it’s one of “those others” then crack down hard on them so they’ll know their place. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/142 "2023-09-18T13:19:00Z")
Her biggest act which I abhor is the, “do you know who I am?” claim. Like her position of power as a congress critter should let her get out of jail free. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/143 "2023-09-18T14:30:02Z")
Back in 2007, Republicans could not defenestrate Senator Larry Craig fast enough when he got busted for inappropriate sexual conduct in a public place. He also tried to pull the “do you know who I am” card, and his alleged behavior was just waving his hand under a bathroom stall. The difference, of course, being that he was busted in an airport men’s room. Public lewd conduct is fine in the GOP as long as it’s not gay lewd conduct. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/144 "2023-09-18T14:53:57Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > if they can own the libs (or be perceived to do so) then they are alright as a candidate. There’s also “own the media”. Some would argue this is equal to owning the libs, but I would suggest the categories are just enough disjoint to merit separate consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/145 "2023-09-18T14:55:44Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Her biggest act which I abhor is the, “do you know who I am?” claim. > **[https://preview.redd.it/u86x9ay72zob1.png?auto=webp&s=1344e3f5966c9d8ffc07ed...](https://preview.redd.it/u86x9ay72zob1.png?auto=webp&s=1344e3f5966c9d8ffc07edda069f9aab8a9a7cf8)** ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/146 "2023-09-18T16:55:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > > > The really heinous part to me is enough people voted for her to become a congresswoman. > > Twice. A woman with a callous disregard for the law and the welfare of others, a profound ignorance of the requirements and expectations of the job she is getting paid well to do, a fundamental lack of any basic manners whatsoever, and a willingness to ignore or destroy every convention of democracy and polite society out of sheer petty malignancy, and the voters of her district still put her back in office. It’s a sad state of affairs. Rep Jeff Jackson has an interesting take on his opposition. He makes extremely informative videos on social media. He doesn’t name names but has stated several times that the more vocal (crazy) critters on the R side are completely different behind closed doors. The frothing at the mouth is only for the cameras. He may only be talking about MTG and Gaetz but Boebert is in the same crew. Unfortunately Jackson may be gerrymandered out of a job. If he can stay in the public eye he can become a superstar. ---
**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 18, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/147 "2023-09-18T16:59:25Z")
Her history of run-ins with the law even before her stint in Congress suggests that her outrageous antics are not merely performative, but rather indicative of her true nature. You don’t give 80 people food poisoning on purpose. ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/148 "2023-09-18T17:28:08Z")
I saw an opinion piece that if she was vaping cannabis, she’d be guilty of the same thing Hunter Biden’s being charged with. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/149 "2023-09-18T17:53:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > You don’t give 80 people food poisoning on purpose. Maybe you do. But that wouldn’t be better. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/150 "2023-09-18T18:04:37Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Back in 2007, Republicans could not defenestrate Senator Larry Craig fast enough when he got busted for inappropriate sexual conduct in a public place. He also tried to pull the “do you know who I am” card, and his alleged behavior was just waving his hand under a bathroom stall. Was that the guy with the “wide stance”? His sin wasn’t sexual conduct in a public place, it was HOMOSEXUAL conduct in a public place. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/151 "2023-09-18T18:10:04Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > His sin wasn’t sexual conduct in a public place, it was HOMOSEXUAL conduct in a public place. It’s only a scandal if a Republican is caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/152 "2023-09-18T18:14:42Z")
Both are small potatoes compared to insurrection. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/153 "2023-09-18T19:33:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/republican-youth-conference-adds-lauren-boebert-amid-theater-scandal](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/republican-youth-conference-adds-lauren-boebert-amid-theater-scandal) > **[Lauren Boebert REMOVED from Texas Youth Summit after fondling scandal](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12531979/Lauren-Boebert-REMOVED-Texas-Youth-Summits-speakers-list-videos-vaping-fondling-beau-Quinn-Gallagher-surfaced.html)** > > Rep. Lauren Boebert has been removed from the Texas Youth Summit's speakers list after video footage showed her vaping and fondling her beau Quinn Gallagher during Beetlejuice. ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/154 "2023-09-18T19:59:54Z")
[![](https://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/321/320491/ao_Simpsons_nelson_haha.jpg) ](https://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/321/320491/ao_Simpsons_nelson_haha.jpg) I hope she goes all scorched earth on them. The more in fighting, the better (I think). ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/155 "2023-09-18T21:14:54Z")
> By Thursday night, 9News obtained a longer segment of the security footage that confirmed Boebert had indeed been vaping. > > Faced with that imagery, Boebert issued an apology. > > ‘I genuinely did not recall vaping that evening when I discussed the night’s events with my campaign team while confirming my enthusiasm for the musical,’ she said. ‘Regardless of my belief, it’s clear now that was not accurate; it was not my or my campaign’s intention to mislead, but we do understand the nature of how this looks.’ > > On Friday the Texas Youth Summit announced Boebert as a speaker for the late September conference, taking place outside of Houston. > > Around 4:30 p.m. Friday another piece of footage came out - the one that showed Gallagher rubbing the 36-year-old grandmother’s breasts as she tugged at his crotch. > > Boebert reached across the aisle, literally, as Gallagher - whose bar has hosted drag shows - is a suspected Democrat. > > Friday evening, Boebert blamed her behavior on her divorce. Two things: how high do you have to be to not recall toking up in the theater? And not to kink-shame, but what kind of weirdo gets that turned on by a Beetlejuice musical? Oh, and party of personal responsibility my ass. ‘I got high and gave a Democrat a hand job in public, but I’m not to blame, it’s my divorce’s fault.’ Yes, as we all know getting high and giving hand jobs in crowded theaters is a known side-effect of divorces. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/156 "2023-09-18T21:31:28Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Yes, as we all know getting high and giving hand jobs in crowded theaters is a known side-effect of divorces. I sure did that wrong then. I just played more video games for a while after being divorced. I’m surprised that she was dropped by that summit. I’m so used to folks like her just getting away with everything and never facing consequences. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/157 "2023-09-18T21:36:38Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Yes, as we all know getting high and giving hand jobs in crowded theaters is a known side-effect of divorces. Ironically, divorce is a side-effect of giving a hand job in a theater. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/158 "2023-09-18T21:38:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’m surprised that she was dropped by that summit. I’m so used to folks like her just getting away with everything and never facing consequences. I mean, she _is_ a woman openly displaying feelings of sexual attraction. That’s less likely to be accepted in conservative circles than a man just doing what God designed him for. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/159 "2023-09-18T21:38:57Z")
[ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin) I have no idea of what that is supposed to mean. And what are _your_ thoughts about that tweet? > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > His sin wasn’t sexual conduct in a public place, it was HOMOSEXUAL conduct in a public place. Yeah, and that sort of bust is based upon homophobia. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/160 "2023-09-18T21:44:19Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I saw an opinion piece that if she was vaping cannabis, she’d be guilty of the same thing Hunter Biden’s being charged with. It’s OK If A Republican Does It. One law for thee, another for me. These are the main Republican policy planks now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163.md?page=9)