Please explain Lauren Boebert

My MAGA mother looked at me with a straight face and said Nikki Haley was a Democrat. When I asked about Liz Cheney it turned out she was a Democrat too. I don’t remember which thread, but a fellow Doper posted: RIP Republican Party 1854-2024 in reasponse to Donald taking over the Republican National Convention. I think that’s fair. The Republican party is dead and MAGA has emerged from the ashes.