Boebert hit by hometown newspaper for interview bereft of local knowledge

Lauren Boebert's decision to abandon her Colorado district was driven by her divorce — and not the threat a well-funded Democratic opponent was posing her, the congresswoman said Thursday.

"The fresh start is really in regards to my personal life," she said. "There's definitely been some changes."

Boebert's comments were made in an interview with Colorado newspaper The Durango Herald that was published Friday.

In it, she was hit for apparently knowing little about the 4th Congressional district that she now hopes to represent after she announced she was moving out of the 3rd, where she is now.

"In a chipper interview Thursday with The Durango Herald, the congresswoman said she will continue to 'be a loud advocate' for her signature causes, which include fiscal responsibility, limited government, immigration policy and 'our God-Given rights,'" the reporter Reuben M. Schafir, wrote.

"A week after launching a District 4 campaign, her pitch is rooted less in her new stumping grounds and more in conservative issues of state or national interest," he went on.

"But mostly, Boebert’s pitch to District 4 voters parrots boilerplate conservative talking points: “Hardworking Coloradans who are affected by inflation, by the Biden Administration, they are affected by the reckless spending in Washington D.C., the interest rates are affecting them and this is something they feel where it matters most – their pocketbooks.”

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He continued, "The congresswoman struggled to offer detailed differentiation between the two districts; representing a district with a large urban area, referring to Douglas County, was the only major distinction between districts 3 and 4 she offered."

“My job is on-the-job training,” she told the interviewer. "I am protecting my voters."

Boebert won district 3 by just 546 votes and was facing an extremely tough fight in 2024, worsened by her damaged reputation in the area after her Beetlejuice scandal in which a security camera caught her groping her date and vaping in the theater over the objections of fellow patrons.

District 4 is considered a much safer conservative seat.