Boebert stumps columnist with claim she abandoned Colorado district for 'personal' reasons

Lauren Boebert's claim that her decision to abandon her Colorado congressional district to run in a completely different one was "the right move for me personally" was destroyed by a Denver-based columnist.

Teague Bohlen, who writes for the alternative news site Westword, was actually left stumped when he tried to think of any way the second term Republican or her family would be better off after the move — other than having a greater chance of keeping a seat in Congress.

He said the move would cause major upheaval for her and her family and involve uprooting to move miles from their existing home.

"To where in CD4 will she move?" he wrote.

"It's on the other side of the state from where she's lived, owned a business and represented at the national level. Are her kids going with her?"

"And what makes this a good choice for her personally? It probably shouldn't be our business — after all, our reaction to most issues politicians face isn't 'but how does this affect my representative personally?' But if Boebert is going to make the point, it probably needs some explanation."

Boebert, under pressure from a well-funded Democrat contender and after losing favor from much of the Republican base in her existing district 3, announced this week she would be running for Colorado's 4th Congressional District seat being vacated by Rep. Ken Buck (R).

The actual reason for the switch is to serve her own financial ends and power fantasies, according to Bohlen.

"Or maybe it's better to refer to her strategy as one of a rat, like one from a sinking ship," Bohlen writes.

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He also pointed out that Boebert doesn't make much mention of her previous district, which she said she has been "fighting so hard" to represent.

"This doesn't even feel like a message aimed at Colorado voters, let alone her own (current) voters. She seems to be talking to anyone watching FoxNews or Newsmax," Bohlen writes.

There was one moment in her announcement video that showed some "unintended honesty," according to Bohlen, and that's when Boebert acknowledged that "2024 is going to be tough."

"...The message is clear: Colorado's most controversial state rep is leaving the 3rd because she knows she's going to lose it."

Read the full article over at Westword.