Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), faced with a difficult election after only winning by hundreds of votes in the previous race, decided to jump ship to a more conservative district on the other side of the state — and according to straw polling, she is unlikely to even get the nomination there.
But whether she finds a new seat to stay in Congress or not, one thing appears to be true: Many of her constituents in Western Colorado are happy to see her go, reported The Independent.
“There are people I know that are Trump supporters that don’t support her, and they started out, like, ‘Yeah, ra, ra, ra,’ and now, they’re just embarrassed – because she just makes a fool out of herself,” said a 40-year-old independent voter in New Castle. “When she comes to public places around here, it’s just not professional.” Another elderly grandmother told the paper, “She’s always in drama here in Rifle and Silt."
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"She’s not the most popular person anymore,” that voter reportedly added.
"It’s a common refrain from constituents represented by the 37-year-old new grandmother, who has endured a spectacular rise and fall between her home turf and DC," reported Sheila Flynn. "A Democrat briefly until 2008, she first came to power in a shock 2020 upset, riding a MAGA wave of rural Colorado libertarianism and covid restriction backlash to victory over five-term incumbent Republican Scott Tipton. Boebert tapped into the fringe elements of the right, weaving Christian nationalism and conspiracy theory bait into her unique brand of Trump-tinted braggadocio, and it played well for a time … before she seems to have taken it too far."
Boebert has found herself at the center of multiple dramas in recent years, from a highly public and personal feud with fellow far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), to an incident in which she was kicked out of a local performance of "Beetlejuice" for publicly groping her date and causing a scene.
