Multiple sources have told CNN's Melanie Zanona that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) appeared to be so inebriated at a fundraiser late last year that servers refused to give her any additional booze.
According to the CNN report, Boebert was attending a fundraiser in Manhattan in December when a server determined that she had been "overserved" and "would not bring her any more alcohol."
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What's more, Boebert at the fundraiser kept attempting to snap selfies with former President Donald Trump to such an extent that "Trump’s security detail stepped in and asked Boebert to stop."
Boebert's allies questioned whether she was really as drunk at the fundraiser as witnesses claimed, and they chalked up that perception to the congresswoman's "boisterous and loud personality" that "can sometimes be misconstrued."
What's more, Trump nonetheless gave Boebert his endorsement in the weeks after the fundraiser, which Boebert allies say demonstrates that he wasn't overly bothered by her antics at the fundraiser.
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The incident in question took place just months after Boebert was ejected from a Denver theater where security camera footage showed her vaping and groping her date during a performance of the "Beetlejuice" musical.
Boebert apologized for the incident and vowed to be better behaved in the future.
"Look, some of that stuff that popped up wasn’t the best stuff to see," Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a Boebert ally, said of the incident. "Even she acknowledges that. But none of us are perfect. Just because we’re elected officials doesn’t mean we’re any more perfect than anybody else. Stuff happens. But I think she has been able to do her job, and that’s all that matters at the end of the day."
Boebert is currently in a highly competitive Republican primary in Colorado's 4th congressional district.
