Lauren Boebert's 'carpetbagging' campaign already flagging in new Colorado district

Lauren Boebert's 'carpetbagging' campaign already flagging in new Colorado district
Gage Skidmore

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s “carpetbagging” campaign in her new Colorado district is already showing signs of flagging, according to a newly reported poll.

The MAGA Republican’s high-profile politics didn’t translate into high numbers in a new straw poll taken at a GOP debate Sunday in the heavily populated District 4 race, the New York Sun reports.

“She might have trouble even winning the Republican nomination," writes Russell Payne, "much less the general election."

The poll ranked Boebert fifth out of nine candidates, the report shows. Out of 117 votes cast, Boebert reportedly received 12.

Candidates who ranked higher include Logan County commissioner Jerry Sonnenberg, state house minority leader Mike Lynch and a Douglas County filmmaker named Deborah Flora, according to the report.

Boebert — who will flee District 3 after her “explicit groping” scandal at Beetlejuice the Musical made national headlines — was slammed Sunday by opponents who accused her of playing politics.

“Could you give the definition of ‘carpetbagger’?” Lynch demanded.

“The crops may be different in Colorado’s Fourth District, but the values are not,” Boebert told the room. “I’m a proven fighter for the values that you all believe in.”

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The full breadth of President Donald Trump's entourage of American business leaders and dignitaries was unveiled during a welcoming ceremony in China early Thursday morning, which included an appearance of one individual who incensed a political analyst.

Ana Navarro, a CNN commentator, noted that Brett Ratner, who directed Melania Trump's eponymous documentary on Amazon, was among those selected by Trump to travel with his delegation. Ratner's travel to China on the U.S. taxpayers' dime incensed Navarro because of his sordid history in Hollywood and the harm he's caused to some women.

"There is also another person who is in this official delegation, and that was on Air Force One, and that's Brett Ratner, who was the director and producer of the 'Melania' movie," Navarro said on CNN's "NewsNight." "But let us remember, Brett Ratner had been basically banished from Hollywood in 2017 because there were very serious sexual predatory allegations against him."

"His name is all over the Epstein file because of his association with Epstein," she continued. And so, because he volunteered to do that documentary on Melania, that Amazon allegedly paid $40 million for, he is now being brought back and rehabilitated by Donald Trump."

"I find it appalling, appalling, and I urge people to go look up the women," she added. "Some of the biggest names in Hollywood who spoke up against the sexual harassment and sexual acts of Brett Ratner, which included things like masturbating in front of them. And there he is as part of the official U.S. delegation flying on Air Force One on our dime. I find that appalling."

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A hypothetical plot to remove President Donald Trump from office stunned a political analyst on Wednesday.

The plot, concocted by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, involved Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio teaming up to push Trump out of office under the 25th Amendment. Reich hypothesized in a recent op-ed for Alternet that Vance would approach Rubio and offer him the vice presidency after Trump leaves office. Then the two men would go to Capitol Hill to get the blessings of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). The two men would also enlist the help of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to "make the 25th Amendment stick," Reich argued.

The plan stunned David Pakman, a liberal political commentator and host of "The David Pakman Show" on YouTube, who reacted to it in a new video.

"There are a lot of ways that this can go wrong, and there are people who would be very afraid of how they will suffer if it doesn't go well after they say 'I'm involved and I'm interested,'" Pakman said.

For instance, Pakman noted that Reich gave the hypothetical a 30% chance of success. He also noted that Vance and Rubio have a lot to lose if the plan doesn't work out, and would likely face the wrath of Trump's base in the meantime.

There are also questions about whether Vance or Rubio would be willing to go through with the plan in the first place, since both men are seen as the frontrunners for the 2028 presidential nomination, Pakman added.

One factor working in the plan's favor is that Americans are still unhappy with how the war in Iran is playing out, and its related economic impacts, Pakman said.

"The odds continue to rise as Americans are increasingly unhappy with Trump and MAGA, and the current Republican leadership," he said.

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration has to return a South American woman it tried to deport to the middle of Africa, according to the New York Times.

Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata, 55, was deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo in April, according to the Times. A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration had most likely violated the law by doing so, according to Zapata's lawyers, who spoke with the Times.

The Times noted that the Trump administration is trying "to find places to deport migrants whom the government cannot send to their home countries, usually because a judge has ruled that they will most likely face persecution and torture."

The workaround has been to try "cutting deals with countries that are willing to accept these migrants."

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