Lauren Boebert

'Grabbing the hog during a live musical': John Fetterman hits back at GOP critics with brutal Boebert slam

This week's decision by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to relax the Senate dress code has led to widespread criticism and mockery from Republican lawmakers and commentators directed at Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who is notorious for wearing sweats and a hoodie and who is thought to have been the main reason for the rule change.

Undaunted by the criticism, Fetterman hit back on Tuesday, dismissing his critics' choice of priorities with a brutal sideswipe at another member of Congress who recently made the news for how she presented herself in public.

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'Not conservative Republicanism': House GOP a complete 'clown show' amid budget battle

Speaker Kevin McCarthy told his caucus on Monday that they run the risk of alienating Americans with their budget battle if a government shutdown unfolds.

"If you shut down [the government], you really cede the power to the government," McCarthy said, referring to President Joe Biden as the government while speaking on “The Truth with Lisa Boothe."

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Lauren Boebert dumps Beetlejuice groper: 'He's a Democrat!'

TMZ chased up to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to ask about the groping incident in Denver at the Beetlejuice musical.

Bobert had previously said that the incident was really a misunderstanding due to her "overtly animated personality." That was before a video was released showing Boebert and her date groping each other in the theatre.

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Boebert and her now-estranged husband went on February trip bankrolled by conservative values group

The Conservative Partnership Institute says on its website that it exists to help conservatives uphold principles and values that have made America the greatest nation in history” and stay strong in the face of “cultural Marxism”.

“It’s not easy to stick to your principles when you come to Washington,” the website says.

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Christian summit drops Lauren Boebert as guest speaker amid fondling scandal: report

Christian convention The Texas Youth Summit has removed Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert from its list of speakers in the wake of a scandal involving security footage from a Denver theater apparently showing her engaged in lewd conduct with a male companion, The Daily Mail reported.

Boebert was added to the event's lineup after news broke that she had been kicked out of the "Beetlejuice" performance for disruptive behavior, but that was before the security video was leaked. Organizers of the event, which targets young conservatives, billed Boebert as a "devout Christian who seeks to honor God in all that she does."

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Lauren Boebert's Beetlejuice scandal could hand Democrats control of the House: report

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) could cost Republicans control of the U.S. House of Representatives after a scandal over her behavior at a "Beetlejuice" performance.

In a report published on Monday, Insider explained how Boebert jeopardized GOP control of the House.

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Lauren Boebert could face sex crime charge under Colorado's lewdness law

The fallout from Rep. Lauren Boebert's humiliating ouster from a Denver theater after she aggravated fellow playgoers by vaping, dancing in her seat, taking flash pictures and engaging in mutual groping with her date may not be over.

According to a report from Newsweek, the normally attention-seeking Colorado Republican may have run afoul of a Colorado ordinance designed to clamp down on public lewdness that, if taken to the extreme, is punishable by fines and up to six months in prison – along with being classified as a sex offender.

Boebert, who has since apologized profusely for her actions a week ago while in the audience of a "Beetlejuice" performance, runs the risk that she could be charged with 18-7-301 of the Colorado criminal code.

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As Newsweek's Nick Mordowanec wrote, the law stipulates that "public indecency is a petty offense sex crime ' but does tend "to carry lighter penalties, though, such as 10 days in jail and/or up to $300 fines, in addition to potential probation, community service or mandatory counseling."

But there is an outside chance of a sex offender designation that could be placed upon the 36-year-old who recently became a grandmother if she is convicted.

The report states, "In most cases, such crimes don't lead to individuals being classified as sex offenders. The law also differs from indecent exposure, which involves an individual knowingly exposing their genitals to satisfy sexual desires. Lawyers have a difficult time proving public indecency, however, due to the broadness of the statute and the relative nature surrounding the act. Matthew Hand, a Denver-based criminal attorney, says that the law 'is vague and overreaching.'"

In an interview with Newsweek, Hand explained, "Although a theater is a crowded public setting where 'a lewd fondling' could be prosecuted as public indecency, it is unlikely that brief groping, over the clothes, while seated in a dark theater, would lead to conviction. The acts need to have been 'reasonably expected to be viewed' by others, and a jury must be convinced of that beyond a reasonable doubt."

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GOP should worry more about MTG and Boebert's 'mental competency' than Joe Biden's: House member

At the end of an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) got off a shot at two of his Republican colleagues in the House after he was asked about concerns about President Joe Biden.

Initially speaking with the hosts about Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hamstringing of the military over concerns about Pentagon abortion policies, Crow was asked in parting about attacks on Biden's "mental competency" from Republicans.

According to the Colorado Democrat, GOP leaders have a bigger problem on their hands that they need to deal with.

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"Where do you stand on the president's age and on the age of those senior politicians more generally?" he was asked by panelist Katty Kay.

"I think it's wrong to look at age, I think we should look at capacity, I think we should look at acuity and leadership," he replied.

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Boebert's 'explicit groping' video response shows she's in a panic about re-election: MSNBC panelist

Reacting to the continuing fallout for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) after closed circuit video showed her vaping, acting out and engaging in mutual groping with her date before being booted from a performance of the "Beetlejuice" musical at a Denver theater, MSNBC contributor Katty Kay claimed the embattled Colorado Republican's effusive apology over the weekend demonstrates she's worried about her political future.

With "Morning Joe" co-panelist Johnathan Lemire describing Boebert's actions including "explicit groping" -- much to the dismay of co-host Mika Brzezinski -- Kay noted Boebert's effusive apology and pointed out that it was completely out of character for the lawmaker who normally courts controversy.

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'Lied about her lies': US Rep. Boebert’s Dem rival insists she’s not 'what the voters want'

Colorado Democratic congressional candidate Adam Frisch, during a Sunday interview with MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend, slammed United States Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) over her recent incident as a local Denver theatre.

The right-wing congresswoman was recently kicked out of a "Beetlejuice" performance "after she was caught 'vaping, singing, recording, and 'causing a disturbance,'" according to The Denver Post.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene demands 'etiquette and respect' in Congress after profane tirade

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) demanded "etiquette and respect" in Congress months after she launched a profane attack on Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on the House floor.

In a message posted to social media on Sunday, Greene complained about the Senate's dress code.

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Lauren Boebert caught on security footage aggressively groping her date before being booted from theater

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert did a bit more than vape before she was booted from a performance of “Beetlejuice the Musical” in Denver last weekend. A new surveillance clip obtained by TMZ appears to show the Republican representative getting aggressively handsy with her date during the family-friendly performance, recommended for children ages 10 and up by the The Broadway League. Security cameras caught Boebert’s male plus-one overtly fondling her breast, prompting her to dip her hand between his legs. The groping continued on for several minutes, with Boebert at one point grinning and squirm...

Evangelicals losing their grip on the Republican Party as 2024 election looms

Based upon recent speeches made by the leading contenders for the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination, there appears to be a growing rift between what evangelicals want as the top priority of the next GOP administration and what the potential nominees are offering.

According to a report from the Guardian's David Smith, the surge of conservative voters Donald Trump has brought into the party who are not affiliated with churches has watered down the need to keep evangelicals happy and that showed in the speeches delivered at the Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand Summit on Friday.

As the report notes, the elephant in the room is the question of banning abortions as a key plank for the GOP ticket which evangelicals see as a priority and contenders for the nomination are treading carefully based on recent election results.

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Case in point, Smith notes, was Trump's comments on Friday where he seemed to be hedging on making abortion a centerpiece of his campaign.

Writing, "... even as the former president basked in the religious right’s moment of triumph, he went on to deliver a warning," Smith reports Trump told the crowd, "I will say politically, it’s a very tough, it’s a very tough decision for some people, but very, very hard on elections. Very, very hard ... We had midterms and this was an issue, you know.”

The former president was not the only one dancing around the issue.

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