'Disruptive drama queen': Lauren Boebert in trouble with Colorado voters
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's political future could be decided this week as Colorado voters in a new district head to the polls as she runs on a new district where she is proving to be a "hard sell" to skeptical conservatives.
That's according to the New York Times' Michelle Cottle, who has been on the campaign trail with the controversial lawmaker who jumped districts months ago when it looked like she would not make the cut with voters who had previously voted for her but then grew tired of her act.
According to Cottle, Boebert has been running herself ragged crisscrossing the new district where turnout for her appearances has numbered in the dozens and where she has toned down the fiery rhetoric that turned off her previous supporters.
"One of the surprises during my time with Ms. Boebert was how many awkward or uncertain moments she seemed to have — at voter events, in debates or simply standing unnoticed in a crowd," Cottle wrote before later adding, "In unguarded moments, she looks reserved and tentative — she has a tendency to nervously smooth down her long hair — and seems braced for someone to say something mean. She can easily get lost in a crowd."
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As the report notes, Boebert's reputation with conservative voters has preceded her, as she attempts "to convince them she is more than a self-serving agent of chaos" and "an ineffective, attention-hungry, disruptive drama queen."
One voter who sat in a sparse crowd listening to her pitch is still not convinced and told Cottle, "I’m still trying to get my mind around the idea of her winning."
More worrisome for her is the fact that, with just a few days before the primary, so many voters are still on the fence after she has spent months campaigning.
"Plenty of Republicans in Ms. Boebert’s new district have their doubts about her. A Kaplan Strategies poll from late May found that less than half of likely G.O.P. primary voters viewed her favorably," the New York Times is reporting.
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