Bizarre cult loses grasp on Congress with Lauren Boebert's flameout
Lauren Boebert, the last surviving member of a cohort of QAnon-linked Republicans elected to the U.S. House in 2020, lost her seat in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District Monday in the aftermath of the blue midterm tsunami that swept the country.
The QAnon movement emerged during President Donald Trump’s first term as his supporters sought to deflect questions over Russia’s influence on the 2016 election by spinning a narrative that Trump was secretly battling an elitist cabal of pedophiles. Other Republican candidates aligned with QAnon who were elected in 2020 included Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina.
Boebert lost to Democrat Eileen Laubacher, a retired two-star United States Navy rear admiral who served on the National Security Council under President Joe Biden. With an estimated 98% of votes counted, Laubacher led 48.8% to 47.9%, a margin of 3,237 votes, according to CNN, which called the race on Monday. Libertarian Douglas Mangeris took 3.3%....