One of the vital infamous Republicans in Congress faces a crowded major election on Tuesday.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is operating in opposition to 5 different Republicans in Colorado’s 4th District.
It’s not her district — Boebert at present represents Colorado’s third — however she’s making the swap quite than face a rematch in opposition to Adam Frisch, the Democratic challenger who got here surprisingly near beating her in 2022. Boebert stated she’d run within the 4th District, which leans extra Republican than her personal, after former Rep. Ken Buck (R) introduced his retirement.
In her first time period in Congress, Boebert drew consideration with a streak of inflammatory antics, akin to vowing to tote a handgun round Washington, calling a Muslim colleague a terrorist and heckling President Joe Biden with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) throughout the 2022 State of the Union tackle. Frisch labeled Boebert a purveyor of “angertainment.”
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In her second time period, Boebert clashed with Greene after the 2 launched rival impeachment resolutions in opposition to Biden in June 2023. Greene advised reporters Boebert “basically copied my articles,” which Boebert denied.
“I’m not in middle school,” Boebert advised HuffPost on the time.
That night, Greene known as Boebert “a little bitch” throughout a confrontation on the Home flooring, a breach of decorum that contributed to Greene’s ouster from the right-wing Home Freedom Caucus the next month.
Boebert dedicated her personal breach of decorum months later when she was escorted out of a Denver theater in September after vaping and carrying on with a date throughout a efficiency of the “Beetlejuice” musical.
This yr, Boebert has seemingly tried to differentiate herself from Greene. Throughout a Home Oversight Committee listening to that fell into chaos after Greene insulted a Democratic colleague’s “fake eyelashes,” Boebert tried to strike a extra statesmanlike tone, apologizing to the American folks on Greene’s behalf.
“It was embarrassing what was going on,” Boebert stated the following day. “My apology was sincere because I felt shame that that was happening.”
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Boebert over her 5 Republican opponents earlier this yr.
Boebert could have a bonus because of her title recognition and Trump endorsement, however political handicappers have stated the dangerous consideration she attracts to herself, akin to by getting kicked out of a touring Broadway efficiency, hurts her probabilities.
If Boebert wins, she’ll face the winner of Tuesday’s Democratic major. One of many candidates, Ike McCorkle, just lately launched an inside ballot suggesting he’d beat Boebert in a hypothetical basic election matchup.
