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The party of family values delivers again. First, Boebert.

Lauren Boebert says she ‘fell short of values’ after Beetlejuice groping video
Congresswoman issues apology after being kicked out of performance of musical in Denver for inappropriate behavior

The US congresswoman Lauren Boebert has issued an apology after being kicked out of a performance of the musical Beetlejuice in Denver for inappropriate behavior, an experience she has called “difficult and humbling”.

Boebert, a Republican representative for Colorado, and a male guest accompanying her were ejected from the musical on 10 September for vaping, recording video and disturbing other patrons during the Sunday performance. Video also showed them eagerly groping each other while in their seats.

Boebert and her campaign manager initially denied that she was vaping and said she was removed for being too loud. But surveillance video obtained by the Denver television station 9News show the congresswoman openly vaping during the performance.

Two sources also confirmed to 9News that Boebert was vaping, a prohibited action that ushers attempted to address with her several times.

A pregnant woman reportedly confronted Boebert and asked the congresswoman to stop vaping, the New York Post reported. But Boebert refused.

“These people in front of us were outrageous,” the unnamed woman said to the Post. “I’ve never seen anyone act like that before.”

The CCTV video also shows Boebert’s guest fondling her breasts after they had taken their seats for the musical performance. Boebert is also seen petting her guest’s crotch in the venue whose patrons often include children and their families.

Boebert and her date were later removed by security in the second act of the musical as their disruptive behavior continued.

The CCTV footage showed a blurred out gesture which Boebert flashed at theater security as she was escorted out. Business Insider reported that the gesture appeared to be a middle finger.

According to a report of the confrontation from theater security, Boebert and her guest reportedly became argumentative with officials. “Do you know who I am?” the congresswoman allegedly asked, according to the theater security report.

Boebert apologized for her behavior in a Friday evening statement.

“The past few days have been difficult and humbling, and I’m truly sorry for the unwanted attention my Sunday evening in Denver has brought to the community,” Boebert said in the apology, as reported by the Colorado Sun.

Boebert added that her “public and difficult divorce” has created a “challenging personal time for me and my entire family”.

“I’ve tried to handle it with strength and grace as best I can, but I simply fell short of my values on Sunday,” Boebert said.

Boebert filed for divorce from her husband, Jayson, in May. The couple had been married for nearly 20 years.

Boebert’s disturbance at the musical was first confirmed on Tuesday, though the congresswoman initially attempted to suggest she was removed from the theater for enjoying the performance too much.

On X, formerly known as Twitter, Boebert wrote that she “[pleaded] guilty to laughing and singing too loud!”

The Colorado congresswoman is in her second term after narrowly being re-elected in 2022.

She is one of the most far-right representatives in Congress, widely known for bigoted statements she has made against LGBTQ+ people, Muslims and other marginalized communities.

A report from the LGBTQ+ news outlet Advocate noted that the man who accompanied her to Beetlejuice was a Democrat named Quinn Gallagher who is the proprietor of a bar that has hosted LGBTQ+ events and drag performances, which have often been targets of the political right.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... uice-video


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And Governor Noem...

Governor Kristi Noem, “God-Fearing” Family Woman, and Corey Lewandowski, Trump Creep, Reportedly Had “Yearslong” Affair
It’s always the ones who insist that marriage is “a special, God-given union between one man and one woman” that forget how to count.

BY KENZIE BRYANT
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Daily Mail has published an explosive report that South Dakota governor Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski, a former Donald Trump aide, have been having a secret affair “for years”—at least since 2019. Noem’s spokesperson told the tabloid, “This is so predictable that you would attack Governor Noem less than a week after she endorsed Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States.” Neither have denied the Daily Mail’s reporting, and Vanity Fair has reached out to both of them for further comment.

A “family values” Republican, Noem has three children with her husband, Bryon. They’ve been married for over 30 years. Lewandowski married his wife, Alison, in 2005, and they have four children.

Lewandowski has a reputation of being just one of the many characters that Trump can’t quit. Trump’s original campaign manager, Lewandowski was fired in June 2016 after “a series of incidents that the Trump family worried had cast the candidate in a negative light.” These may have included, but were not limited to, aggressively handling a reporter and protester, reportedly calling a coworker a “(expletive) bitch,” and reportedly calling a staffer to yell at him as the staffer’s grandmother was having her Last Rites read. Soon, though, Trump brought Lewandowski back in the fold.

Noem stoked speculation that she’s angling to be Trump’s running mate for 2024 with an early endorsement of the indicted man for president. Trump received her endorsement onstage in North Dakota last week, where a Trump-Noem 2024 graphic reportedly appeared on a screen behind them. “I will do everything I can to help him win and save this country,” Noem said when introducing the former president.

The Daily Mail claimed it has a long list of receipts including “stays at luxury resorts where their intimacy was observed and noted.” They allegedly took private planes on donors’ dimes, and would disappear frequently. Rumors of their alleged affair surfaced briefly in 2021, via far-right conservative website American Greatness, but Noem issued a strong rebuke of the story. She said it was “total garbage and a disgusting lie,” and she was “proud of the God-fearing family” that she raised with her husband. Lawyers for Lewandowski dismissed the allegations as “rumors.”

Lewandowski became a key adviser to Noem by 2019, and they would travel frequently together. Per the Daily Mail, “In the months leading up to the 2020 election, Noem and Lewandowski became virtually inseparable companions on the Trump campaign trail. By then, their relationship was an open secret at the White House and among high-level GOP lobbyists and political consultants.”

However, after a scandal in which Lewandowski allegedly propositioned a donor’s wife at a Benihana, he was supposedly cut loose from Noem’s team. “Corey was always a volunteer, never paid a dime (campaign or official),” Ian Fury, Noem’s communications director, said in a statement at the time. “He will not be advising the governor in regard to the campaign or official office.” The Daily Mail claimed this was not true. Lewandowski continued working for Noem, and she would, according to a source, “make excuses for his behavior and apologize to staffers for him.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/09 ... ong-affair

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Here's the link to the Daily Fail article. I'm not removing my ad blocker

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ffair.html

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Those demands for Boebert and Noem to resign are deafening aren't they?

The CCTV in that Denver theatre is almost movie grade. It seems that they were going to let her slide with just the vaping but she tried to throw them under the bus for lying so they released the entire video. I think she dropped out of school at 16 and it seems that mentally she's still about that age.

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I need to preface this by saying that in spite of my username, I don't live in Texas any longer. But I can't believe Paxton was acquitted on all 16 charges. There are lots of great things about Texas. But the Republican party in Texas is not one of them.

[patrick]

Agree on Boebert as she was encouraging her date to perform the message

[ti-amie]

I need to preface this by saying that in spite of my username, I don't live in Texas any longer. But I can't believe Paxton was acquitted on all 16 charges. There are lots of great things about Texas. But the Republican party in Texas is not one of them.

Wait WHAT?!

[ponchi101]

One problem is: these news are TOTALLY unsurprising. So there is so little to comment.
BTW. I mentioned this years ago. But, why do female GOP legislators all look straight out of a dominatrix line up?

[texasniteowl]

I need to preface this by saying that in spite of my username, I don't live in Texas any longer. But I can't believe Paxton was acquitted on all 16 charges. There are lots of great things about Texas. But the Republican party in Texas is not one of them.

Wait WHAT?!

yep.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/16/politics ... index.html

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I made a vow years ago never to step foot into Texas and to this day I haven't. Talk about a s**thole...

[texasniteowl]

or here is an editorial from the Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/edit ... servatism/

[texasniteowl]

I made a vow years ago never to step foot into Texas and to this day I haven't. Talk about a s**thole...

Paxton is truly criminal. Abbott is disgusting. edit: the less said about Cruz the better

I was never a George Bush fan, but in hindsight...that was a highlight?

[ti-amie]

I made a vow years ago never to step foot into Texas and to this day I haven't. Talk about a s**thole...

Paxton is truly criminal. Abbott is disgusting. edit: the less said about Cruz the better

I was never a George Bush fan, but in hindsight...that was a highlight?

I understand and sadly agree.

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There is a horrific story out of Pennsylvania tonight. A man, apparently radicalized by RW media, murdered his father who works for the Federal Government. He then posted a video in which he ranted against the government and President Biden. He has been captured. The video has since been taken down.


Handout / The Associated Press

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