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At a casino bingo hall in southwestern Colorado, Lauren Boebert, a Republican congresswoman, bounced her 6-month-old grandson on her knee.

“The election’s still a ways away,” she said as the guests arriving for the Montezuma County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day dinner trickled into the room. “And in talking with people at events like this, you know, it seems like there’s a lot of mercy and a lot of grace.”

The month before, Boebert, then in the midst of finalizing a divorce, was caught on a security camera vaping and groping her date shortly before being ejected from a performance of the musical “Beetlejuice” at the Buell Theater in Denver for causing a disturbance. The footage contradicted her own initial claims about the incident, and the venue’s statement that Boebert had demanded preferential treatment added to the outrage.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If it were a male politician he'd be relentlessly hounded out of politics by his peers with no mercy even considered. Boebert is unfit to represent anybody.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Um, so there’s this guy named Donald Trump who still got elected president even after a tape of him bragging about grabbing women by their, um, yeah, was made public.

I don’t expect people would hold men to a similar standard here either tbh

[–] Thaumiel 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, not if he was Republican. Remember, Matt Gaetz literally trafficked teenage girls and he's still in power.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I forgot this was US politics for a minute.

[–] kaffiene 2 points 1 year ago

Like Trump, you mean?

[–] Wilibus 0 points 1 year ago

Including her 6 month old grandchild that she brought to the casino?