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Lauren Boebert rival releases ad filmed in Beetlejuice theater she was kicked out of (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Its very funny and she deserves to have her cringe habits paraded around in front of the general public.

But its fucking crazy she is a sitting Congresswoman to begin with. Sort of sad that this needs to be the nail in her coffin and not her atrocious politics or her abysmal non-jerk-off-in-movie-theaters behaviors.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 93 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I’d put a bid in for that seat.

I bet it smells like a harbor at low tide.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 days ago

Never change, SatansMaggotyCumFart. Always be the reason my eyeballs burn.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago

lol. Gross. But lol.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't know what's funnier the username or the insult. For context: https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Margate-Harbour-smell-at-low-tides?top_ans=80754588

[–] cheese_greater 5 points 4 days ago

We are a well oiled machine haha

[–] dogsnest 5 points 4 days ago

Poetry.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If Boebert goes down for being a bit of a slag instead of for being a fascist I won't be surprised at America, but I will be disappointed yet again.

Stop slutshaming fascists and just throw bricks at them, that's all I want, why is this so hard :(

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Forcing other people who didn't consent to watch your public handjob isn't a slut thing, sluts love consent. Fascists, however, don't value consent, and we hate that about them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mmmm I agree in principal, but you need to keep in mind that the ones who elected her into office are also fascists, or at least fascism supporters. They don’t care that she’s a fascist. But they claim to care about actions like the ones that took place there.

The only way she’s losing support from her constituents is for the non-fascist things she does.

[–] SkyezOpen 2 points 2 days ago

Dems really need to bump up their shit flinging game if they want to stay competitive.

[–] xantoxis 42 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You could go more petty than this, but this is plenty

[–] Rapidcreek 8 points 4 days ago

Do you think Boebert wouldn't do exactly the same thing?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Like pay for the actors in the beetlejuice to reenact bobert and then act out her losing the campaign?

[–] eran_morad 19 points 4 days ago

Beware Bobo, she got the fastest hands in the West.

[–] CharlesDarwin 12 points 3 days ago

Beetlebert is such a joke. She was a joke even before her vaping gropefest at Beetlejuice. Anyway, it would be fantastic if Empty G were to be caught in something similarly embarrassing.

[–] xc2215x 11 points 3 days ago

That is pretty funny.

[–] CM400 6 points 3 days ago

Here’s the ad for those interested.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Sassy

[–] just_another_person 10 points 4 days ago

Brilliant.

[–] Branch_Ranch 2 points 3 days ago

The primary is Tuesday! I hope she fucking loses!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Colorado Republican Rep Lauren Boebert’s Democratic rival posted a hilarious new ad speaking from the lawmaker’s seat during her scandalous Beetlejuice outing last fall.

Democratic Congressional hopeful John Padora sat in a maroon movie theater chair, saying in his new ad: “I’m sitting in the very same seat Lauren Boebert got kicked out of.

The switch came after a series of embarrassing public incidents and a narrow victory over a Democrat competitor in her home district in 2022.

“Boebert’s an opportunistic carpetbagger and we deserve real leadership here in Colorado’s 4th,” he said, before asking supporters for donations.

Padora’s ad, released days before the Colorado primary races on June 25, highlights how the Beetlejuice incident still plagues the embattled GOP incumbent.

In May, Boebert was welcomed by chants of “Beetlejuice” when she visited George Washington University’s campus amid pro-Gaza protests.

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[+] shalafi -75 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I loathe that woman, but I watched the video when it came out. Nothing but some teenage tickling going on. Inappropriate? You fuckin' a it was for a Congresswoman. But it wasn't really a thing otherwise. And it was in the dark, only caught on infrared.

Did anyone expect upright, moral, Victorian behavior from this woman?!

Lemmy: She was jacking him off while he raw dogged her!

[–] TexasDrunk 37 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's less about what was done than the hypocrisy. Especially the hypocrisy of doing it while kids were around. Hell, I expect the hypocrisy out of her but that doesn't mean I'm going to ignore it.

It's the same reason we talk shit about all the Republicans that get caught doing gay shit. I don't care if someone enjoys doing gay shit. Good for them. But if you've voted for laws that harm the LGBTQ+ community and get caught sucking dick in an airport bathroom then I'm going to make fun of you.

[–] eran_morad 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

She was stroking that dude while he had his hand on her tit. In front of kids.

[+] Nightwingdragon -9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

She was groping him over the clothes, not stroking him off. And there weren't any kids in that audience. Or at least, none that were caught on camera.

She embarrasses herself enough without having to completely make up details.

[–] eran_morad 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You can literally see a child taking a seat behind Bobo here: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/surveillance-video-appears-contradict-boeberts-denial-was-vaping-beetl-rcna105246

Does it really matter to you if the guy’s dick was out? Jesus.

[–] FuglyDuck 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You’re talking about the security tapes of Boebert getting her tits fondled and her had down a man’s pants at a kids show?

Not to mention the vaping, the dancing, the flash photography, and generally being a shit bag human (“don’t you know who I am”)

[–] Nightwingdragon 6 points 3 days ago

Nitpick: They groped each other over the clothes. She didn't have her hand down his pants. She makes herself out to be a shitbag of a person without people needing to make up details that didn't happen.

[–] jhymesba 15 points 3 days ago

Irony is trying to hold Lemmy posters accountable for exaggeration while exaggerating yourself.

Nowhere do I see any accusation that Boebert was having any form of sex in the theatre. We call it as we see it -- she was groping her date while he groped her, in a theatre with kids in it, during a family presentation, after accusing gays of immoral behaviour. We're not calling her out for her inappropriate behaviour. We're calling her out for her hypocrisy of calling others out for their inappropriate behaviour.

What you're doing here is concern trolling. We hear your concerns. We are not doing what you're accusing us of doing. You're attempting to distract the conversation from the fact that Boebert got felt up during a family event while calling out LGBTQ+ folks for 'sexual deviancy'. We're not having it. Piss off with that nonsense.

[+] shalafi -74 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Did anyone expect upright, moral, Victorian behavior from this woman?!

Lemmy: She was jacking him off while he raw dogged her!

[–] xantoxis 45 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nobody actually cares about whatever weird fuckin she did in the theater. We focus on it because it's hypocritical.

[–] Ensign_Crab 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We focus on it because it’s hypocritical.

Well, and funny.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Objectively hilarious.