The GOP congresswoman has accused trans people and drag queens of “grooming” and “sexualiz[ing]” children
The GOP congresswoman has accused trans people and drag queens of "grooming" and "sexualiz[ing]" children
Rep. Lauren Boebert has been outspoken about her disapproval of drag queens, but that didn’t stop the Colorado congresswoman from spending hundreds of campaign dollars at a bar that hosts drag shows.
According to Politico, which cited her latest Federal Election Commission filings, Boebert’s campaign spent $317.48 in July for “event catering” at Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar in Aspen, Co., which is owned by Boebert’s former boyfriend, Quinn Gallagher. Boebert and Gallagher were booted from a performance of Beetlejuice last month for disruptive conduct, including vaping, loud singing and fondling each other at the family-friendly production. Boebert later said she and Gallagher, a Democrat, had broken up. “All future date nights have been canceled. I learned to check party affiliations before you go on a date,” Boebert told TMZ.
The most I've heard is that her husband whipped it out in front of her and her friends, she fondled her new play-toy at a Beetlejuice musical, and apparently is OK with public lewdness so long as it's not with a Democrat. Not sure where this came from.
They don't even bother trying to pretend they actually believe what they say anymore. They don't need to, their voters do not care. They probably like it because they think it "owns the libs".
But she just brings the trashy neighbors to Congress with her.... Hmm that doesn't sound quite right. I feel like that idiom got away from me. Kind of like her behavior.
They will never, ever be ashamed and their supporters and media machine will excuse away or outright ignore any hypocrisy. All we are doing is tiring ourselves out.
“Never believe that [they] are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. [They] have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
Ridicule her for her stupid tweets and dumb policies, just ignore what she does in her free time.
She's not being ridiculed for what she does in her free time. She's being ridiculed because she engages in the exact type of behavior that she constantly preaches against. Her hypocricy is what draws the ridicule.
It's the blatant hypocrisy. Nobody cares about the drag club, they care that this person is literally pushing legislation to eliminate people like that from public life.