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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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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 122 points 2 years ago

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

Reminder: This woman is 36 years old.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 115 points 2 years ago

Now now, let's not shame young mothers. Let's shame her hypocrisy.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago

Doesn't that hypocrisy include abstinence until marriage? Because that's sure not what happened with her son.

[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Don't forget being a part of the party that works to remove social nets and support systems for young parents.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago

In general, I don't think it's rational to judge people for the choices their offspring make.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

I think it's very rational to judge people's parenting ability.

[-] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 years ago

Do I judge her because she's a 36 year old grandmother, generally no. Do I judge her because of her consistent stream of poor choices and hypocritical bullshit that has led her to becoming a 36 year old grandmother? Absolutely.

Look shit happens, you're not necessarily a bad person if your kid makes a poor choice and now has their own kid. You are a bad person if you can do all of those things and then try to pretend like you are some pious Christian that gets to lord over everyone else. She can get fucked. I hope she gets demolished in the election and fades into obscurity.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Do I judge her because she’s a 36 year old grandmother, generally no. Do I judge her because of her consistent stream of poor choices and hypocritical bullshit that has led her to becoming a 36 year old grandmother? Absolutely.

I guess that's more nuanced than the way I put it, but basically, yes. If she expects people to be abstinent but can't even keep her own underaged son from getting his girlfriend pregnant... That's what I'm talking about.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

That's a red herring. She's not an awful person for being a grandmother at 36. She's an awful person for being a hypocrite.

[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

To simplify even further, she’s just an awful person.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

She's just awful.

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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

that's sure not what happened with her son

Or her in a crowded theater full of children.

[-] athos77@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago

I'm not going to shame her for being a grandmother at her age. I will absolutely blame her for using her 6-month-old grandkid as a political prop.

[-] chakan2@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

She's not a young mother...the Carfax says accident damage and a rebuilt title.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 80 points 2 years ago

The classic platform of begging for mercy whilst giving none.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago

Mercy my ass, she does nothing but lie and makeup crazy s*** 24x7 to further her agenda. She needs to be removed from society for our own safety.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

Yeah. She could give hand jobs all day and I couldn't care less, but I can't forgive her for constantly lying out of her ass, before, during, after this event. She learns nothing from it.

I wanted to refer to Boebert as "first date handjob in a movie theater" lady but that discounts all her incredibly racist, offensive, terrible shit she said and did for the past five years.

[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

How am I to interpret this sound bite that includes bouncing a six month old baby on your knee offered in a... checks notes... casino bingo hall?

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[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Scrolling through the article - then suddenly a proud eagle holding a table top with his mighty penis…

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Is it kinda bad I want the eagle holding a table with its penis.

[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Hahahaha No

[-] Qkall@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

and i kinda want to see her do porn, but life's not always fair... well i mean this case she's gotten away with far more than most folks would... so yeah maybe its not fair in that regard either.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 18 points 2 years ago

Honestly, since conservatives are probably the biggest consumers of porn, she could start a new Conservative politician-themed genre, and "ride" (pun intended) her celebrity and be groped by all the people she wants all the way to the bank.

[-] kubica@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Wait, wasn't it that any kind of sexual act that doesn't have the purpose of procreation is a sin?

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 10 points 2 years ago

Only if you get caught, are having fun, or are queer, of course (/s). But the two core rules of Conservatism are:

  • I get to do what I want.
  • You have to do what I say.
[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I just read that article and would be interested in additional research on the topic as I don't find those arguments particularly compelling.

If I understood correctly, conservative states are just slightly more likely to pay for porn subscriptions than liberal states: this is a difference of 1-3 subscriptions per 1000 people. A very small distinction.

And it's 6 out of the 10 least subscribing states voted for Obama while 8 of the 10 most subscribing states voted for McCain.

Given a very minor difference between the most and least subscribing states, I'm not sure this data actually means anything. Utah bought the most, but Montana bought the least per capita. Both deeply conservative states.

Edit: I don't say this as a defense of conservatives but as a call to better research and a caution against believing tenuous facts that reinforce our worldview. I personally believe repression leads to all sorts of problems, I just don't think this article or research really supports that argument in a meaningful way.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago

What I find interesting about the research, I think, is that despite all their bluster about "sin," "tradition," and "family values," it turns out they are at least as likely to participate in the adult sex industry as their liberal and progressive counterparts. Being Conservative doesn't appear to be a factor (at least, not in most cases), and being an ex-fundigelical myself, I hypothesize that it might increase that likelihood, possibly due to the combination of sexual repression and the near-constant focus on the sexual habits of others.

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[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You basically did already When they were caught at Betelgeuse, she was giving her cohort a handy in the middle of the theater

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[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I do find it hilarious that of all the reprehensible things this woman has said and done over the past few years, she's probably gonna be taken down because she copped a quick feel.

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago

If she hadn't nearly lost in the last election, the sudden concern for her character wouldn't be here now, even as a party disruptor.

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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 10 points 2 years ago

so many echos of that terrible human being from alaska with an uncanny resemblance to tina fey

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I just want bobo out of politics!

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Optimus Prime thought she was made of sterner stuff.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

The handjob is an excuse, not a reason. The reason is that she came a hair's breadth from losing a seat the GOP is counting on and her numbers have gotten worse since then.

[-] Kushia@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Kushia@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I forgot this was US politics for a minute.

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[-] ATDA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Politics Mercy

Choose one.

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