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.
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.
Now now, let’s not shame young mothers. Let’s shame her hypocrisy.
Doesn’t that hypocrisy include abstinence until marriage? Because that’s sure not what happened with her son.
Don’t forget being a part of the party that works to remove social nets and support systems for young parents.
that’s sure not what happened with her son
Or her in a crowded theater full of children.
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.
She’s not a young mother…the Carfax says accident damage and a rebuilt title.
The classic platform of begging for mercy whilst giving none.
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.
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.
Republicans will never abandon her for those other terrible things though. It’s like Desantis and his high heel boots. There are so many other reasons to hate the guy… but I guess you have to take what you can get when it comes to republican in-fighting.
Those things are features to them
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?
Let’s stop with the overused “checks notes” redditism.
I like it. It adds character when appropriate. It’s fine if you don’t, you’re entitled to your opinion. Just don’t ruin it for everyone else.
You just said it. When appropriate. It’s kind of annoying when people use it in an * checks notes * unimaginative way.
^ See, now that’s the spirit! 😘
lol!
That’s what you took from that. Neat.
Incidentally, it’s the first time I’ve ever used it. See my username, put it into present tense, and carry on with your miserable day.
I’m having a grand day. Lemmy, like Reddit is just a toy, so if you want to take things so seriously, welp… good for you. Bye.
This coming from someone who took the time to complain about a… checks notes… phrase used on every social media and even in news articles, not just on reddit.
No, that’s not a thing in hard news. Maybe in opinion pieces or columns, but it’s definitely not in the AP Style Guide, which in the US is still the industry standard.
Perhaps outside the AP or whatever, but I have seen it used recently as such in sources that could be considered mainstream news by today’s audiences.
edit: not that the absence of such would make this guy’s complaint any less ridiculous
In news articles? What * checks notes * news sources are you using?!
Ok, first of all, for someone who complains that the phrase should be used appropriately, you don’t use it appropriately at all, in either this case or in that other “unimaginative” reply under this post, while the person you’re trying to call out about it actually did use it appropriately.
Meanwhile, don’t act stupid and pretend that articles from major news sources haven’t started using that phrase as a narrative device in regards to Republican nonsense in general. I don’t have to point you to it, it’s out there.
Beo give me an example of these * * checks notes* * news articles using “checks notes,” and a blog post won’t cut it.
You don’t use it appropriately at all
Well oh well, look who’s walking in my shoes!
Can we not dunk on people having fun?
Sure.
What’s a redditism? Is that like some sort of augmented reality porn bot?
Yes.
LOL
You: this is a different thing and you can’t reference anything that was done in other places.
I’m okay with previous references. Not just the * checks notes * overused, misused ones.
Hahahaha No
Scrolling through the article - then suddenly a proud eagle holding a table top with his mighty penis…
Is it kinda bad I want the eagle holding a table with its penis.
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.
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.
Wait, wasn’t it that any kind of sexual act that doesn’t have the purpose of procreation is a sin?
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.
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.
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.
For some reason I read that as “…all the way to the West Bank.”
I was trying to figure out why it would be helpful for her to get groped in the West Bank.
You basically did already When they were caught at Betelgeuse, she was giving her cohort a handy in the middle of the theater
they were caught at Betelgeuse,
Wow, they really get around.
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.
so many echos of that terrible human being from alaska with an uncanny resemblance to tina fey
I just want bobo out of politics!
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.
Optimus Prime thought she was made of sterner stuff.
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.
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
I mean, not if he was Republican. Remember, Matt Gaetz literally trafficked teenage girls and he’s still in power.
I forgot this was US politics for a minute.
Like Trump, you mean?
Including her 6 month old grandchild that she brought to the casino?
Politics Mercy
Choose one.
