2023-12-28 12:07:22
Take a look at the map below. Somewhere in the middle of the red circle is the town of Rifle, located in Colorado’s 3rd district that Lauren Boebert has represented in the House of Representatives since 2020 and where she lives. Boebert was re-elected there in 2022 by just over 500 votes, which is remarkable in a district where Donald Trump had beaten Joe Biden by 8 percentage points two years earlier. This means that several Republicans in this constituency are dissatisfied with this elected official who shames them in Washington and in select Denver theaters.
Also Lauren Boebert chose not to risk losing her seat in this constituency in 2024 where she would probably have had to face the same Democrat who almost ousted her in 2022. In a video posted on Facebook Wednesday evening, the representative announced her intention to self-parachute to the other side of Colorado, in the state’s 4th District, where Trump beat Biden by 19 percentage points in 2020. This district is today represented by Republican Ken Buck, who announced his retirement.
To justify this decision, Boebert did not invoke the purest political opportunism. Rather, she insinuated that she was sacrificing for her party and its values, given that money from Hollywood and other questionable places jeopardizes a seat that would normally go to someone as conservative as her.
“I will not let dark money aimed at destroying me personally steal this seat. “It’s not fair to the 3rd District and the conservatives who fought so hard for our victories there,” she explained.
But the game is not over for Boebert. She will have to win the Republican primary for the seat vacated by Buck. There are already many candidates in the running. Is the end of the political career of this ardent supporter of God, Trump and the 2nd Amendment coming to an end?
(Photo AP)
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