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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) slammed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) over her decision to switch districts for the 2024 election cycle, calling the move “blatant self-preservation.”

Boebert announced Wednesday that she will not seek reelection in the 3rd District and instead move to the 4th District, currently held by retiring Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.).

“She knows that she has failed the citizens of her district. She has failed to deliver for Coloradans on the western slope on issues that matter to them,” Griswold said in an MSNBC interview. “She has failed to deliver legislatively. There’s scandal after scandal after scandal.”

“I do think this is her trying to hold on to power,” she added.

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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago

Has someone checked to see if the traveling Broadway show of Beetlejuice is now playing in the Colorado 4th district?

[-] HWK_290@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

Let's all join Lauren boebert in giving her constituents a hand!

[-] DrPop@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago

Not a dry "eye" in the house.

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 41 points 10 months ago

However, there is already a crowded field of Republicans running to replace Buck,

The most important sentence of the article. She can switch districts if she wants. Can she win a primary?

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago

I think she does more good for Democrats being in office as she exemplifies the absurdity of the GOP, however any other primary challenger just needs to make ads saying, "she abandoned her last district; she'll abandon you too."

[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Probably not. There are plenty of people running that are as far right as her that don't come with the baggage of being a national embarrassment.

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Although to the MAGA wing, things that the rest of us consider embarrassments are seen as positives, so who knows anymore?

[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

This is sadly very true, but what I'm hearing from the local MAGAts is that they don't like the kind of whore who would do sex stuff on public (with a Democrat, no less). Mostly they're hypocrites, because if she was a man, they'd say that's just how men are. I find a mashing a dude's dick around to be one of the least offensive things she's done except for the whole "in public around people who didn't consent to see that" part, but I'm also not a conservative so 🤷‍♀️

[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago
[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

~~slammed~~ did a flying suplex on Boebert into the announcer’s table

[-] teft@startrek.website 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

~~slammed~~ ~~did a flying suplex on Boebert into the announcer’s table~~

threw ~~Mankind~~ Boebert off "Hell in a Cell" and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 15 points 10 months ago

and welcome to the jam

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 months ago

Great, that other district will never be able to find that video of her exposing herself and jerking off that dude in front of children.

Strict district boundaries, that youtubes

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

“I do think this is her trying to hold on to power,” she added.

In other words: Jena just confirmed that Boebert is a politician.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 9 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) slammed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) over her decision to switch districts for the 2024 election cycle, calling the move “blatant self-preservation.”

She has failed to deliver for Coloradans on the western slope on issues that matter to them,” Griswold said in an MSNBC interview.

Moving to the 4th District avoids a difficult general election rematch with likely Democratic candidate Adam Frisch, who has significantly out-fundraised Boebert so far in the campaign.

But Griswold said even a more conservative seat doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll be back in Congress.

The chair of the Colorado GOP also criticized Boebert’s switch Thursday, saying the party “didn’t think it was the best move.”

“Time will tell whether or not we’re right, but I think she’s got a serious challenge on our hands trying to explain to the voters of [Colorado’s 4th District] why she thought it was necessary to leave [Colorado’s 3rd District] and have a better chance at keeping her seat in Congress,” party chair Dave Williamson said.


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[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago
[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Slammed her huh?

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