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Lauren Opal Boebert is a Republican firebrand with a never-ending appetite for attention.
She represents Colorado无毛视频檚 3rd Congressional District, with no shortage of provocative political views.
Last February, Boebert, and her fellow troubled congressman, George Santos of New York, were among the chief co-sponsors of a bill that would无毛视频檝e designated the AR-15 style rifle 无毛视频淭he National Gun of the United States.无毛视频�
I suspect I may know what you无毛视频檙e thinking: 无毛视频淲e don无毛视频檛 have a 无毛视频楴ational Gun of the United States.'无毛视频�
You无毛视频檙e right.
There won无毛视频檛 be one either. Boebert and company无毛视频檚 无毛视频淣ational Gun of the United States无毛视频� bill went nowhere.
Co-sponsoring a dead-on-arrival gun-related bill is still a good Republican resume-builder.
Boebert also engages in the latest Republican deceit: taking credit for stuff she无毛视频檇 voted against.
She once submitted a press release that alerted her constituents that she无毛视频檇 been behind a $5 million grant for a rural health center that was part of a spending package that (here goes) she无毛视频檇 voted against.
If she无毛视频檇 restrict her inconsistencies to press releases, hardly anybody outside of her Colorado congressional district would know who Lauren Boebert is.
She无毛视频檇 never do that.
Hers are the kinds of whiplash-causing spectacles that raise her national profile, and, simultaneously, derision.
That brings me to the evening of Sept. 10, when the folks at the Buell Theatre in Denver saw two shows.
They got the chance to see the national touring company of the musical 无毛视频淏eetlejuice.无毛视频�
And they were treated to the show that took place in the theater seats 无毛视频� starring Boebert and her date, Quinn Gallagher.
Ticket-buyers for the onstage production were given the following advisory: 无毛视频淐ontains strong language, mature reference, and a lot of the crazy, inappropriate stuff you would expect from a deranged demon.无毛视频�
It turns out, that advisory also applied to the performance Boebert and Gallagher put on in the seats 无毛视频� and beyond.
WARNING: If you无毛视频檙e in the public eye 无毛视频� beware! There are cameras everywhere these days that can capture your every indiscretion. And there无毛视频檚 no shortage of television networks willing to broadcast those indiscretions.
The Buell Theatre cameras caught Boebert and her date vamping, vaping, and engaging in some rather unseemly conduct in full view of the other members of the audience.
The cameras also showed a member of the theater staff asking Boebert to tone down her behavior 无毛视频� then, asking her and her date to leave.
It was also reported that on her way out of the theatre, Boebert asked that most petty of rookie celebrity questions, 无毛视频淒o you know who I am?无毛视频�
She had no idea that her words and actions that night would haunt her.
When she was informed that her expulsion from the theater had been made public, she took to social media to explain that she was 无毛视频済uilty to laughing and singing too loud!无毛视频�
Most people don无毛视频檛 usually get kicked out of public places for 无毛视频渓aughing and singing too loud.无毛视频�
Unless their laughter and singing are mighty disruptive.
Hers was.
Next, she had to make a course correction on that explanation after an extensive surveillance video was revealed.
Boebert subsequently apologized. She claimed that her actions fell 无毛视频渟hort of her values.无毛视频�
Her Republican colleagues have been noticeably quiet about Boebert无毛视频檚 Denver theater exploits.
They know that with a razor-thin Republican majority in the U.S. House (221 Republicans, 212 Democrats), it无毛视频檚 best to avoid any further complications.
But there is one more complication.
Boebert无毛视频檚 date had something of a past. Quinn Gallagher is the co-owner of a bar in Aspen, Colorado.
Boebert didn无毛视频檛 know much about him before she went on that first date with him.
Gallagher无毛视频檚 bar 无毛视频� the Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar 无毛视频� is known as a place where they无毛视频檝e staged Burlesque and drag shows, which is among the activities that Boebert firmly disagrees with.
There无毛视频檚 more.
Boebert didn无毛视频檛 know Gallagher was a Democrat.
When she found that out, she announced, 无毛视频淎ll future date nights have been canceled and I learned to check party affiliations before you go on a date.无毛视频�
It无毛视频檚 too late now.
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 50-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.