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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 92 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I’d put a bid in for that seat.

I bet it smells like a harbor at low tide.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 39 points 5 months ago

Never change, SatansMaggotyCumFart. Always be the reason my eyeballs burn.

[–] Eliteguardians@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

We are a well oiled machine haha

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago
[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You could go more petty than this, but this is plenty

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Do you think Boebert wouldn't do exactly the same thing?

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Like pay for the actors in the beetlejuice to reenact bobert and then act out her losing the campaign?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If Boebert goes down for being a bit of a slag instead of for being a fascist I won't be surprised at America, but I will be disappointed yet again.

Stop slutshaming fascists and just throw bricks at them, that's all I want, why is this so hard :(

[–] match@pawb.social 11 points 5 months ago

Forcing other people who didn't consent to watch your public handjob isn't a slut thing, sluts love consent. Fascists, however, don't value consent, and we hate that about them

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mmmm I agree in principal, but you need to keep in mind that the ones who elected her into office are also fascists, or at least fascism supporters. They don’t care that she’s a fascist. But they claim to care about actions like the ones that took place there.

The only way she’s losing support from her constituents is for the non-fascist things she does.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Dems really need to bump up their shit flinging game if they want to stay competitive.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Beware Bobo, she got the fastest hands in the West.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Beetlebert is such a joke. She was a joke even before her vaping gropefest at Beetlejuice. Anyway, it would be fantastic if Empty G were to be caught in something similarly embarrassing.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

That is pretty funny.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Its very funny and she deserves to have her cringe habits paraded around in front of the general public.

But its fucking crazy she is a sitting Congresswoman to begin with. Sort of sad that this needs to be the nail in her coffin and not her atrocious politics or her abysmal non-jerk-off-in-movie-theaters behaviors.

[–] CM400@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Here’s the ad for those interested.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Colorado Republican Rep Lauren Boebert’s Democratic rival posted a hilarious new ad speaking from the lawmaker’s seat during her scandalous Beetlejuice outing last fall.

Democratic Congressional hopeful John Padora sat in a maroon movie theater chair, saying in his new ad: “I’m sitting in the very same seat Lauren Boebert got kicked out of.

The switch came after a series of embarrassing public incidents and a narrow victory over a Democrat competitor in her home district in 2022.

“Boebert’s an opportunistic carpetbagger and we deserve real leadership here in Colorado’s 4th,” he said, before asking supporters for donations.

Padora’s ad, released days before the Colorado primary races on June 25, highlights how the Beetlejuice incident still plagues the embattled GOP incumbent.

In May, Boebert was welcomed by chants of “Beetlejuice” when she visited George Washington University’s campus amid pro-Gaza protests.


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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 5 months ago
[–] Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The primary is Tuesday! I hope she fucking loses!