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Retired Rear Adm. Eileen Laubacher, a Democrat, will flip Colorado’s 4th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, ending conservative firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert’s tenure in Congress.

Boebert’s loss comes after she elected to run in a more conservative district last cycle in an effort to preserve her political future. But Laubacher, who served more than three decades in the Navy, capitalized on the national headwinds against the GOP and focused her campaign on affordability issues.

The win denies Boebert, an ally of President Donald Trump and one of the most outspoken conservatives in the House Republican conference, a fourth term. Boebert was first elected in 2020, after she upset a fifth-term Republican incumbent in a primary.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 1 hour ago

Don't worry, I'm sure her noisy word hole will find a new home over on Faux News. Or maybe CBS more that it's gone to shit.

[–] lemmygarden@lemmy.today 4 points 7 hours ago

She was in congress longer than expected. She should feel grateful for the opportunity she had.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

wasn't she one of them jewish space laser people who handed out hand jobs to randoms? woo hoo

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Good riddance. She has been politician for far too long. Maybe she should try to get a real job and work for her money.

But she probably will get a well paid low effort job with some joint that she made politics for.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 11 points 11 hours ago

Trump endorsed Boebert days before the election, praising her in a Truth Social post as a “MAGA Warrior, who has been with us from the very beginning.”

She drew the president’s ire earlier this year when she campaigned with one of his most vocal Republican critics...prompt(ing) Trump to call her “dumb” and “weak-minded” and he threatened to withdraw his endorsement.

You love to see it

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I guess she'll have to move to another district to run again.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Carpet-baggers gotta carpet-bag.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

You go on combative and aggressive prescriptivist tirades multiple times a week here, yet you barf out a sentence like this? “Gonna” isn’t a word. You should only say “Carpet-baggers are going to carpet-bag.” Otherwise you are simply incorrect. I don’t make the rules, you do.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 32 points 15 hours ago

This has been me since last week:

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 80 points 17 hours ago
[–] dudeface@lemmy.world 55 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (4 children)

Unfortunately all these popular dipshits have a long career in the media after losing and election

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 19 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

My hope is that with an unusually high number of Republican elected officials losing their jobs, that the market will be flooded and most of them will struggle to find jobs typically available to former elected officials. Especially the really dumb ones that made enemies in their own party. Is a lobbying firm, media organization, public relations firm, or anything like that actually going to perceive any value in hiring someone like this?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

She is an attention whore, so media like FOX probably thinks that makes for good ratings. Sadly I bet there’s still plenty of jobs for these assholes.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

If focks nooz runs out of openings I wouldn't be surprised if dozens of them form their own right-wing propaganda outlet

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Boebert is going straight to OnlyFans

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 24 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

How many book deals will we hear about? "My time with Trump and MAGA"

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

"My ~~time~~struggle with Trump and MAGA"

[–] bbpr120@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

if it's a coloring book, it'll be on the NY Times Best Seller list in no time flat.

[–] Zagam@piefed.social 6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

They'd have to sell it at Walmart. No way any of those people walk into an actual bookstore. Them is woke propaganda whearhouses.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

They also do weird money laundering shit with these book deals. Like how to move PAC money for bribing purposes. As a result, the sales of the book put it on the best seller lists even though no one is actually reading it.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

It's pretty common to find right-wing "books" in places like BAM and B&N.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Not with the anti-DEI initiatives

[–] futileusername@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

She has a career waiting at Only Fans for the public handy kink though.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 13 points 14 hours ago
[–] lockemup@sopuli.xyz 12 points 14 hours ago

Good riddance hoe bag

[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Don't give a handy in public on your way out.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

Germans want free cell phones.

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 24 points 18 hours ago

Don't worry honey... there's always hand jobs at kid's matinees to fall back on.

Or you back to fall back on. You know... roots.

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 21 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I have my money on OnlyFans in her very near future.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Not with the pension she’s getting

[–] DaveyRocket@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

It’ll be for the love of the game. A game only she knows the rules to and she alone is playing.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 20 points 18 hours ago

how to make congress less indecent with this simple trick

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What’s everyone bet on whether or not she makes an onlyfans?

[–] cobn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 15 hours ago

They call lobbying in political circles

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 17 points 17 hours ago

Looks like she'll have to go back to her other job as a movie theater Shake Weight afficionado.

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 10 points 16 hours ago

Rip ~~bozo~~ bobo

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 6 points 16 hours ago

One less granny in the house.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago
[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

She rubbed and tugged her way out of a job

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

She won't be missed.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Bye fluffie the ho. That isn't fair really. A ho knows how to be useful in society.