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Boebert is target of rivals at debate for new-to-her district in Colorado, where most Republican candidates debated last night have been arrested (www.nytimes.com)

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Seeking a better shot at victory, and after the “Beetlejuice” incident, Lauren Boebert is shifting districts for her 2024 run. Her fellow Republicans onstage reminded her of it repeatedly.

At one point, candidates were asked to raise their hands if they had ever been arrested. Six of the nine candidates onstage raised their hands, to cheers and applause from the audience. Trent Leisy, a Navy veteran and business owner, high-fived Mr. Lynch and Ms. Boebert while their hands were raised.

Ms. Boebert said in that segment that she had been arrested only once, for failing to appear in court for careless driving, what she called in the debate “a simple traffic violation that was unpaid.” But the local news media have reported at least two additional arrests. In one incident in 2015, Ms. Boebert told police officers who were arresting her that she “had friends at Fox News” and that the arrest would be national news.

The candidates in the race — 11 in total — are competing to succeed Representative Ken Buck, the Republican incumbent, who announced he would not seek re-election in November.

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[–] NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org 28 points 9 months ago (4 children)

High-fiving each other in front of a cheering audience when asked if they'd been arrested. Party of law and order, everyone. A sprinkle of personal responsibility in there too.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's fine to be proud of being arrested for doing something you believe in. Like getting arrested for sitting at a Woolworths counter to protest segregation.

It's an entirely different thing to be proud that you got arrested for failing to show up in court or for drunk driving.

[–] NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

I'm not arguing the finer points of when going against law and order is good or bad, I'm pointing out that they're hypocrites to their professed ideals of being lawful

[–] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 6 points 9 months ago

The party of gratuitous criminality

[–] Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago

They are the party of hypocrisy and bigotry, it's that simple.

Everything they claim they are, they do the opposite of.

Everything they rail against, they do in private with practiced ease.

The fact that they have the power they do proves that humanity in general is not rational or logical and we really need to stop pretending that everyone is.