It already didn’t look great for Lauren Boebert when she got kicked out of a Denver theater for being disruptive during a performance of the Beetlejuice musical — or when video emerged of the voluble Republican congresswoman being escorted out of the theater. But that was hardly the end of this saga. A second video showed Boebert vaping in front of a pregnant woman, who claimed that the lawmaker refused to stop doing so when asked. The story really went nuclear when a third surveillance video leaked, showing that Boebert and her date were getting awfully comfortable with each other during the show.

Unfortunately for Boebert’s campaign to rebrand as a normal lawmaker, more juicy details keep coming out. Boebert — who has condemned drag shows in the past — was co-groping at Beetlejuice with an Aspen bar owner whose establishment hosts drag shows and participates in an event called Aspen Gay Ski Week. “I learned to check party affiliations before you go on a date,” Boebert told TMZ, although the pair have been reportedly seeing each other for months now.

In an interview with OAN, Boebert, who has been arrested four times, said that she is “very known for having an animated personality.” But the private incident in public is having a big impact on her professional life, distracting from her effort to impeach President Biden. Days after the incident, she was removed from the list of speakers for the Texas Youth Summit later this month.

At least she has her defenders. In a long Facebook post published Monday, Boebert’s ex-husband, Jayson, said he shared the blame for the incident, claiming that his acts of cheating “broke her down.” While it’s odd to have your recent ex-husband come to your defense for getting handsy in public, Jayson Boebert is something of an expert in this realm, having once been arrested for exposing himself to a teenager at a bowling alley.

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    “I learned to check party affiliations before you go on a date”

    Then Boebert can service her constituents with a clear conscience.

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      It’s amazing that THIS is the takeaway that Boebert has from the incident. Was the problem that she was vaping by a pregnant woman in a venue where vaping wasn’t allowed and refused to stop? Was it that she and her date were groping each other in public? Was it that she pulled the “Do you know who I am” card?

      No. It must be her date’s party affiliation that’s to blame!

      Insert Principal Skinner Meme Here

      Fit the Party of Personal Responsibility, Republicans sure love finding ways to blame other people.

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        It must be her date’s party affiliation that’s to blame!

        Apparently some of the right-wing hyperbrains have decided that this was an eVuL dEmOcRaT pLoT to tarnish her. Because nothing says “party of personal responsibility” like saying it’s the other side’s fault when you massively fuck up in public.