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As more and more details are being revealed about Rep. Lauren Boebert's wild night out in Denver last weekend — having been kicked out of "Beetlejuice" the musical for vaping and just generally being a public nuisance with her male companion — a full picture is coming together of what the other theater patrons around her that night had to endure.

Newly released footage of the night in question appears to show Boebert's exposed breasts being fondled by her date for an extended period of time while she, in turn, dawdles around in his lap with her hand. As many have pointed out on social media, having seen this footage, children were seated all around the couple that night, within viewing range of what they were up to.

"Laurent Boebert was jerking her date off in public while he gropes her in a theater where children were present and yet she continues to attack LGBTQ people as 'threats to children,'" writes journalist and clinical instructor Alejandra Caraballo on X, sharing the footage of Boebert in the act.

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Huh. I searched that article for anything resembling a Democrat getting into a public groping session with someone in the middle of a crowded theater, and couldn't find it. Could you specify which paragraph I can find that in?

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I read it all, and they even went out of their way to say that no children were present. I'm sure OP will respond, though. There's no way they were just sending GOP talking points blasted on far right social media without verifying their validity, right?

[–] ZeroMmX@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

LOL. I didn't post it for GOP support. I was simply posting it to show that the GOP is using this against democrats. I completely abhore the GOP.

I'm amazed and surprised at how easy it was to completely piss off a bunch of people with an observation I made.

I'm genuinely perplexed. I guess I have to lead my posts with 'FUCK THE GOP' before I press submit. Or at the very least add a few more sentences explaining.

[–] ZeroMmX@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the point. It's what the GOP calls ammunition for their shitty campaign. Whatever this Mayor did at a private party is his business.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hey, without the added context in your edit, it looked like your comment was trying to draw equivalency between Bobo and a drag performance. That's why you got downvoted to hell, your comment really needed the explanation.