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Who is Rep. Lauren Boebert Blaming For Her District Switch?

Spoiler alert: it’s not herself.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJan 2, 2024
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Oh, Lauren Boebert.

Things continue to get even more interesting for the Republican congresswoman from Colorado. As has been widely reported, Boebert has officially decided that she is switching her district, and will be running in the more right wing leaning 4th district instead of the 3rd, whom she has been representing since 2020.

Of course, Boebert has delved into the issue a little bit, and decided to offer the public an idea of who to blame for the decision.

Lauren Sforza with The Hill writes:

…Boebert accused Hollywood stars of “trying to buy” her current congressional district by donating to her Democrat opponent, Adam Frisch, in an interview on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast Saturday. She said the reason for switching from the state’s 3rd Congressional District to the 4th Congressional District was about “how we can best defend and advance conservative principles.”…

…Boebert has repeatedly said she “will not allow dark money” to “steal this seat.” She echoed that sentiment in the recent interview, again reiterating that her opponents are being funded by Hollywood.

“It’s coming from Hollywood when you have Barbra Streisand…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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