Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is facing the resurgence of the infamous “Beetlejuice” once more, but in a different form this time – as a political rival’s campaign advertisement.
John Padora, a Democrat running against Boebert to replace Republican Ken Buck in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, claims he shot his video in the same seat at the Denver theater where Boebert sat in September, when she and a date were escorted out of a “Beetlejuice” musical for vaping and being disruptive.
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Padora mentions in the advertisement that Boebert is moving from Colorado’s 3rd District to the 4th. The move, announced last year, allowed her to avoid a rematch with a Democrat in the third district who had outraised her.
“I’m sitting in the very same seat that Lauren Boebert got kicked out of, the same way she got kicked out of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District,” Padora says in the footage. “Now she’s picked up her bags and fled to eastern Colorado to run in the 4th Congressional District.”
During her campaign in the 4th District, Boebert has received a barrage of “beetlejuice” references.
During a discussion in May, moderator Kyle Clark brought up the event and asked directly:
Did you apologize for the behavior that went on with you and your date, or the vaping … or did you apologize for lying to voters about what you did that night and the disrespect that you showed to service workers that night? What specifically were you apologizing for?
Earlier that month, when Boebert visited a Washington university to oppose Israel’s war in Gaza, students insulted her by screaming “Beetlejuice.”
In January, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) baited Boebert by telling guests at the Washington Press Club Foundation’s annual Congressional Dinner, “I know it’s date night for some of you, but no inappropriate touching.” This includes you, Lauren Boebert. No vaping either.”
Despite the scorn and accusations of carpetbagging, Boebert is expected to win the 4th District GOP primary next week. In a late-May poll, 40% stated they would vote for her.
