Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday after being kicked out of a musical performance in Colorado last weekend for inappropriate behavior and then falsely denying she had been vaping.
The apology came a day after security camera video emerged showing Boebert vaping in her seat at a Denver theater.
The official was kicked out of the musical “Beetlejuice” last Sunday after complaints from audience members that she and another guest were vaping, singing, using phones and causing disturbances.
Other images show the representative and her unidentified partner groping each other in the middle of the theater.
The normally combative Boebert said in a statement Friday that her actions were not intended to be malicious or cause harm “but the reality is that they did.”
When the lights were still on and as people took their seats around Boebert, she could be seen on surveillance video putting her hand to her mouth and then exhaling a cloud of steam. After the lights went down, footage showed Boebert dancing in her seat and flashes from her phone as she held it and appeared to take photos of her during the performance.
BOOM: Lauren Boebert denied vaping in the show.
Too bad for her it was all caught on video!And then her boyfriend’s hands went… 🤮pic.twitter.com/3MzEWCvOG8
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) September 15, 2023
Two days after the incident, Boebert posted on social media: “It’s true, I thoroughly enjoyed the AMAZING Beetlejuice at the Buell Theater and I plead guilty to laughing and singing too loud.”
Boebert noted in her statement that she was going through a divorce and said her behavior was unacceptable.
“I didn’t really remember vaping that night when I discussed the events with my campaign manager,” he said. “We understand the nature of what this looks like.”
In her relatively short time in Washington, Boebert has built a national profile and has aligned herself with the far right of the Republican Party. His assertive style has grabbed media headlines, most famously when he interrupted President Joe Biden during his 2022 State of the Union address.
Boebert is in her second term in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, which largely covers the western half of the state.
The city-owned Buell Theater did not name Boebert when it released video clips from surveillance cameras showing the congresswoman and her companion being removed from the theater by theater staff.
During the confrontation, the two made comments such as “do you know who I am?” and “I will contact the mayor,” according to theater representatives.
The two guests initially refused to leave the venue, even after an employee threatened to call the police, the theater said. Once a police officer was on the way, the two left, a theater spokesperson said.
2023-09-17 01:18:53
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