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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    Wouldn't it be sad if that would be what brings her down? Like not her being a horrible person and shitty at her job that she's not qualified for.

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      She only won her seat by like 500 votes, so if any of those republican voters have ANY standards whatsoever, it will be the end of her career. But I'm not holding my breath.

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        If we're counting on Republicans having standards and not just voting for the magic R, she might be in office a long time.

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          Nope. She squeaked by with the thinnest margin. Not again, not after this.

          Not like those Republicans will vote Democrat, they'll just not vote for her. Good enough.

          Hell, she'll easily get primaried. That Republican will probably take the seat.

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        Have no fear, this is her last term. Even she was surprised to win the last election by a hair. Plenty of pics of her and the family looking downcast and beaten that night.

        This isn't a nail in the coffin, it's a railroad spike.