Lauren Boebert Will Not Go Away
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🗓️ 24 June 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Lauren Boebert barely won re-election to the House in 2022. Now the gun-loving Freedom Caucus firebrand is running for Congress in a new Colorado district.. Even after a lewd theater scandal threatened to tank her career, how is Boebert still leading in the polls?
Guest: Paul Karolyi, Senior Executive Producer of City Cast Denver
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| 0:00.0 | So Paul, when you mention the name Lauren Bobert in casual conversation in Colorado, how does that go down? |
| 0:15.7 | Sneers, groans, laughter. |
| 0:21.7 | Paul Corolli is a journalist and a podcaster. Paul Corolli is a journalist and a podcaster. |
| 0:25.6 | I mean, at least where I'm at here in Denver, like literally every single person I know |
| 0:30.6 | hates her guts. |
| 0:34.9 | And despite a few jeers from his friends and listeners, |
| 0:39.3 | Paul is co-hosting a show called Lauren Bobert Can't Lose. |
| 0:44.3 | Like when we put out the trailer for this show, |
| 0:46.9 | some of the comments we got were, I mean, one of them literally was, |
| 0:50.6 | why are you putting this trash in front of me? |
| 0:53.0 | This trash about trash? |
| 0:55.8 | Bobert is up for election right now. Her primary is Tuesday. For Paul, it was the perfect |
| 1:02.1 | opportunity to reevaluate a woman who's become a reliable avatar for the next generation |
| 1:07.5 | of making America great. Lauren Bobert can't lose tells the Colorado Congresswoman's story from the beginning. |
| 1:15.1 | When did you first hear of her? |
| 1:17.4 | Like, when did she first come on your radar? |
| 1:19.5 | I think it was probably the same time the rest of the country did |
| 1:23.2 | when she had this very famous moment in 2019. |
| 1:26.0 | Gun violence was the focus of a town hall |
| 1:29.3 | hosted by Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke. |
| 1:32.9 | At the time, the presidential primary was in full effect. |
| 1:36.9 | Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke had just said, |
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