Boebert’s blues: How GOP firebrand is fighting for her political life as Biden comes to her backyard

As President Joe Biden prepares to travel to Colorado on Wednesday and visit a wind tower manufacturer in Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) district, the congresswoman’s various scandals and vulnerability in 2024 face increased scrutiny.

In a press release prefacing Biden’s visit, the White House said, “CS Wind recently announced it is expanding operations and creating hundreds of jobs as a direct result of the Inflation Reduction Act.” The president is making sure Boebert doesn’t take any credit for the expanded jobs and production at the plant, however. “Self-described MAGA Republican Representative Lauren Boebert called [the Inflation Reduction Act] ‘dangerous for America,’ a ‘massive failure,’ and ‘bad for Colorado’s Third District,'” according to the White House.

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Boebert barely held on to her seat in 2022, winning reelection by just a few hundred votes. The vote was within the margin for her opponent, Adam Frisch, to call for a recount, but the Democrat conceded instead. The onus has been on Boebert to convince her constituents to continue supporting her in 2024, as Democratic operatives would be targeting the within-reach district.

However, Boebert has made headlines throughout the year, including many unflattering ones.

In September, the 36-year-old congresswoman was asked to leave a musical production of Beetlejuice in Colorado for groping, vaping, and being loud. When reports first emerged, she denied vaping and downplayed the incident, chalking it up to laughing at the show. But when a video was released of her actions in the theater, she could be seen vaping and groping her male date, who was captured returning the favor.

Following the footage’s publication, Boebert apologized and attributed her actions to her public and painful divorce from her husband, with whom she shares four sons and one grandchild.

But this isn’t the only instance that could sour voters’ opinions on her.

Boebert was also one of the last holdouts preventing former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from being elected to the post in January. It took him 15 ballots to be elected, with Boebert voting present on the last two ballots.

Despite her clear opposition to McCarthy during the speaker election, she was not one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust him from the leadership position in October. “No, for now,” she said during the vote.

“My focus right now is on getting the federal government funded through 12 individual spending bills like we promised everyone in January, delivering on the priorities of the Third District, and moving forward on the Oversight and Accountability Committee’s impeachment inquiry,” she said at the time. “Another Speaker fight right now, in my opinion, undermines those priorities at the worst possible time. It would delay the hard work and important fights necessary to get this country back on track.”

The congresswoman has also been involved in a brewing feud with fellow conservative firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the latter of whom was removed from the hard-line House Freedom Caucus over disputes with the group. One lawmaker, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), characterized the bad blood between the women over the summer, saying, “A fistfight could break out at any moment.”

Prior to Greene’s ouster from the House Freedom Caucus, she and Boebert were involved in a heated exchange on the House floor. During the conversation, which was about their competing articles of impeachment against Biden, Greene allegedly said, “I’ve donated to you. I’ve defended you. But you’ve been nothing but a little b**** to me.”

“And you copied my articles of impeachment after I asked you to co-sponsor them,” she said.

Greene confirmed the exchange and the expletive she used, telling Semafor, “She has genuinely been a nasty little b**** to me.”

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In her own comment on the public feud, Boebert dismissed it, saying, “Like I said, I’m not in middle school.”

In 2024, Boebert will likely face Frisch, who has launched another campaign against her. She will need to fend off targeted attacks from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, given her seat’s status as a “Republican toss-up,” according to the Cook Political Report. But she is also likely to be hit by outside groups, being one of the more notable hard-line conservatives in the House with decent name recognition. Her opponent has also positioned himself in a more centrist light, appealing to independent voters.