Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spoken out after video emerged appearing to show House Republican Lauren Boebert engaging in what the New York congresswoman described as “sexually lewd acts” in a Colorado theater on September 10.
Boebert and a male companion were thrown out of the Buell Theatre in Denver after repeatedly vaping, using a cell phone and “causing a disturbance” during a performance of musical Beetlejuice.
Surveillance footage from inside the theater appeared to show Boebert’s male accomplice groping her breasts, and then being groped in turn by the Republican firebrand. In a statement, Boebert apologized for her behavior, which she claimed “fell short of my values,” but made no reference to the alleged sexual acts.
Ocasio-Cortez responded to the controversy in a one-minute video posted to her 323,000 TikTok followers on Thursday, in response to a viewer’s question.
She commented: "All I gotta say is I can’t go out to lunch in Florida in my free time, not doing anything, just eating outside and it’s wall-to-wall Fox News coverage and then you have a member of Congress engaging is sexually lewd acts in a public theater and they got nothing to say.”
“I danced to Phoenix once in college and it was like all over the place. But putting on a whole show of their own at Beetlejuice and there’s nothing? I’m just saying be consistent. That’s all I’m asking for. Equal treatment. I don’t expect it, but come on.”
I agree with all your points (and thanks for the link!) but unfortunately, going by that pdf and the video of what they did, public indecency in Colorado is a Class 1 petty offense and indecent exposure is a Class 1 misdemeanor, so even though both are criminal acts that carry potential jail time, the reality is that without an arrest or someone filing a complaint with the Denver DA’s office, the chance of Boebert or her date seeing the inside of a courtroom is very low.
even if it was a felony, yeah. Don’t you know who she is!?!
I’m far more interested in seeing her registered on the sex offender’s registry than jail time or fines. “Party of Family Values” being championed by a registered sex offender appeals to my incredibly petty side.
You think the list of GOP champion sex offenders is small enough that adding boeberts name will make any difference?
Probably not, which is why it’s the petty side and not the more reasonable side that this tickles, lol.