Lauren Boebert posts farewell video after congressional defeat
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Rep. Lauren Boebert shared a social-media video invoking faith after losing to Democrat Eileen Laubacher in Colorado’s 4th District, as critics again pointed to her long trail of controversies.
Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado posted a farewell video on X after the race was called for Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher, a retired Navy rear admiral and former National Security Council member. Boebert’s message leaned on religious imagery, recalling her earlier prayers in her Rifle-based restaurant, Shooters Grill, and insisting that “God’s got this.”
The video, which drew more than one million views, quickly sparked a flood of comments that questioned Boebert’s religious claims and revisited her 2023 removal from a Denver theater performance of “Beetlejuice.”
Boebert, who had shifted to the more conservative 4th District in 2024, blamed her defeat on the massive sums spent against her, telling reporters that “there was a lot of money dumped on my head.” According to reporting by The Washington Post, Laubacher raised more than $13 million in the cycle, compared with Boebert’s $1.2 million. Boebert also told Scripps News that she does not plan to run for office again in 2028.
Laubacher, a former Republican who changed parties after retiring from the Navy, said her campaign centered on serving constituents who felt ignored. Boebert’s tenure, according to a Colorado Republican strategist, was marked by repeated controversies and public incidents. While she had previously drawn criticism from President Donald Trump earlier in the year, he later endorsed her in October.