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Retired Rear Adm. Eileen Laubacher, a Democrat, will flip Colorado’s 4th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, ending conservative firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert’s tenure in Congress.

Boebert’s loss comes after she elected to run in a more conservative district last cycle in an effort to preserve her political future. But Laubacher, who served more than three decades in the Navy, capitalized on the national headwinds against the GOP and focused her campaign on affordability issues.

The win denies Boebert, an ally of President Donald Trump and one of the most outspoken conservatives in the House Republican conference, a fourth term. Boebert was first elected in 2020, after she upset a fifth-term Republican incumbent in a primary.

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[-] dudeface@lemmy.world 54 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Unfortunately all these popular dipshits have a long career in the media after losing and election

[-] booly@sh.itjust.works 19 points 15 hours ago

My hope is that with an unusually high number of Republican elected officials losing their jobs, that the market will be flooded and most of them will struggle to find jobs typically available to former elected officials. Especially the really dumb ones that made enemies in their own party. Is a lobbying firm, media organization, public relations firm, or anything like that actually going to perceive any value in hiring someone like this?

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 14 hours ago

She is an attention whore, so media like FOX probably thinks that makes for good ratings. Sadly I bet there’s still plenty of jobs for these assholes.

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

If focks nooz runs out of openings I wouldn't be surprised if dozens of them form their own right-wing propaganda outlet

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Boebert is going straight to OnlyFans

[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 24 points 17 hours ago

How many book deals will we hear about? "My time with Trump and MAGA"

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

"My ~~time~~struggle with Trump and MAGA"

[-] bbpr120@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago

if it's a coloring book, it'll be on the NY Times Best Seller list in no time flat.

[-] Zagam@piefed.social 6 points 16 hours ago

They'd have to sell it at Walmart. No way any of those people walk into an actual bookstore. Them is woke propaganda whearhouses.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

They also do weird money laundering shit with these book deals. Like how to move PAC money for bribing purposes. As a result, the sales of the book put it on the best seller lists even though no one is actually reading it.

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

It's pretty common to find right-wing "books" in places like BAM and B&N.

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Not with the anti-DEI initiatives

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