Ding dong, Lauren Boebert’s political career is officially dead

Last Tuesday’s blue tsunami really is the gift that keeps on giving. MAGA 2.0’s death knell can still be heard in echoes throughout the land—including MAGA rep. Lauren Boebert’s projected defeat in Colorado. After four terms, it looks like Boebert’s seat will be claimed by Navy veteran Eileen Laubacher.

Last night, CNN called the flipped race in the state’s 4th district. Boebert, predictably, is not taking the defeat well. “Election week isn’t finished!” the noted Beetlejuice fan posted in a video responding to the call. Boebert pointed out that under Colorado law, they have until November 13th to finish counting every vote.

But with over 98% of the votes counted, it’s looking like a done deal. Menswear commentator Derek Guy chimed in in the comments to underscore the point, and the ratio of people who liked Boebert’s desperate tweet (5K) to those who agreed with Guy (20K) tells its own story.

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Boebert’s loss is especially exciting for trans people, who were personally victimized by Boebert’s history of anti-trans comments. During her ignominious years in office, Boebert played into the old transphobic, homophobic saws about how drag shows “sexualize” children. Boebert is anti-marriage equality, and has been a vocal, headline-making force in the war on trans kids. “It is wrong to sacrifice the safety and wellbeing of our children on the altar of radical leftist ideology,” she once tweeted.

Just this year, Boebert took issue with trans congresswoman Sarah McBride, accusing her of “erasing women” by simply existing. Now, after having to put up with abuse from Boebert and fellow MAGA (and reformed MAGA) figures Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene, it looks like McBride is the last woman standing.

“Their pronouns are has/been,” one poster joked of Mace, Boebert, and all the MAGA women who thought they were riding the coattails of anti-trans punditry to victory.

Blessedly, it hasn’t worked out that way. Next year, McBride won’t have to contend with the level of bullying she’s faced during her first term. Even if Republicans insist on dying on the anti-trans hill, they will no longer be in the majority.

Boebert’s defeat somehow has an even sweeter side. Remember earlier this year when a complaint accused Boebert of having inappropriate relationships with both male and female staffers? Boebert immediately denied the accusations, but it certainly didn’t look good for the notoriously anti-gay politician. And it still doesn’t.

A few months later, another scandal hit: Boebert’s son Tyler was accused with the sexual exploitation of a minor. The allegations followed a previous child abuse negligence citation concerning his then two-year-old son.

Call it the blue tsunami, call it the Hunting Wives’ revenge, call it whatever you like: the old guard of new Republican superstars might have just signed its own death warrant, and the election results are the proof.

Will the new wave of Republicans learn from Boebert & co’s example? Probably not. The party of hate remains woefully out of touch, and they’re going to need a serious rebrand if they want to compete with the party of hope.

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