Lauren Boebert Gets Skewered By Colleague At Republican Congressional Dinner

Republicans held a Congressional dinner on Wednesday evening, and it got off to a very awkward start when Republican Representative Lisa McClain kicked off the event by telling everyone to keep their hands "above the table" and then said "that means you, Lauren Boebert." The crowd was actually shocked that the Congresswoman made the comment singling out Boebert, but that's what Boebert has now become to the entire country: An embarrassment and a laughing stock. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

On Wednesday evening, there was the, uh, uh, Washington Press Club, foundation's annual Congressional dinner. You had Republicans there, you had Democrats there, and the whole thing got off to a very awkward start when Republican representative Lisa McLean decided to go ahead and call out Lauren Bobert for her atrocious behavior during that Beetlejuice theater performance all the way back in September. Here is how the event began. Take a look

If you could, for this speech tonight, if everyone could please keep their hands above the table. And I know it's date night from some of you, but no inappropriate touching that includes you, Lauren Bobert. No vaping either.

Now, what's interesting to me about what just happened there is the response from the crowd. It wasn't booze. It, it wasn't even applause. It was kind of shock because Lisa McClain, as I said, is a Republican lawmaker, openly calling out, mocking, making fun of another Republican lawmaker. And sure the uh, uh, you know, press dinner is supposed to be a lighthearted, fun event. You know, bipartisanship, everybody's just having a good time. And, uh, it starts by reminding everybody, Hey, remember what Lauren Bobert did the last time she, uh, reached across the aisle? Um, not exactly how everybody thought that evening was gonna go, but hey, that's what Lauren Bobert is now. She's a laughing stock. She is an embarrassment. She is a stain on American politics, not just the Republican party, although obviously that's where the blame lies. But at the same time, she is still a sitting member of Congress who has done these things, lied about them, and then of course, when these surveillance video came out, she had to be like, yeah, okay, I guess I did it.

I was touching the guy. I was vaping. I was causing a ruckus. Um, yeah, but again, she had lied about all of it prior to that video being released. And that's something that everybody needs to remember. She didn't think she was gonna get caught. She thought, oh, it's my word versus their word. Obviously as a sitting lawmaker, they're gonna believe me. And then boom, tape drops. Suddenly her whole career gets turned upside down. And McLean was right to make this comment about Lauren Bobert because it, it, it's something that needs to be remembered. Um, I know a lot of us would actually like to forget it, but it really is something that shows the behavior of these Republicans. It shows who they are when they think no one is looking. Because when no one is looking, that is when you show who you are. And we as a country doesn't matter if you're Republican or Democrat, we should be demanding better of our elected officials.

And that's not to say that Lauren Bert's the only one out there with problems. God know, report out this week said over 40 members of Congress violated the stock act in just the last 12 months. And none of them are being punished for any of it. We have to hold these people to a higher standard, but more importantly, we have to hold the ones we have now accountable for what they're doing, whether it's violating the stock act or getting a little groppy in the theater. And the best way to do that is to vote these people out of office.