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[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 102 points 5 months ago

FTA:

People mocked her on social media for turning to homophobic insults because she couldn’t win the actual argument. Other people pointed out that Boebert isn’t even attending her own son’s court hearings – while making time to attend Donald Trump’s trial in New York – so maybe she shouldn’t be mocking other people’s parenting.

She's just a horrible human being all the way down

[–] WhimsicalSofa@lemmynsfw.com 72 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This isn’t “backfiring”. This is Boebert losing a Twitter fight, which is funny, but backfiring is when your actions have actual negative consequences for you. Her base doesn’t care.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Her base may not care, but she can't win an election with only the votes from her base. Moderates and independents do care and make the difference in who wins.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

She moved from a pink district to a dark red one. Her challenge right now is winning the primary and not getting labeled as a carpet bagger.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe she’s envious of his restraint. I hear he’s sat through an entire musical without jerking someone off.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Thank you...that didn't go where I expected

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 21 points 5 months ago

She’s such a turd.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are plenty of reasons to dislike Pete, but his sexuality isn't one of them.

[–] paf0@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yup. Also this article was crap.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm growing increasingly tired of "something happened, here is how random people on social media reacted" articles.

[–] paf0@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Me too. It's incredibly lazy.

[–] skhayfa@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It would have been easy to joke about Pete buttiboughtbyboeing, without being anti-gay. But it would require not being anti-gay