To the surprise of nobody, Republican Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert has waded into the recent debate about drag queens performing for kids.
Yesterday she tweeted, “Take your children to CHURCH, not drag bars.”
Take your children to CHURCH, not drag bars.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) June 6, 2022
Her comments come after a Dallas gay bar, Mr. Misster, hosted a Pride Month, family-friendly drag brunch on Saturday. Right-wing activists descended on the bar to protest and harass some of the parents and children queuing to get in.
Some of the activists managed to sneak inside the venue and take video footage of the show, in which some drag queens collected dollars from children. The videos were quickly shared on social media, prompting condemnation from some Republicans.
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A Texas, GOP Rep. Bryan Slaton, yesterday announced he would be filing legislation to ban drag performances anywhere minors are present.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was quick to join the chorus of outrage, agreeing that, “It should be illegal to take children into Drag Queen shows and strip clubs. And there should be no federal funding for any school that intentionally confuses children about gender/sexuality. Any teacher or school employee caught doing so should be fired and lose all benefits.”
It should be illegal to take children into Drag Queen shows and strip clubs.
And there should be no federal funding for any school that intentionally confuses children about gender/sexuality.
Any teacher or school employee caught doing so should be fired and lose all benefits.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) June 6, 2022
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However, it was Boebert’s tweet that seems to gain the most traction, with over 65,000 likes and thousands of comments. Many wanted to point out the obvious weakness of her argument: Countless children have been abused at the hands of pastors and priests.
In which of these two places have more children been abused? https://t.co/F3VEAKSuRW
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) June 6, 2022
Just not any of these churches pic.twitter.com/LpO2lRUIuk
— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) June 6, 2022
I’ve never heard of children getting molested in drag bars.
— Jen Henry 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈 (@jenresisted) June 6, 2022
I’ve been going to drag clubs since I was a teenager. I never heard of a drag queen assaulting a child, but I have reported on dozens of cases of pedophile priests. Maybe sit this one out, ma’am. https://t.co/scd7ZwISFP
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) June 7, 2022
Others were quick to remind Boebert that her husband was prosecuted with exposing himself to minors at a bowling alley.
Your husband exposed his tattooed baloney pony to a bunch of teenage girls at a bowling alley snack bar, Klannie Oakley.
All they did was go to a bowling alley & they got a peep show from a pervert.
We can’t even send kids to bowling alleys with your hubs around.
So cut the shit.— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) June 6, 2022
keep your children away from Lauren Boebert’s husband, he likes to expose himself. in fact he was arrested for it
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) June 6, 2022
How about bowling alley’s? pic.twitter.com/3Tmw6Ec3Qt
— Adam Lockett (@AdamLockett34) June 6, 2022
But not to BOWLING ALLEYS, where Lauren’s husband might flash them his tattooed penis again.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) June 6, 2022
And others said that she should just leave it up to parents to decide where they want to take their kids.
Isn’t it up to the parents where they decide to take their children? I thought Republicans believed in freedom of choice?
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) June 6, 2022
monty clift
“tattooed baloney pony” Lmao!
Max
she is a moron. it’s just that simple.
Jim
We now know they’re safer with drag queens then Baptist ministers too
BaltoSteve
She isn’t kept by the National party because she is smart. She is kept around because she is a big breasted AmmoSexual. Her purpose for the party is to give spank-bank material for its more militant members. Like MTG, she is kept around by the National GOP leadership because she is a useful tool to keep those more radical fringe members engaged. As long as she is useful, she will continue to get their support.
kish
I wish someone would throw her husband’s past in her face while she is on tv.
Mr. Stadnick
She is an absolute moron. She is a gun carrying bigot who serves the lowest minded only. Water seeks its own level and she appeals to the stinking dried up sewage that smells and passes along disease.
johncp56
Ditto! and we have to pay her and that other human moose knuckle MTG scummy hate
Jaquelope
Must you insult the morons by comparing her with them? She would need several more intelligence points to even be considered an imbecile.
Tombear
Boebert is married to a registered sex offender. Huh?
scotty
classic dont look here look over there bait and switch vapid c u n t y n ess or BAU with that lot.
white-queer-african
There is no cure for of a POS that has a half a brain cell fighting with the other half!
Where is jt1990 to defend this bitch? The fat queen is no doubt at the breakfast buffet stuffing it’s face.