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[–] SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world 4 points 55 minutes ago

A manky closeted female trying disqualify LGBTQ to maintain her fascist status in the Rethuglican party? That's a new one.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Boebert’s office and her campaign have yet to respond, but her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, has denied the allegations.

“I think it is all a fairy tale made up propaganda,” Jayson Boebert said. “I don’t believe any of that. Bad sources.”

Isn't that the guy who exposed himself to her at a bowling alley or something similar? Credible.

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 13 points 1 hour ago

When she was a minor. With her friends who were also minors.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

This is absolutely disgusting!

I can't believe three people had sex with Lauren Boebert

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 hour ago

I hear she's quite handy.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

There are people that want to have sexual relations with this piece of tuberculosis ridden lung tissue?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 54 minutes ago

Make fuck, get green card.

[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

She’s not fucking children. That’s a massive improvement, even though she’s still a hypocritical cunt.

I mean her son is a different story, but still.

And this is the conservative standard for politicians.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 38 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Being bi and partisan doesn't make her bipartisan.

[–] Upgrayedd1776@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

the constitution says nothing against having an OnlyFans and being a representative congress.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago

thats.. a lot of staff fucking.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Someone introduce this woman to barnaby joyce

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

He's possibly too busy with Pauline. At Trump's "parties"

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Threeway with Gina last i heard

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I dated an audio engineer who has set up for rich people parties, which have included eating sushi off naked bodies and such.

I would be unsurprised if they were abusing barely legal women/men at Trump's parties

[–] tquid@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago

They have a pretty solid track record of not being at all bothered by the age of consent. Or consent just generally

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 6 hours ago

She hiring?

[–] Gaslov@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

Even the ex-husband doesn't believe this story so I think I'll wait for an investigation and confirmation.

[–] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.world 106 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Man, she is one horny motherfucker. Handies in the theater, blowies in the office, lesbian sex in the car... damn! Where does she find the time to rail against the LGBTQ community in-between fucking all the guys and gals in her office?

I had a girlfriend like her once. Once.

[–] PoastRotato@lemmy.world 38 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Oh I think she finds plenty of time for railing

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 18 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] frunch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

An olde' classic I'm always happy to find in the wild. Well .gif'd! 🥂

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[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 16 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Aside from the hypocrisy I don't really care at all. So she had sex with three adults? Good for her. I actually think it's kinda sad that she feels she needs to keep it a secret that she likes women. Other than that, she's a terrible, terrible person, so I won't be crying any tears for her.

But you know, there's an actual sexual predator in your Whitehouse, his whole inner circle is filled with Nazis and pedo's. When compared to all that, Lauren Boebert should get an award for being so... consensual about sex. I hate her hypocrisy, and she shouldn't be using government money to book hotel rooms for her sexual escapades, but shaming women for liking sex? Miss me with that shit.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 68 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

What most people here seem to be missing is that she was fucking her employees.

That's the problem.

There is a massive power dynamic imbalance when you're a world-famous politician in one of the highest profile jobs available and you start making moves on underlinings. It's highly unethical behaviour and has been exactly the conduct that caused many politicians to be ousted and even impeached in the past.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

I was just about to point this out.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

To be fair, Boebert fucking her employees plays into the hierarchical social structure that conservatives support. The fact they're her subordinates is probably what makes it okay.

[–] Instigate@aussie.zone 1 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

While I take your point and agree with the merits of power imbalances inherently muddying the waters of consent, at what stage are we infantilising adults with the capacity to consent? Without knowing the particulars of the circumstances, it’s very difficult to say that she acted in a predatory manner towards these people. In your comment, you suggest the idea that Boebert was the one ‘making moves’ on her staffers. Is there any verified information to suggest this was the case?

My broader question is this: are there any circumstances in which an employee can truly consent to sexual activity with their employer? I worry that answering ‘no’ to that question unfairly infantilises people, while I simultaneously worry that answering ‘yes’ justifies abuse of power to extract sexual favours.

It’s a very difficult puzzle, and one that I would personally argue heavily relies on context and the accounts of those who we fear may have been sexually abused. I’m reminded of the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky saga which posed very similar questions, and to which you’ve also alluded in your comment.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 37 minutes ago

Regardless of if the individuals she was fucking were fully consenting or not it's unethical. It's going to lead to favoritism of those individuals over the ones who aren't fucking her.

[–] dltk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

https://ethics.house.gov/publications/code-official-conduct/

It's a violation of house ethics rules. Hypocrisy aside, its just simply against the rules of a body who's purpose is to make the laws that govern the rest of us. No tolerance or excuses for that.

[–] joseki@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty much any job anywhere will fire you on the spot for sleeping with a subordinate because it's obvious that it's a coercive power dynamic and bad for business and legal risk.

[–] Kurtismayfield@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Lol they are wheeling in a barely functioning octagenerian for votes, and have a staffer to correct him when he votes wrong. You think Congress cares about ethics or power dynamics?

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 19 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Well the issue is the power disparity there. She was basically these peoples boss. Even if it's consensual, that's not really a situation one wants to have. And having someone in power over you make sexual advancements is a huge red flag in any case.

Given she is a political figure, they also left her open to being compromised, which is also something you don't want to have happen to leaders in government. Given there was $200.000 of hush money paid, I'd say she was indeed compromised.

There's also the whole hypocrisy part, but that's par for the course when it comes to Republicans. So while still bad, hardly worth mentioning.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago

It always turns out to be the ones you suspect the most

[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It fits right in with "Preach the New Testament, practice the Old."

Republicans said they were the party of family values. That is clearly not the case.

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