Watch the moment Lauren Boebert was asked to 'give the definition of carpetbagger' in the first GOP debate in her new district

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 09:57

Rep. Lauren Boebert at the first GOP primary debate for the 4th congressional district in Fort Lupton, CO on January 25, 2024. — Rep. Lauren Boebert at the first GOP primary debate for the 4th Congressional District in Fort Lupton, Colorado.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert faced several GOP opponents in a primary debate on Thursday night.
It was her first face-off with Republicans since bailing on her original district.
A rival asked her to define "carpetbagger" — someone who runs for an office where they don't live.

On Thursday, Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert faced several GOP opponents in the first primary debate for Colorado's 4th Congressional District.

It's not the district she was elected to represent in 2020. In December, Boebert abandoned that seat — which covers the western swath of Colorado where she has lived — to run in a much-safer district that covers the eastern portion of the state.