Boebert Apologizes For Getting Thrown Out Of ‘Beetlejuice’ Performance After Video Emerges

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) released a statement late this week apologizing for her actions that led to her being thrown out of a “Beetlejuice” musical last weekend.

Denver Arts & Venues said in a statement that they received three different complaints that Boebert and her new boyfriend, who the Daily Mail says is a Democrat, were “vaping, singing, causing a disturbance.”

The report said that the couple were repeatedly warned after Boebert was caught vaping and they “were causing a disturbance for the area with noise, singing, [and] using their cell phone.”

“The patrons were argumentative,” the statement said as officials warned them that if it continued, they would be kicked out. They were later told that they needed to leave and that if they did not, they were then trespassing and the police would be called.

A spokesperson for Boebert said that she was not vaping during the performance and that “heavy fog machines and electronic cigarettes were used during the show, so there might have been ‘a misunderstanding from someone sitting near her,'” The Washington Post reported.

Surveillance video from inside the Buell Theater obtained by local media, however, appears to show otherwise. Footage also appears to show the two groping each other.

Newly released surveillance video from a Denver theater appears to show Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert vaping during a “Beetlejuice” musical play — the one thing she denied doing while acknowledging earlier this week that she had been kicked out for being disruptive. pic.twitter.com/aQ01G230cT

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 15, 2023

NEW: GOP Rep Lauren Boebert denied vaping during a Denver Center for the Performing Arts musical before being kicked out Sunday. @Marshall9News got the video. Take a look. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/VtT67Vn4L9

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) September 15, 2023

Police were called to the theater and stayed present until Boebert left.

Boebert released a statement on Friday night apologizing for her actions, saying that they “fell short of my values.”

“The past few days have been difficult and humbling, and I’m truly sorry for the unwanted attention my Sunday evening in Denver has brought to the community,” Boebert’s statement said. “While none of my actions or words as a private citizen that night were intended to be malicious or meant to cause harm, the reality is they did and I regret that.”

“There’s no perfect blueprint for going through a public and difficult divorce, which over the past few months has made for a challenging personal time for me and my entire family,” she continued. “I’ve tried to handle it with strength and grace as best I can, but I simply fell short of my values on Sunday. That’s unacceptable and I’m sorry.”

Senator Cornyn Changes Course On Supporting Biden Impeachment Inquiry

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) appeared to change his views in a matter of just a couple days this week on House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

“I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,” Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said in a statement on Tuesday. “Over the past several months, House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct — a culture of corruption.”

Cornyn initially came out against the inquiry, suggesting that it was a waste of time and House Republicans would be better served by focusing on other things.

“It really comes to how do you prioritize your time? I don’t know of anybody who believes Chuck Schumer will take it up and actually have a trial and convict a sitting president,” Cornyn, a member of the GOP Senate leadership, said in a statement.

“Since they got the majority, they got the chairmen of the various committees, they could do all of that now without going to a formal inquiry. Members of the House don’t really care what I think. All I can tell you, it’s unlikely to be successful in the Senate,” he continued. “Rather than doing something they know is unlikely to end the way they would like, maybe they want to emphasize other things.”

However, Cornyn reversed course a couple of days later, saying he now believes that “President Biden has committed the sorts of acts that warrant an impeachment inquiry, so I don’t have any trouble with an impeachment inquiry.”

“I think there’s been more than enough smoke to warrant a continued investigation into the president’s activities, particularly with regard to his son’s actions,” he continued.

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It’s not clear what led to the change of position for Cornyn, although a source close to Senate leadership told The Daily Wire that not supporting the inquiry added to a “list of liabilities” that could prevent him from holding higher positions in Senate leadership. The source said one of the major liabilities that Cornyn had among Republicans was his support for a gun control bill that was later signed into law by President Biden.

Related: McCarthy Shreds AP Reporter Who Claimed He Launched Impeachment Inquiry ‘Without Evidence’

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