Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spoken out after video emerged appearing to show House Republican Lauren Boebert engaging in what the New York congresswoman described as “sexually lewd acts” in a Colorado theater on September 10.

Boebert and a male companion were thrown out of the Buell Theatre in Denver after repeatedly vaping, using a cell phone and “causing a disturbance” during a performance of musical Beetlejuice.

Surveillance footage from inside the theater appeared to show Boebert’s male accomplice groping her breasts, and then being groped in turn by the Republican firebrand. In a statement, Boebert apologized for her behavior, which she claimed “fell short of my values,” but made no reference to the alleged sexual acts.

Ocasio-Cortez responded to the controversy in a one-minute video posted to her 323,000 TikTok followers on Thursday, in response to a viewer’s question.

She commented: "All I gotta say is I can’t go out to lunch in Florida in my free time, not doing anything, just eating outside and it’s wall-to-wall Fox News coverage and then you have a member of Congress engaging is sexually lewd acts in a public theater and they got nothing to say.”

“I danced to Phoenix once in college and it was like all over the place. But putting on a whole show of their own at Beetlejuice and there’s nothing? I’m just saying be consistent. That’s all I’m asking for. Equal treatment. I don’t expect it, but come on.”

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I agree with all your points (and thanks for the link!) but unfortunately, going by that pdf and the video of what they did, public indecency in Colorado is a Class 1 petty offense and indecent exposure is a Class 1 misdemeanor, so even though both are criminal acts that carry potential jail time, the reality is that without an arrest or someone filing a complaint with the Denver DA’s office, the chance of Boebert or her date seeing the inside of a courtroom is very low.

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      1 year ago

      even if it was a felony, yeah. Don’t you know who she is!?!

      I’m far more interested in seeing her registered on the sex offender’s registry than jail time or fines. “Party of Family Values” being championed by a registered sex offender appeals to my incredibly petty side.

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        1 year ago

        You think the list of GOP champion sex offenders is small enough that adding boeberts name will make any difference?

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          Probably not, which is why it’s the petty side and not the more reasonable side that this tickles, lol.