The Colorado Republican moved to a more conservative district after a close re-election call in 2022. But this year’s blue tsunami has swept her out of office, NBC News projects.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a conservative firebrand who was caught up in several headline-grabbing controversies during her six years in Congress, has been defeated by Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher, NBC News projects.

Laubacher is a retired Navy rear admiral and Afghanistan war veteran who served on the National Security Council in the Biden administration.

“Integrity matters. Character matters. Truth matters, and public service should always be about what you can do for other people, not what you do for yourself,” Laubacher told supporters on election night, according to The Colorado Sun. “Those things were worth fighting for when we started.”

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    The winner is right about integrity, which is the opposite of dualistic systems that require people to deny their truth, to submit to some artificial, conditional hierarchy, which is actually unhealthy. Integrity and truth are healthy. Real truth stands up to questions and scrutiny, unlike the feeble lies the dictators use, based on ginned up fear of minorities and crumble with the least examination. Don’t fall for the lies, and instead, support policies that help the majority live healthier lives and paid leave in all jobs. The data is in and it works for happier people, if you want that sort of thing.

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    Oh look, six-time international lap-hockey champion Handy Oakley took a minute off to do something else with her fingers.

    “Today we salute the brave men and women who wore our nation’s uniform and defended the homeland. Their sacrifice deserves our gratitude, our respect, and our unwavering support. Never forget those who fought for our freedom. God bless our veterans and the United States of America!”

    Sit down and shut up, you vapid bobblehead.

    In your first term in Congress, you made 15 anti-veteran votes. Last year, you voted to cut funding for the 49,000 veterans in your district by supporting a bill that guts their health care.

    How delicious is it that this complete waste of space was just denied reelection by an actual veteran, the retired Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher?

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    Can we stop calling her a conservative firebrand.

    She gave her boyfriend a hand job at a children’s show.

    (a brief pause)

    On second thought, I guess that is pretty much on brand for modern “conservatives”.

    Nevermind…

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    She’s already on TV explaining what the Republican party needs to do differently. It’s hilarious that losers always get the microphone to give advice as if they ever had a clue, Claire McCaskill did the same for the Democrats.

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      They knew what the right thing to do was the whole time, but they’re spineless sniveling toadies to the orange turd, held captive by a mouthbreathing moron cult. The GOP avoids integrity like they avoid washing their hands. Even before donny, republicans wouldn’t choose the right thing unless you let them do an even bigger evil thing. Then they go back and loosen the lugnuts on the right thing so it falls apart.

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    Good news for her is she’s probably made enough money off of AIPAC and Russian bribes that we won’t hear from her for a while.

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    Have they tried turning her OFF and then turning her back ON?

    Oops, sorry. I posted on the wrong thread.

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      To turn her off you need to have sufficient melanin in your skin.

      To turn her on apparently you need to take her to a Broadway music.

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    Whoa, she lost her race? …so she just doesn’t know what race she is anymore?

    She keeps asking the mirror and touching her skin… Trying to look for the concept of race, but just can’t find it.

    She’s race blind now.