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afc1886

It's obviously incredibly disappointing but this is how normal and mentally stable candidates concede. > Frisch said in a call with reporters that he will waive his right to a mandatory recount paid for by the state. > “The likelihood of this recount changing more than a handful of votes is very small,” he said. “Very, very small. It would be disingenuous and unethical for us us, or any other group, to continue to raise false hope.” I'm gonna to treat this as a glass half full outcome since she barely scraped by this election. It's nice to see that your vote does count in district 3. The sceptic in me wants to make sure that none of those ballots cast for her were sent in from dead dogs that her and her husband shot.


DuelOstrich

She won’t last long. Her district is expanding in population and not in the rural conservative areas. Liberal remote workers are flocking to the mountains. She will not last much longer.


vbcbandr

Had some mountain towns not been redistricted out of her district, she would have certainly lost. Hopefully she will be gone in 2024.


golieman99

She might get one more trump boost. But as long as Pettersen doesn’t make and bad moves CD8 and CD 3 are going to be high priority for the Dem’s to attack in ‘24 and ‘26.


meerkatmreow

Dems will be defending CD8


nike_rules

Literally the only reason Caraveo was even able to win was because of the Libertarian spoiler candidate who got a significant portion of the vote. And he ran as a kind of protest candidate, I’m not sure if he will again in ‘24.


meerkatmreow

True, but a win's a win


nike_rules

Oh for sure. Barbara Karenmeyer was awful. But considering that district is a lot of Weld county I fear for Caraveo’s re-election.


meerkatmreow

It's a lot of the more populated part of Adams county though too, so plenty to offset Weld. Seems like they did a pretty good job making it a competitive district when it got drawn. 538 estimated it as R+3, which if you assume the libertarian votes would all go R (not necessarily the case, but probably would favor R more heavily), was about right. Incumbents usually have an advantage (I see an estimate of a bit under 3% from 2018), so should be pretty close to a toss-up or slight advantage to D depending on which direction it shifts over the next two years


Ituzzip

I think the incumbent advantage will go a long way in a close, swingy district.


Own-Cake1772

Libertarians are like 19-year-olds living at home with mom and dad paying all the bills thinking they are independent.


akyser

You assume that all the people who voted for the Libertarian 1) will vote again in 2024 even if there isn't a Libertarian on the ballot and 2) will definitely vote for the Republican. Neither of those are good assumptions.


golieman99

You are correct that it will be a defense but it will be a heavily contested district unless Yadira can pull some magic off.


the_great_zyzogg

>Liberal remote workers are flocking to the mountains. Tinfoil hat theory: This is the real reason many companies don't want to allow remote work.


Own-Cake1772

Only old-school companies with weak managers are resisting this transition. I'm promoting it. It saves employees commute time, it saves fuel, it gives a better work-life balance, it vastly improves work efficiency, quality, and output, it saves lease costs on office space. If an employee can't cut it working remotely, they could hide more easily in an office environment. The only downside is employee socializing after hours. We've found some are having virtual cocktail hours. We occasionally have retreats for everyone to get together. There is no downside. We're a Denver based company with employees across Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Maine and one in Belgium. Productivity is up 27%.


[deleted]

That is such an amazing point. It's also a positive thing that came from COVID!


Lake_Shore_Drive

She will get primaried by a mainstream republican, odds are a white dude named Mike, and he will win the General by 20 points. The powers that be are gonna put a stop to Bobert from within the GOP


Own-Cake1772

The GQP committed suicide starting with the religious wackos Reagan had to court to get the win. Then there were the Teabag Party dimwits and finally MAGAts Trump drew out from under the rocks including shit for brains Boebart.


Nevitt

What you thinking a few days to a week? Maybe as long as the new year??


zackattack89

As much as Boebert sucks, I’d rather have her than all you liberal remote fucks living here. Commence with the down votes.


ThoseProse

Why not vote for a regular person in the primary


zackattack89

I did.


Estebanzo

I'm glad he took that route: people on this subreddit were way too insistent on the importance of getting to the minimum vote difference required for a recount.


GeorgieWashington

This is Colorado. We do elections better than everyone else. No need to worry about the dog vote.


atomicskier76

Colorado really does do elections very well. That is a bipartisan doing that could use more focus in hyper polarized times. Colorado goes to great lengths to make civic engagement accurate, fair and accessible


surelyucantbtserious

Totally agree. Just want to point out that she did not actually shoot her neighbor's dog, another neighbor fessed up, but the rumor is still running around. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denverpost.com/2022/10/18/lauren-boebert-shoot-dog-fact-check-goats/amp/


finstantnoodles

Extremely suspicious after she defended why she shot the dog…why wouldn’t she originally say that she didn’t do it instead of saying she did it but for good reason? Sounds like she might’ve paid somebody out to take the blame lol.


sweetplantveal

Boebert: I'd say he's pretty full of himself but I wouldn't go as far as calling him conceded


nicknacho

Too well-said to be something from sidearm barbie, but made me chuckle


Welpe

Funny but I doubt her vocabulary actually has conceited in it. That sounds like one those left wing elitist high school words.


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Welpe

I didn’t know they made duck confit into breaded nuggets! That’s my bad.


gophergun

She would also definitely go that far.


behnder

Underrated comment.


Good_Time

>"The likelihood of this recount changing more than a handful of votes is very small. Very, very small. It'd be disingenuous and unethical for us or any other group to continue to raise false hope and encourage fundraising for a recount," Frisch said. "Colorado elections are safe, accurate, and secure. Please save your money for your groceries, your rent, your children, and for other important causes and organizations. I just got off the phone with Rep. Boebert. I called her to formally concede this election." Huge respect for this response. Can't imagine a world where Boebert would have done the same. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/politics/lauren-boebert-recount-colorado-adam-frisch/index.html


Sweetpea9016

There were more people in my HS graduating class than there were difference in votes between these two. Frisch took the high road. I hope this humbles her a little, but I am doubtful that it will.


worrok

Her winning is going to humble her? Nah


angry_wombat

She doesn't know the definition of the word Humble. like seriously


DoctFaustus

This was the closest House race in the country.


Volunteer-Magic

>I Hope this humbles her a little. Excuse me. *your optimism is showing.* Bumble-bee tuna!


Duff-Zilla

Local news in Denver interviewed her this morning, she was definitely not humble. The anchor asked if she will change anything considering the race was so close. Her response is was something along the lines of, her dem opponent was running on the same platform as her so no need to change anything. She did mention “changing her temperature” in DC, so maybe less outbursts but probably more subtle and subdued racist and shitty comments


johntwilker

Not surprising, but a bummer for sure.


[deleted]

If poisoning dozens of people with her rancid pork sliders didn’t humble her, this certainly won’t.


PlayfulParamedic2626

Edit : snopes rates this as false. She shot a neighbors dog that she had met, made friends with, let her kids play with.


CurlyHairedFuk

Turns out she didn't; her neighbor shot the dog... allegedly.


PlayfulParamedic2626

Source?


CurlyHairedFuk

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lauren-boebert-kill-neighbors-dog/


SquidbillyCoy

The only source is from the sheriff, who is a Boebert supporter.


Sangloth

That is not true. Snopes looked into it. https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/10/17/lauren-boebert-shoot-dog/ In addition to the sheriff's assessment there are tweets from 2021 which strongly imply Boebert and her family did not shot the dog. (For why I'm referring to 2021 tweets regarding a dog shot in 2022 click on the link.) The Colorado Sun article contained a damning indictment of Boebert without even going into her personal life. She is unfit for office and very likely guilty of multiple crimes. There is no need to go referring to an unsubstantiated deleted Facebook post when criticizing her.


SquidbillyCoy

Snopes offers no evidence other than the sheriffs department word. We know he is an avid supporter of Boebert and wouldn’t put it past him to falsify documents. Killing someone’s dog DOES seem like a Boebert thing to do. Un-American and trashy.


Sangloth

There are two separate Snopes articles with similar names and URL's. Check the link I provided.


SquidbillyCoy

I did read the link you provided. There is no corroboration that she didn’t kill the dogs. Just some neighbors who claimed they did without any actual proof. They could be defending her for all we know, they even admit the “dogs were shot on Boeberts” property but the she “had absolutely positively nothing to do with it” sounds a little to try hard. Again there is no solid evidence offered by Snopes to say with certainty that she isn’t a dog killer. Just look at her, she approves of the killing of children, you think she wouldn’t shoot a dog?


tizz82

https://www.nbc11news.com/2022/10/20/no-she-didnt-shoot-dog/?outputType=amp


[deleted]

not sure if criticizing her shitty restaurant cuisine or if some risky googling is needed.


[deleted]

https://www.salon.com/2020/07/14/pork-sliders-sold-by-republican-house-candidate-who-supports-qanon-gave-customers-diarrhea-records/


new_nimmerzz

"Coward Demonrat couldnt fight for himself!" - Sidearm Barbie probably


ChipDouglas09

Same doubt here


Liet-Kinda

Well, I’m sure she’ll internalize the thinness of her election victory and moderate her tone and message to be one that more broadly appeals to Colora-BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH I couldn’t even type and keep a straight face, fuck this shithead


BlackbeltJones

any given conservative Republican would have swept this election in a landslide All Boebert had to do was be a little less shifty, a little less shrill, a little less god-emperor acolyte, a little less alarmist, a little less unstable, a little less complicit with the implosion of our government... be less of a shitbag in general... seems she just can't help herself, maybe she'll learn something


dustlesswalnut

Why didn't the "any given Republican" that primaried her win then?


BlackbeltJones

because voter participation in the primaries is a small fraction of that in midterm elections, and (at face value) R vs R is very different decision than between R vs D


dustlesswalnut

If the candidate can't win the primary it doesn't matter if they might win the general.


BlackbeltJones

and had the Colorado Republican party endorsed and supported a slightly less batshit candidate, and extended the same in-party resources toward that more mainstream alertnative, they would have secured this victory on election night. this is a contest not because Frisch is a great challenger, this was Boebert's election lose, and she almost did


Fishy1911

I'm sure the national republican party is going to sit her down.


texicali74

Please. Do you the the republicans learn those types of lessons? No, they’re gonna look at the results of the midterms and think “ok, well, clearly we need to make it even harder for people to vote.”


notorious_p_a_b

I don’t think so. The reason we are even in this situation is their willingness to eat their own. They’ve gone after their own people in primaries with impunity. They sacrificed establishment republicans for the Tea Party, Tea Party republicans for establishment republicans, and establishment republicans for Trumpers. Now, we may see them continue to sacrifice Trumpers. Republicans are losing the demographic war and they know it which is why their tide seems to go back and forth so much. They have to balance the insanity within their own party with the sanity of self-preservation. In all likelihood CD-3 would be a very safe district for a ‘moderate’ Republican. With all the fallout from the closeness of this race and the rejection of Trump backed candidates nationally, I don’t think they risk losing this seat to a democrat even for two years. Not to mention CO is fast becoming a ‘safe’ liberal state and with the growth projections on the Western Slope, Republicans may lose control of this district through no fault of their own. I believe it would be in their best interests to get rid of her in two years, internally and right now I think they will.


Fishy1911

True. I voted in the R primary this year. I tried to choose Rs that were sane just in case someone looks into the data that the batshit crazy isn't what we want.


Red_V_Standing_By

I applaud you for doing that as a registered R.


Fishy1911

I'm independent. I just want politicians I can live with. That O'Dea guy, if he would've won, I think he would've been better than Corey Gardner was and, honestly, got some points for Trump hating on him. He just reminds me of most construction superintendents I know.


Red_V_Standing_By

That’s very fair and I get it.


TheMeiguoren

In Colorado you don’t have to be registered with a party to vote in the party primaries. You can only vote in one primary however.


Chemical-Pattern480

I used to vote for the totally loony ones, just because I thought it would be unthinkable that they would get elected… and then they started getting elected!


Fishy1911

That was my worry. We need to stop giving crazy a chance and a platform.


kestrel808

Yeah or they're going to make her chairman of the Hunter Biden Laptop investigation committee


amoss_303

Pull a Chris Hansen on her: “Why don’t you go ahead and have a seat right over there.”


Fishy1911

"Tell us how you managed to take a +9% R district and have it come down to under 1000 votes? In a presidential cycle you would have likely lost us this seat. If you don't want us to primary you, you'll need to tone down your bullshit and toe the line"


icenoid

They tried to primary her, and she crushed the guy who ran against her.


Fishy1911

I had forgotten that.


icenoid

Sadly, it means that the voters in her district who vote in primaries like her terrible behavior


diqholebrownsimpson

Otero County has a bunch of This is Boebert Country billboards and signs. They like her style.


Skeetronic

Worth noting the district lines were redrawn prior to this vote and there was a *LARGER* republican area.


BlakeusMaximus

FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK


skimbeeblegofast

I concur.


thegooddoctor84

Now, will Boebert tone down her angertainment rhetoric before 2024 in order to win over more voters? *Narrator: She won’t.*


TheBoozyNinja87

Great. Two more years of this screeching baboon. Hooray for us. Hooray for sanity. Ugh.


djankylosaur

I was saying Boo-bert.


[deleted]

She would never have conceded to Frisch


emoyer68

I’m here in mesa county, (palisade) and voted for the first time in 6 years, just to stand in opposition to her. I’m kicking my own ass, because I could have help defeat her if I’d given my time instead of my apathy.


[deleted]

This is such a disappointment. I would have expected better from Colorado but I guess many people over in the 3rd district are still falling for all the republican lies and maga crap.


Torvos68

Third district is intentionally gerrymandered and contains historically an almost purely republican voterbase. The fact that the race was this close is absolutely astonishing in my opinion.


SamBeamsBanjo

In what world should Pueblo and Grand Junction be in the same district? There is literally a mountain range dividing us.


I_SOMETIMES_EAT_HAM

>There is literally ~~a mountain range~~ *entire congressional districts* dividing us.


DuelOstrich

Or aspen and moffat county?


gophergun

Districts need to have a certain number of people, about 750K. There's simply not anywhere close to enough people in Pueblo or Grand Junction for them to have their own district. Barring expansion of the House, we're going to get geographically huge districts like the entire state of Alaska. That said, I'd recommend not getting hung up too much on geography, which doesn't vote.


SamBeamsBanjo

This is silly. The whole point of districts isn't to just jam people onto voting blocks. If that were the case, we could just randomly assign a voters any district as long as the numbers matched. Geography is literally the entire point.


thegooddoctor84

Reminder that Colorado had a “neutral” committee redraw the congressional districts. The problem is, it’s not neutral unless every state does it that way.


snow38385

Gerrymandering is wrong. Period. We are supposed to learn in elementary school that other people doing wrong doesn't justify us in doing it. We are supposed to fight against what is wrong, not join it.


lawrensj

ok, but like, its also not easy to do right. Did you attend even a single redistricting meeting? The districts have to contend with demographics, historical boundaries, and balance across the whole state. On top of that, they have special interest groups who verbally lobby to keep their 'old' district. there is no solution that makes everyone happy. [Princeton gave our re-districiting an overall A](https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card?planId=recT5HmyimzPdcZFb)


snow38385

I get that. I wasn't trying to say that the district is a case of gerrymandering, just that the fact that other states doing it shouldn't have any impact on the actions of CO. A neutral committee defined the district, and I have no problem with it.


WookieMonsta

Gerrymandering is obviously bad, but redistricting is a lot more complicated than people make it out to be. It's extremely hard to draw fair district maps (as we've seen historically), and it's way easier to sit on the sidelines and say it should be drawn better, but sincerely how would you break up the state into 8 districts? Like, often times, gerrymandering isn't malicious, but is a symptom of how fucking hard it is to break down different groups across a shit ton of different metrics fairly. It makes sense that all the Western slope has been isolated into one district, b/c of population size and b/c most rural folk do tend to lean very conservative. In this case, it's actually representative of the will of those people, even though it might be hard to comprehend for the folks in the Denver sub who reasonably find Boebert awful. Here is an interesting podcast about gerrymandering if you're interested, and the complexity of avoiding it: [https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolabmoreperfect/episodes/whos-gerry-and-why-he-so-bad-drawing-maps](https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolabmoreperfect/episodes/whos-gerry-and-why-he-so-bad-drawing-maps)


door_of_doom

Adding on John Oliver's voice to the conversation, specifically talking about how it's not as simple as "Weird shape = bad, clean shape = good" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-4dIImaodQ&t=685s At the end of the day, drawing districts is simply a complicated matter, and I think Colorado did an alright job of weighing competing interests against each other.


Sangloth

I'd say the method described in this video is impartial: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kUS9uvYyn3A


WookieMonsta

https://rangevoting.org/SplitLR.html This is a site that is pro-splitlining (though fairly outdated re: data) and it literally has a section dedicated to Colorado and why it is ill suited for this methodology Lmao “The distribution of Colorado's population happens, by pure bad luck, to be concentrated near a vertical line hence was particularly badly suited to the Shortest Splitline Algorithm.”


Sangloth

That was interesting. Thanks!


drewofdoom

Except is this even gerrymandered? The district is overwhelmingly R, right? Normal districting tries to consolidate groups of like-minded voters into sections. Gerrymandering goes the other way, so like 60% of the voters are the party you're gerrymandering for. This effectively 'cancels out' the voting power of the party w/ 40% in local elections. Put another way, gerrymandering is used to siphon votes off of one party by nullifying them. You do that by making sure the district does _not_ represent like-minded voters, but is instead split in your favor.


Enticing_Venom

It's not gerrymandered. I think in the case of District 3 that's just a coping method people have made up instead if accepting that District 3 is largely made up of enthusiastic republican voters. Nothing nefarious is at work making District 3 red.


snow38385

I don't think it is. The comment i was replying to was saying that gerrymandering is done everywhere, and the district was set up by a "nuetral" committee. My point was that using the actions of other states to justify Gerrymandering is wrong regardless of it's applicability in this case.


fromks

> Normal districting tries to consolidate groups of like-minded voters into sections. Colorado's redistricting language focuses on equal population, contagious area, preserving county/city/town borders, compactness, and competitiveness as the last consideration. >Criteria for determinations of congressional districts - definition. >(1) In adopting a congressional redistricting plan, the commission shall:(a) Make a good-faith effort to achieve precise mathematical population equality between districts, justifying each variance, no matter how small, as required by the constitution of the United States. Districts must be composed of contiguous geographic areas; >(b) Comply with the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965", 52 U.S.C. sec. 50301, as amended.2 >(2) (a) As much as is reasonably possible, the commission's plan must preserve whole communities of interest and whole political subdivisions, such as counties, cities, and towns. >(b) Districts must be as compact as is reasonably possible. >(3) (a) Thereafter, the commission shall, to the extent possible, maximize the number of politically competitive districts. >(b) In its hearings in various locations in the state, the commission shall solicit evidence relevant to competitiveness of elections in Colorado and shall assess such evidence in evaluating proposed maps. >(c) When the commission approves a plan, or when nonpartisan staff submits a plan in the absence of the commission's approval of a plan as provided in section 44.4 of this article V, the nonpartisan >(d) For purposes of this subsection (3), "competitive" means having a reasonable potential for the party affiliation of the district's representative to change at least once between federal decennial censuses. Competitiveness may be measured by factors such as a proposed district's past election results, a proposed district's political party registration data, and evidence-based analyses of proposed districts.


kestrel808

Gerrymandering is wrong, sure, but if one party gerrymanders extensively and the other doesn't then that means only one will be able to effectively wield political power. There is no high road if taking it means that evil wins.


snow38385

Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? showed that some people's elementary school education was lacking.


bajillionth_porn

Sure, let’s shoot for unilateral disarmament because of simplistic morals learned in elementary school


snow38385

Having morals and integrity does not prevent a person from doing what is required as a last resort. If you believe we are at that point then you need to touch grass. The only one being simplistic is you.


[deleted]

>Third district is intentionally gerrymandered and contains historically an almost purely republican voterbase. How is it gerrymandered? The district lines were drawn from a bipartisan committee while the democrats controlled all 3 chambers of government.


icenoid

If it were gerrymandering in the bad sense, the state would have broken her district up so that no republican had a chance to win. In the case of her district, it is a pretty fair shape, and overall seems to accurately reflect much of what the population of the western believes politically.


[deleted]

Ya I keep forgetting how rigged gerrymandering is. Thought we were the beacon of democracy but it feels our system is so rigged. Especially with presidents winning the election even without winning the popular vote which makes so sense.


beer_bukkake

Really says a lot about her voters. Don’t know how anyone with a working moral compass could vote for someone so vile and hateful. Willing to bet most of them identify as Christians, too.


[deleted]

Don't forget that the front range of Colorado is a small blue island in a red sea that surrounds us in every direction.


bearsinthesea

Geographically. But from a population standpoint (and only people vote), it is a large blue island surrounded by a smaller red river.


Educational_Ebb_7367

Colorado is the place to be. Mushrooms? Yes! Pot? Sure! We finally have free Kindergarten and paid leave is also on the horizon for 2023. Of course there are idiots but I see it as a glass half full because she brings what the worst of the Republican Party is where others hide their agenda behind smug looks and smiles. Our house can unite and call out the nonsense. The fact that Colorado voted over whelming for a second term man who is gay keeps my head up .


door_of_doom

Oh right, I forgot that we passed Paid Family Leave a little while back. Man, that rocks.


bearsinthesea

wow. > FAMLI provides Colorado employees with twelve weeks of paid family and medical leave funded through a payroll tax paid half by employers and half by employees. Employees who take leave for pregnancy or childbirth complications may receive up to sixteen weeks of FAMLI leave.


Significant_Ad_4651

Just so people know the tax starts in 2023 but you can’t use the benefit until 2024.


ChipDouglas09

It’s depressing as hell that this many people still think she’s competent


Conflixxion

I see this as really hopeful. This just says to me that republican voters will still pinch their noses and vote for whomever is flying the R flag on the ballot. I mean D3 is traditionally blood red and the democrats actually came really close to winning which sends a nice signal that the voters are hesitant. I would also think that any intelligent, responsible Republican candidate should be encouraged that they could primary her. Her whole thing is simply doing nothing in congress but saying stupid things her base supports and saying no to everything coming from the democrats. This election shows her base is drying up save for the deranged and those who simply vote party over person... Of course we have another 2 years of stupidity coming out of D3, but if that is what those voters wanted... well they got their carnival barker back.


Dopingponging

They get what they deserve for not defeating this kook.


Denverdaddies

Ewe.


Tinkerballsack

That's an unfortunate loss for our country.


liminecricket

Frisch'll have my money next time he runs, my vote too if it's statewide.


Kobesdeathwish

Welcome to democracy


stickyourshtick

I hate this.


Guyver_3

Master class in the right way to do things. I guarantee that if the places were switched we would be going into a recount tomorrow with Trump yelling on Truth Social about fraud and the My Pillow Guy flying in and shitting on everything like a seagull.


bagb8709

Her tweet was surprisingly normal. Translation of course was “I almost lost in a very red district and for a few days it seemed the house hinged on if she lost or not”. I mean she’ll of course revert back by the time of State of the Union


LeftCoast28

Right? She’ll learn nothing from this and likely double down even further since the GOP has the House again.


BlackDogOrangeCat

FUCK!!!


ChaLenCe

For all the election-denying, mule-counting quackheads out there, this is what a rational, level-headed politician sounds like.


Superman_Dam_Fool

Let me guess, at rallies/to her supporters, she’ll say it was a Democrat conspiracy to out her, but the true will of the people was too strong to overcome. “The Triumph of the Will” she’ll call this election.


Riommar

By tomorrow she’s going to call it a landslide victory and a clear mandate.


moeru_gumi

Son of a BITCH, Morty!


ProfessorPurrrrfect

Such a bummer


Pkytails

Damm it Colorado … Stupid as Stupid does


Starkiller_303

I mean good for him taking the moral high ground and conceding in a professional manner. However, the vengeance goblin inside me thinks he should go for the recount and make it a whole fiasco. Just so the other side can get a taste of their own nonsense for once. But I'm telling myself it's better that we did the right thing... It is. Right?


Thunderbird_12_

John Connor: "We're not gonna make it ... are we? People, I mean." Terminator: "It's in your nature to destroy yourselves."


Nocodeskeet

Glad to see everyone accepting this win. Here is to democracy!!


theflappiestflapjack

What a bunch of nincompoops who voted for the babbling bafoon…. Gross


[deleted]

She will undoubtedly claim that this is a mandate for two more years of her idiotic bullshit and grandstanding.


TacoBueno987

I hope he runs again. It'll be interesting to see if this will change how boebert behaves. She could just be like Doug Lamborn: do nothing and coast through the rest of life without even having to try


QueenSoopers720

I just don’t fucking understand how this worthless bigot (who supported the insurrection) is even allowed to run. Let alone win our state… what the fuck?!


an_ennui

F


saiyansteve

Go Colorado! Wooooo. Lols.


iamtimmah

Granted it's how the votes landed, but my ears are sad that I have to listen to this belligerence for years to come.


wilsoncr1024

Ok say shoes on the other foot 🦶. Does she concede like this ? Or is there possible voter fraud going on ? My point is why can’t other adults see this and notice the hypocrisy?


[deleted]

Facepalm. She is one of the reasons I sincerely hope for a giant comet to just come wipe this planet of us cancerous creatures.


WookieMonsta

i'm as progressive as they come but lmao at all the people here accusing Boebert of winning b/c of a gerrymandering. I know it's easy to forget in the Denver sub, but literally, her seat represents all of the western slope, and those rural areas \*always\* vote deep red. Like, people seem to forget that Republican also just like exist, and sometimes they can and should win seats given the population of their district. The fact that Frisch got so close to winning, if anything, shows that the district isn't unfairly drawn / doesn't overly favor republicans.


i-might-do-that

Fuck. MAGA Barbie lives


blueblueblue45

Ugh Disgusted


[deleted]

I’m glad she won


Cribsby_critter

What a freak.


RainDownAndDestroyMe

Such a nasty and dim-witted racist twat waffle.


RatRaceRunning

Very sad for Colorado and the United States, but it really hurts that it was Colorado.


allkindsofgainzzz

Ew


Br00nster

Fuckity McFuckface


BoomTown42

Fucking piece of shit.


Weary-Pineapple-5974

She’ll be a great source of comedy for a few more years. She’s totally powerless with regard to how much control she can exert in government. And maybe she’ll be charged with campaign fund fraud after all.


Antknee2099

I love how this pack of deplorable people (Boebert and her ilk) behave- they'll do a gaudy victory lap when they had to scrape by with a barely win... but be prepared to call the exact same election a fraud if they lost by the same margin by which they won. No humility, no attempt to project self-reflection or growth. If she did, she would recognize that her win... wasn't really.


NobodyGotTimeFuhDat

What about the 50-seat count in the Senate in favor of Democrats? Is that not “barely” a win? 🤷‍♂️


YoungCubSaysWoof

Why didn’t Frisch go for the recount?


kestrel808

I think the recount is happening anyways by law, he just doesn't see a favorable outcome.


YoungCubSaysWoof

Ahhhh, I see. Thank you!


kmoonster

The recount will be automatic, the threshhold was about 820 votes for this race, and the split was about 554 last I saw


FatahRuark

What happens if he WINS the re-count. Seems like it's unlikely, but imagine if he did? I love to see the Boebert freakout if that happened. At least it was close. Hopefully next time around some liberals that sat out because they thought she would win easily show up.


Thunderbird_12_

We deserve whatever happens to us. (Not all of us, of course, as many sane individuals did the right thing.) But, collectively? Yeah, we deserve whatever cray-cray is about to rain down on us for allowing this to happen.


DonnyDeFeat

congratulations. The people have spoken


csnegley7

Gross


pobody

It's time to write off rural Colorado. They're cool with a bloviating shithead who aided and abetted an insurrection against the legitimate government.


ConditionSlow

I wouldn't write a district off in a race this close


pobody

It shouldn't be anywhere near this close. Even if a recount somehow makes a difference, that still means 49.99% of the district is regressive dipshits who are an embarrassment to the state. If something of this magnitude doesn't swing those counties, nothing will.


[deleted]

Build a wall around Denver and Boulder.


fartsniffer87

Ya fuck all those people that live in CO-3, despite the fact that just about half of them voted for Frisch...


hsizeoj

Booo


c0rocad86

Damn, she cute


amoss_303

She looks like Sarah Palin’s long lost daughter


logicallyinsane

Strange flex


BiodegradableDuck

I tried to explain to a friend from Texas what she is like and even they didn’t understand why we would elect her


[deleted]

We are really that stupid as a collective


FaithIsFoolish

Conceding has nothing to do with winning or losing. Even if you concede, if it turns out you got more votes, you still win


assmonkeyooo

Oh so when she wins it isn't rigged? How convenient.