Far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has been condemned for her Halloween costume, which critics slammed as “disgusting.”
Boebert, in response to ABC Information, donned a sombrero and a Mexican-style gown to a bash in Loveland, Colorado. Her reported realtor boyfriend, Kyle Pearcy, went dressed as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. It got here amid rising anger over President Donald Trump’s controversial crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
“It’s the most disgusting factor I’ve ever seen,” one individual on the celebration mentioned of Boebert’s costume to ABC Information, which printed photos of the couple on Monday. “Even the conservatives [at the party] have been in shock. Folks averted them,” the individual added.
Different photographs shared on-line confirmed Boebert holding an indication that learn: “Mexican Phrase of the Day: Juicy. Inform me if ‘Juicy’ ICE coming.”
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Stacy Suniga, the president of the Latino Coalition of Weld County, told the Boulder Daily Camera that Boebert ought to “be ashamed of herself.”
“Although I consider she is incapable of any emotion that generates human decency,” Suniga added. “Her bigotry and ignorance are clearly evident in her chosen attire today.”
A spokesperson for Boebert, nevertheless, struck a defiant tone, telling ABC Information: “It’s a Halloween costume. Inform our Senators to vote for the CR and open the federal government. They’re selecting to let thousands and thousands of American households endure.”
In 2022, Boebert confronted criticism for her Christmas card, which confirmed her household posing with firearms. The next yr, she was ejected from the viewers of a touring manufacturing of “Beetlejuice” in Denver. She was caught on digicam allegedly groping her date and vaping.