Lauren Boebert Faces Pressure Over Reported Drag Bar Campaign Spending

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00:00 Lauren Boebert faces pressure over reported drag bar campaign spending.

00:04 Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert has come under fire for allegedly spending campaign

00:08 money at a bar known to have hosted drag shows, with disgruntled social media users calling

00:13 for an audit of her finances.

00:15 Anger against the congresswoman has grown after Politico wrote on Sunday that Boebert

00:19 spent hundreds of dollars at the bar co-owned by Queen Gallagher.

00:22 Boebert and Gallagher made headlines in early September when the two were kicked out of

00:26 Beetlejuice, the musical performance at the Buell Theater in Denver for disturbing other

00:30 patrons with actions that included vaping, being loud, and groping each other.

00:34 Boebert initially denied that she was acting out before apologizing for her behavior after

00:38 the incident reached national attention following the release of CCTV footage.

00:43 But weeks before the Buell Theater incident in late July, the Colorado Congresswoman's

00:47 campaign reportedly spent $317.48 at Gallagher's Hoochcraft Cocktail Bar in Aspen, Co., according

00:55 to her most recent campaign finance filings.

00:57 Crucially, Hooch is a gay-friendly bar known to have previously hosted drag shows, something

01:02 that the Colorado Republican has repeatedly spoken against and condemned.

01:05 Gallagher, a 46-year-old Colorado native, started out as bar manager of Hoochcraft Cocktail

01:11 Bar with co-bar manager Pat Flanagan in April 2016.

01:15 The two took over as general managers in 2021 and officially became co-owners in 2022, according

01:21 to the Aspen Times.

01:22 Since then, the venue has hosted several events in support of the LGBTQ+ community, including

01:28 a women's party for Aspen Gay Ski Week and a winter wonderland burlesque and drag show,

01:33 something that has caused many on social media to call Boebert a hypocrite.

01:37 After the storm surrounding the late September incident, Boebert said she was no longer dating

01:41 Gallagher because he's a Democrat, according to TMZ.

01:44 But new controversy was stirred by news that Boebert used her campaign money at the bar,

01:48 an expenditure that was listed as "event catering."

01:51 "Anyone else think that Boebert's finances should be the subject of an investigation?"

01:56 wrote Call to Activism, an account on ex-formerly Twitter, which says it helps Democratic candidates

02:01 communicate more effectively.

02:03 Lauren Boebert spent hundreds of dollars in campaign donations on a party at the bar owned

02:07 by her handsy Beetlejuice date.

02:09 Her latest campaign finance filings show.

02:11 "How's this legal?" wrote on ex-The Account Republicans Against Trump.

02:15 "Such a remarkable demonstration of fiscal wisdom.

02:18 Starting a party with campaign funds is truly a beacon of ethical judgment," wrote another

02:22 user.

02:23 Colorado's 3rd District, "Are you ready to make a change?

02:26 Time to vote her out."

02:27 Lauren Boebert has been outspoken about her criticisms of drag queens, but that didn't

02:31 stop her from campaign dollars at a bar that hosts drag shows, wrote an account named Really

02:35 American.

02:36 In past tweets, Boebert was vocally hostile about drag shows, calling them "depravity"

02:41 and opposed allowing transgender children to receive gender-affirming care.

02:44 Do you think Lauren Boebert's campaign spending should be investigated by the attorney general?

02:48 "Yes or no," wrote another user on the platform.

02:51 Rep. Lauren Boebert's R. Kolo, "Naughty Knight" at the theater has produced more

02:55 intrigue after Politico reported Sunday that she spent spent hundreds of dollars at her

03:00 date's bar months earlier.

03:01 Hoochcraft Cocktail Bar in Aspen, Kolo, had Boebert's campaign as guests in late July,

03:06 according to a recent campaign finance filing cited by the outlet.

03:10 The revelation adds credence to reports that Boebert and the proprietor, Quinn Gallagher,

03:14 who were booted from a Beetlejuice performance in September for disruptive antics, were in

03:18 a longer relationship than a first date, as Boebert had hinted.

03:22 Hooch is a gay-friendly inn that hosts drag shows, which have been an issue for Boebert

03:26 and other conservatives.

03:27 A drag queen who worked at a Hooch show early in 2023 scoffed at the notion the two were

03:31 just getting to know each other at the theater performance and said they had been seeing

03:35 each other for months.

03:36 Boebert and Gallagher were ejected from the Denver theater after vaping, talking, and

03:40 groping each other.

03:41 Boebert initially denied the accusations, but surveillance footage forced her to make

03:45 apologies and excuses.

03:46 "I was a little too eccentric.

03:48 I am very known for having an animated personality, maybe overtly animated personality," the

03:53 right-winger told One American News Network.

03:55 The $317.48 campaign expense at Hooch was marked down as "event catering," Politico

04:02 said.

04:03 "Hope everyone had fun."

04:04 Boebert said she and Gallagher stopped dating after the incident, with Boebert suggesting

04:08 it was in part because Gallagher was reportedly a Democrat.

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