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.

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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    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?