Rep. Boebert escorted from Denver theater during ‘Beetlejuice’ show

DENVER — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert used to be kicked out of a “Beetlejuice” show in Denver on Sunday, in line with safety photos.

The theater didn’t title Boebert, however a spokesperson mentioned Wednesday that the video — which confirmed Boebert and a visitor being escorted out of the venue — used to be of visitors who had been kicked out after target audience individuals accused them of vaping, making a song, the usage of telephones and inflicting a disturbance.

Her marketing campaign supervisor showed Boebert used to be kicked out however denies she used to be vaping. Boebert and the opposite visitor left.

“I can confirm the stunning and salacious rumors: in her personal time, congresswoman Lauren Boebert is indeed a supporter of the performing arts (gasp!),” mentioned Drew Sexton, Boebert’s marketing campaign supervisor, in a textual content message, including that Boebert “pleads guilty to singing along, laughing and enjoying herself.”

Boebert is in her 2d time period in Congress and is operating for reelection in Colorado’s third Congressional District, in large part overlaying the state’s western part. The theater disturbance used to be first reported by way of The Denver Post.

In her quite few minutes in Washington, Boebert has constructed a countrywide profile with a combative taste that is grabbed media headlines, maximum famously by way of heckling President Joe Biden during his 2022 State of the Union cope with to Congress.

On the social media platform X, previously Twitter, Boebert mentioned: “Everyone should go see it if you get a chance this week and please let me know how it ends!”

The two visitors in the beginning refused to depart the venue, even after an worker threatened to name the police, the theater mentioned in a commentary. Once a police officer used to be at the means, the 2 left with an escort, the theater mentioned. The safety photos supplied to The Associated Press does no longer seem to show Boebert vaping.

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Jesse Bedayn is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit nationwide provider program that puts reporters in native newsrooms to document on undercovered problems.