Rep. Lauren Boebert said in a Facebook video that she intends to seek office in Colorado's 4th Congressional District. Rep. Buck said last month that he won't seek reelection next year.
Boebert said in a Facebook video that she intends to seek office in Colorado's 4th Congressional District, which covers the Eastern Plains, currently represented by Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Buck. Buck said last month that he won't seek reelection in 2024, due to the Republican Party's support of former President Donald Trump and, what he called an embrace of conspiracy theories. He's represented the district since 2015.
Most states already require it from what I know. It’s just not a big deal, buy or rent a home in the district and you’re off to the races. They live in DC, the home in their district is just a permanent address.
States can’t overrule the constitution, which sets the explicit qualifications for the House of Representatives.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
A state can’t make that more restrictive, by increasing the minimum age, increasing the length of citizenship, or restricting residency within the state.
Nearly all candidates do acquire residency in the district they’re seeking for legitimacy, but it’s not required.
Say it with me, she is a capetbagger. She abandons her district, her home town, and all it's people to jump into a 27 point advantage for Republicans in district 4.
I'm not subscribed to the Colorado Community on Lemmy, I was browsing by "Everything," which is why I wonder why the media/algorithms are giving her so much attention.
Because she was previously in a “safe” seat, so she was free to be as loud and crazy as she wanted. The party tacitly supported her (and others like her) because she makes the rest of the party look moderate in comparison. It allows the party to push hard right policies, then go “well at least we aren’t as crazy as Boebert, so this is a moderate bill and the democrats should compromise with us and pass it.”
@LemmyKnowsBest@mawkishdave As the newspapers used to say, "If it bleeds it leads", and she bleeds embarrassment, idiocy and controversy every day. The media loves her because she's a dipshit.