James Carville's Farewell To Lauren Boebert Is Shocking In Ways You Might Not Expect

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The Democratic strategist had some surprising things to say about the right-wing lawmaker after her projected election loss.

Democratic strategist James Carville, who recently called two prominent women a “used condom” and a “strumpet,” surprisingly held his tongue in a sympathetic goodbye to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.).

The right-wing firebrand was projected to lose her race against Democrat Eileen Laubacher, denying Boebert a fourth term. She refused to concede defeat earlier this week and previously hinted at election fraud through her campaign’s lawyer. But Carville called for “a little human kindness” as Boebert’s political career “is riding off in the sunset.”

Noting that he had harshly criticized her before, Carville said the lawmaker has had a “hard life,” a dysfunctional family and “embarrassing situations” ― “and yet she’s a human being.”

He also mentioned former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), once a Donald Trump soldier whose clashes with the president led to her departure from Congress.

“As I ruminate and think of the two of you, you’re human beings, you’re people,” Carville said. “You have things that you love and things that you want. I think your basic political philosophy is frankly idiotic ... But in Miss Boebert’s case particularly I think a little human kindness, a little sympathy, a little understanding, and like a lot of people in the west, I guess her political career is riding off in the sunset.”

Like MTG, Boebert was once considered a staunch MAGA disciple of Trump, but she has opposed him on matters such as the Epstein files and the war against Iran.

Boebert will perhaps be remembered, among other things, for her and Greene yelling at President Joe Biden during a 2022 State of the Union address and allegedly groping her date at a musical theater production in 2023.

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