MAGA Star Mocked for Clinging to Slim Shot at Victory

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A MAGA congresswoman’s refusal to acknowledge her presumptive electoral defeat has become a magnet for mockery online. Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert told CNN’s Manu Raju she will…

A MAGA congresswoman’s refusal to acknowledge her presumptive electoral defeat has become a magnet for mockery online.

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert told CNN’s Manu Raju she will not concede her race after the network projected her loss to Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher.

Asked if she intends to concede now that her race has been called by CNN, Raju writes that Boebert replied: “No, the votes aren’t in. So why would I concede if the votes aren’t in?”

“There’s always a path until there’s not,” she said about her chances of winning. “So on Friday, we’ll have hopefully everything counted, all the cured ballots in, and all the military overseas ballots in.”

“I don’t blame any one person for anything,” she told Raju about whether she blames Trump for her loss. “We collectively failed. It’s very clear. The American people let us know that we have failed in this governing experience for this Congress, and hopefully we get it together and we can do better.”

CNN projected Laubacher’s win on Monday. As of Tuesday, the Democrat held 48.8 percent of the vote over Boebert’s 47.9 percent, with 98 percent of all votes counted.

Internet users ridiculed the congresswoman’s misplaced optimism, pointing out the irony behind a MAGA Republican’s desire to count all the votes.

“Stop the count is not in effect if MAGA is losing,” one X user replied.

Conservative lawyer and Trump critic George Conway said Boebert’s move was typical for her.

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