Boebert laughs off GOP midterms blowout as she stands on brink of defeat: ‘I always think that we’re too moderate’

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The three-term congresswoman has refused to concede as mail-in and overseas ballots are processed, while her campaign’s legal team says it is reviewing ‘unusual voting patterns’

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Representative Lauren Boebert claims the Republican Party is "too moderate" following a sweep of midterm losses, even as she faces potential defeat in her own conservative district.

The race in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District — one of the state’s most conservative seats — has not yet been officially called by election officials or major wire services. However, CNN’s Decision Desk projected this week that Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher, a retired Navy rear admiral who campaigned heavily on economic affordability, would unseat the three-term congresswoman.

Boebert, 39, has refused to concede the race, pointing to uncounted military and overseas ballots. The projected upset in Colorado reflects a wider night for Democrats, who picked up seats from Kansas to Texas to win back the House majority.

In an interview on Tuesday evening, which has since been posted to X, Boebert attributed the broader GOP losses to flawed party messaging and an insufficient legislative output rather than the party's conservative platform.

"A lot of it was the Senate, so I mean there's a lot of variables here," Boebert said, as reported by journalists covering the aftermath of the midterms.

Asked directly by a reporter, "Do you think the party needs to moderate at all?" Boebert responded, "No, we're definitely moderate enough."

The reporter pressed further: "I mean, you guys lost from Kansas to Texas," before asking, "Wait, do you?"

"Yeah, there are a lot of different kinds of Republicans that lost," Boebert answered. "So, I mean, you've got a lot of ultraconservatives, and then you've got the Fitzpatricks and the Lawlers that are all, so."

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