Rep. Lauren Boebert is inserting blame on actors Barbra Streisand and Ryan Reynolds as the rationale she needed to change districts.
The Colorado Republican informed Steve Bannon on his “War Room” podcast over the weekend that “we have to shut down the Hollywood elites who are trying to buy my current district.”
She accused Hollywood actors of attempting to purchase her district by supporting Adam Frisch, the Democrat working in opposition to her. According to the Federal Election Commission, Ms. Streisand donated $1,000 to Mr. Frisch and Mr. Reynolds donated $500.
Ms. Boebert introduced final week that she is switching from the third District seat that she holds to the 4th District, a extra solidly crimson a part of the state. That seat is held by Rep. Ken Buck, a Republican, however he introduced final 12 months that he wouldn’t be looking for reelection.
“When you have Barbra Streisand coming in and donating to the Democrat, when you have Ryan Reynolds coming in and donating to the Democrat, it shows you that Hollywood is trying to buy their way into Congress,” she mentioned.
She has beforehand mentioned Mr. Frisch has used “dark money” to take the seat.
“My opponent has plenty of funding from Soros dark money and even Hollywood liberals like Barbra Streisand and Ryan Reynolds,” she wrote on X in November.
