‘Carpetbagger.’ ‘Selfish.’ ‘Fighter.’ Lauren Boebert’s potential new constituents – and her rivals – weigh in

The tide of opinion towards Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert turned quickly in the western Colorado district she represents – the feisty conservative barely scraping by after a recount sealed her 2022 by just 546 votes. Now she’s switching districts in a bid to claim the seat in an even more heavily Republican Colorado constituency – but she’s never lived there, the competition’s fierce and many disapprove of her antics (if they even know who she is), writes Sheila Flynn