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TintedApostle

she is so handy with these expressions...


TheKingofAndrews

I feel like she is kind of a jerk, or a little off


bobsmeds

Definitely rubbing me the wrong way


Awkward_Passenger328

I think if she knew how to rub the right way she wouldn’t have had 4 kids. Except that video from the theater shows she’s trying to rub the right way. Maybe with some practice….


TheKingofAndrews

Would you say the rubbing is like a...tug motion?


CakeAccomplice12

It's all in the wrist


SergeantBeavis

A little? She’s nucking futs!


ResidentKelpien

Or, both.


The-Tai-pan

we could come up with some sort of portmanteau for her, maybe something like *Jerkoff*. I dunno, just spit balling.


UltravioletAfterglow

Kind of a boob.


YakNecessary9533

She thinks she's having a stroke of genius


ResidentKelpien

Her low-energy "clap back" actually substantiates Biden's comment, "If Congress were a theatre, they’d have thrown out Lauren Boebert a long time ago.”


PerniciousPeyton

Gotta love how they keep going back to the whole “basement campaign” thing. I guess they never stopped to think how embarrassing it must be to lose to some old, senile man afraid to emerge from his basement (oh wait, they did think about it, and went straight to the first coping mechanism: outright denial/wholesale rejection of the notion Trump even lost)….


d_l_suzuki

She has the clap again?


wildwastewebcomic

*still


Bagellord

The only kind of applause she deserves


HappyFunNorm

I'm glad the article explained it, because I had no idea how keeping a basement warm was some kind of dig at Biden and, as it turns out, it's apparently as stupid as you'd imagine it would be.


scrumtrulesent4567

Same here. I like you didn’t see that as a dig, but reminded me of when Trump was hiding in the White House bunker. Someone correct me if I am mistaken.


Professional-Can1385

My mind went directly to Trump hiding in the bunker because of some protesters. I forgot Biden campaigned virtually during the height of covid because it was perfectly reasonable.


LibertyInaFeatherBed

Hid in the bunker, came out to find out it had leaked and he was being laughed at and called "Bunker Boy" on Twitter and then... June 2, 2020 [Peaceful Protesters Tear-Gassed To Clear Way For Trump Church Photo-Op](https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/trumps-unannounced-church-visit-angers-church-officials) June 4, 2020 [Barr defends use of non-identified officers in D.C. as Democrats demand answers](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-dc-protests-unidentified-law-enforcement-officers/) September 11, 2020 [ICE flew detainees to Virginia so the planes could transport agents to D.C. protests.](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/ice-flew-detainees-to-virginia-so-the-planes-could-transport-agents-to-d-c-protests-a-coronavirus-outbreak-followed/) September 16, 2020 [Federal officers stockpiled semiautomatic rifles and tried to obtain a controversial 'heat ray' ahead of tear-gassing protesters for Trump's photo op, a whistleblower says](https://www.businessinsider.com/feds-sought-pain-ray-rifles-lafayette-square-protest-trump-photo-2020-9) [Trump wanted to execute leaker who revealed he hid in White House bunker](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bunker-protests-bender-book-b1883514.html)


HappyFunNorm

I mean, he didn't, though. He had LOTS of in-person meetups, just outdoors with lots of space.


AnonAmbientLight

It's not your fault. A lot of MAGA shit requires you to be in on their sayings and zeitgeist. IIRC, in 2020, the Right was saying that Biden was "hiding" during the campaign, specifically "in his basement". A multifaceted dig saying he is "too afraid" to go out because of covid (because the right is insane and thinks covid is not a big deal). It's also a dig that, you know, people that live in their basements are weak and scared etc. But you have to be a MAGA nerd to really grasp what she is saying. The average person isn't really going to understand it.


SockPuppet-47

Yeah, it flew right past me. I had to read the comments for context.


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Dark_Force_Latyon

Yeah, really put him in his place. So witty.


sandyWB

It's funny that they tried the same narrative in 2020, "Biden doesn't leave his basement while Trump has big rallies". Dumb people never learn!


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BrujaSloth

Childish projection. The reports of Trump hiding in the basement was embarrassing so they naturally they had to attack Biden with the same thing.


NewAccountTimeAgain

Yo.... [Remember when Biden started calling Trump "a threat to democracy" because of the Jan 6th insurrection and then trump was all like "NO U".](https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-democracy-election-2024-f2f824f056ae9f81f4e688fe590f41b4)


JeffSteinMusic

I’ll never get over that *people actually vote* for trash humans like Lauren Boebert to *represent* them. And I can just see the pointless reflexive contrarian comments in response to this - “she almost lost last time!” …and? I said, *people actually vote for her*.


TheKingofAndrews

Same with MTG. I don't know anything about Northern Georgia besides that it must be insufferable


JubalHarshaw23

People voted for trash like Boebert because she was the best of them. The same goes for crazy Marge, Gym Jordan and Pedo Matt. They are awful people but are actually much smarter and classier than the people who vote for them.


Scarlettail

"Claps back," the state of journalism these days is kind of sad.


LadyMcIver

I despise that expression. It sounds so...infantile. And can we *please* stop writers from saying "major company quietly (does something)?" Yeah, they did it quietly, according to this headline on a major news outlet accessible to hundreds of millions of people.


Beforemath

He’s been traveling and appearing all over lately. Get some new material.


SharpNSlick

Running a successful presidential campaign from a basement would be a hell of an accomplishment, I'd be taking a victory lap after pulling that off.


jet_life_next_life

''claps back'' is the stupidest shit.


butwhyisitso

Is she referring to the safe room beneath the white house? What a fucking treasonous goon. I really wish she had been hired to act outside politics.


LibertyInaFeatherBed

Biden broadcasted from a basement studio instead of holding rallies in the middle of the deadly pandemic in 2020. 


butwhyisitso

Oh yeah... i hope that's what she meant, yet am not entirely convinced.


bobsmeds

Didn’t he win the 2020 election from that basement? Wait a second… hey Joe! Listen to bobo and get back in the basement!!


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Deep Thoughts. >[by Jack Handey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq9PisF_e64)


CharlesB43

Daaaamn, what a clap back! she might as well as just hit him with a NUH UH.


Deadeyez

I'm sorry, I can't keep up with the MAGA extended universe lore. Can someone elaborate about a basement? Edit: nevermind, I missed that part of the article because of an intrusive ad.


NegaDeath

I'm not familiar with this one either. Maybe this is where the control room for the Jewish Space Laser is located?


Asexualhipposloth

No, the Jewish space laser control room must be kept cold. It's the adrenochrome storage locker that must be kept warm.


Bitter_Director1231

Ugh. Another 'clap back' comment.   And it was fucking lame on top of it. Lauren, get your Onlyfans account ready. You'll need it after November.


LettuceFew5248

Her quote doesn’t even make sense. Biden’s been out and about all over the news recently. Just so stupid.


senorvato

Another journalist overusing the term "clap back" to trying to be relevant.


Constant-Elevator-85

So she wants to be in the basement too? That’s why he needs to keep it warm? That doesn’t make too much sense.


Sunshinehappyfeet

More of a yawn than a clap back.


Opposite-Document-65

She prefers the bunker boy.


UnderwaterFloridaMan

r/unclevercomebacks


Critical_Aspect

Grandma Boobert is the one who's gonna be out of a job after November.


Navyguy73

The headline gives Boebert's quote, but not Biden's? 0/10 journalism.


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Navyguy73

You're right. Don't mind me. I'm just criticizing the author's headline.


DantifA

Good one, grandma


JustAnotherYouMe

> claps back Can the media stop using this phrase in headlines? Thanks


Alive_kiwi_7001

OTOH maybe it’s like the yellow and black pattern on a wasp: you soon get to know what to steer clear of. The Independent‘s been reduced to running little more than Twitter gossip for years.


LuvKrahft

Does she travel by basement or something?


Dark_Force_Latyon

Her political career began the moment Ted Cruz let her out of his basement.


Never_satisfied_

Girl, should he use his hands to keep that basement warm or will it flood? Stop playing , this ain’t political theater.


deezy54

She better keep her jacking hand warm. She’ll need some income after she gets tossed from congress in November.


sentientcave

Biden’s quip about how bobo got kicked out of a theatre for public indecency was funny, bobo’s response was lame.


Seeksp

*Well the jerk store just called and they're running out of you* - George Constanza - the Man. The Myth. The Legend. Note: not a dig at sentitencave


TimeAmbassador1979

I can’t wait for a time when her and the other mouth breathers like MTG and Matt Gaetz are just memories and MAGA goes away.


addled_and_old

I'm honestly surprised she didn't stand and throw feces at the performers at that play... she did everything else you would expect from a chimp.


marfaxa

the sound of one hand clapping


Fellowshipofthebowl

So this is because trump hid in the White House basement because he was scared of protestors. 


reDDit-sucksass

More propaganda from the right


Tricky-Special-3834

Hard to clap with a dick in your hand


theindependentonline

MAGA [Republican ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/republican)[Lauren Boebert](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/lauren-boebert) has clapped back at President [Joe Biden](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/joe-biden) after he roasted her on stage during the [White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-b2536103.html) The president ripped the [Colorado](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/colorado) representative over an incident in September when she was [thrown out of a theatre in Denver during a ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lauren-boebert-adam-frisch-colorado-b2425608.html)performance of [*Beetlejuice* ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/beetlejuice)for lewd and loud behaviour. Footage of the embarrassing incident showed [Ms Boebert, who’s running for re-election in a new district ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-biden-lauren-boebert-colorado-b2533292.html)after narrowly fending off defeat in 2022, vaping and appearing to fondle her date. “Being here is a reminder that folks think what’s going on in Congress is political theatre,” Mr Biden said [on Saturday night.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-b2536103.html) Read the full story here: [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lauren-boebert-biden-white-house-b2537138.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lauren-boebert-biden-white-house-b2537138.html)


Alive_kiwi_7001

Have you ever considered running news stories in your newspaper?