Lauren Boebert claps back at Biden after dig at White House Correspondents Dinner: ‘Keep that basement warm’

MAGA Republican Lauren Boebert has clapped back at President Joe Biden after he roasted her on stage during the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night.

The president ripped the Colorado representative over an incident in September where she was thrown out of a theatre in Denver during a performance of Beetlejuice for lewd and loud behaviour.

Footage of the embarrassing incident showed Ms Boebert, who’s running for re-election in a new district 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.

“That’s not true. If Congress were a theatre, they’d have thrown out Lauren Boebert a long time ago.”

On Monday, Ms Boebert fired back at the president, telling him to “keep that basement warm” ahead of the November election.

“Speaking of throwing people out, November is coming. Keep that basement warm,” she posted on X.

Following the Beetlejuice saga, Ms Boebert initially claimed she had only been asked to leave the theatre because of her loud laughter and singing. Her campaign also denied that she had been vaping in the theatre.

Surveillance footage from inside the building revealed a different story, with the lawmaker seen vaping, singing, and taking flash photos during the performance. She also appeared to engage in heavy petting with her male companion.

When the footage came out, Ms Boebert changed her tune and apologised for her behaviour, citing her recent divorce from her husband of 18 years.

“There’s no perfect blueprint for going through a public and difficult divorce, which over the past few months has made for a challenging personal time for me and my entire family. I’ve tried to handle it with strength and grace as best I can, but I simply fell short of my values on Sunday,” Ms Boebert said in a statement at the time. “That’s unacceptable, and I’m sorry.”

She added: “Whether it was the excitement of seeing a much-anticipated production or the natural anxiety of being in a new environment, I genuinely did not recall vaping that evening when I discussed the night’s events with my campaign team while confirming my enthusiasm for the musical.”

During the dinner on Saturday, Mr Biden also mocked former president Donald Trump over his ongoing hush money trial in Manhattan.

“I’ve had a great stretch since the State of the Union, but Donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it Stormy weather,” Mr Biden said in reference to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

The former president faces 34 charges of falsifying business records over a hush money payment to Ms Daniels to cover up an alleged 2006 affair with Mr Trump in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election.

“Trump’s so desperate he started reading those Bibles he’s selling, then he got the First Commandment: You shall have no other Gods before me. That’s when he put it down and said ‘This book’s not for me’,” Mr Biden quipped.