Seth Meyers Mocks Lauren Boebert as Her Colorado Re-Election Bid Falters

Seth Meyers had a sharp reaction to the prospect of Lauren Boebert losing her Colorado congressional seat, joking that her departure would leave late-night comedy short on material. With the midterm count pointing toward a narrow defeat for the Republican, Meyers used his Monday-night monologue to make her campaign and public image the focus of his punchlines. “Oh, man, we’re going to lose Boebert, too? Where’s the comedy going to come from?” Meyers asked, according to the report. He then invoked the 2023 incident at a performance of “Beetlejuice,” when Boebert was removed from the theater after being seen vaping and behaving intimately with her date. Meyers joked that saying her name three times could get someone kicked out of the production. The host continued the bit by asking who would now “grope and vape” at regional theater performances. He displayed an image of James Talarico, the Democratic politician, and quipped that Talarico would probably tell someone not to disturb other audience members if they tried to pass him a vape during a show. Meyers also pointed to Boebert’s past support for Donald Trump, calling her one of the prominent faces of the MAGA movement. He played clips of her campaigning for Trump in 2024 and argued that her political fortunes had changed since then. The commentary noted that Boebert had also fallen out of favor with the president. As election-night results became clearer, Meyers highlighted footage of Boebert looking subdued while standing near a reporter. He joked that one lesson for politicians was not to look disappointed while checking returns beside a journalist who could easily turn the camera toward them. The Associated Press count cited in the report gave Democrat Eileen Laubacher 48.8 percent and Boebert 47.9 percent, while CNN projected Boebert’s defeat. Meyers framed the result as a setback for a once-safe Republican seat and a notable loss for one of Trump’s best-known allies.