Lauren Boebert’s treatment of ordinary Coloradans is no laughing matter

Who knew that the defining moment of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s congressional career would come during a night out at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts?

Since being asked to leave during the second act of “Beetlejuice” on Sunday, Boebert has been the butt of jokes across the internet. Almost everything about the incident lends itself to mockery, from her choice of attire to her treatment of ushers to the comedic lies told by her office in the aftermath. Plenty of reaction videos and memes have elicited an audible laugh from me this week.

Even new Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, whom Boebert threatened to call as she huffed out, got in on the action. After taking his family to see the musical, he quipped that the “staff was so kind” and he “didn’t find anyone…