Rep. Boebert downplayed the charge, saying it was the result of “a miscommunication on monitoring my young grandson that recently led to him getting out of our house.”
If an adult family member of a significant political figure commits a crime, then there’s 2 big reasons why that case deserves extra scrutiny: 1) to check whether or not the family member is treated in a fair manner by the persecution and justice system (which could go both ways, they could escape justice because of their family connections, but they could also be extra persecuted for political reasons). 2) To keep track of whether or not the political figure their integrity remains intact.
If Tyler Boebert’s mother wasn’t a prominent republican politician, would he have escaped a prison sentence for his litany of crimes? Personally, I doubt it. And because he keeps escaping consequences, he keeps doing stupid things.
If it’s like nepotism or fraud related to their position of power, yeah.
But this sounds like domestic trouble not instigated by the politician themself. Bad shit happens in families; I don’t feel comfortable looking at that with a magnifying glass unless they want to share (or, again, it veers into abuse of power), and that includes checking if they’re leaning on police.
To put it in another perspective, let’s say you are a wholesome politician with a daughter in an abusive relationship. Her partner gets her into drugs. You think that should be plastered all over daily beast or breitbart?
What if you had a younger kid in trouble? Would you want the entire world breathing down their neck and publicizing every single interaction with law enforcement under a microscope?
I don’t think stuff like that should be public, even if the cost is missing some political pressure; politicians are human, that’s just an unreasonable expectation of transparency. And if that is the expectation, the only candidates you’ll get are liars and crooks used to skeletons in the closet.
In your example the daughter has committed no crimes and made no victims, and she could even be considered a victim herself. Tyler Boubert has already made many victims and will continue to make new victims because his mother’s political clout is protecting him.
The morally right thing to do, would be to protect the victim(s) and bring the perpetrator(s) to justice. In the example of the daughter, the daughter is a victim and she and her family should get the time and space needed to heal. In Tyler Boebert’s cases, Tyler was never the victim, but always a/the perpetrator, with his mother enabling him. With the Boebert family, the morally right thing to do, is to decrease the odds of Tyler making new victims, which gives journalists a moral imperative to consider every new crime of Tyler, to be news worthy.
In Tyler Boebert’s cases, Tyler was never the victim, but always a/the perpetrator, with his mother enabling him.
Where are you getting that from!? The tabloid article, which lists off crimes like a wreck, a messy theft ring involving drug use, and an apparent case of abuse from his own father, which have plausible but lenient punishments.
In January 2024, Tyler called the police and said his father was assaulting him at their home. Jayson Boebert was arrested after he allegedly “pushed Tyler to the ground and pushed his thumb into his mouth,” according to a Garfield County arrest affidavit.
This isn’t some giant crypto con or insider trading from the Trump kids, it sounds more like a struggling young adult to me.
What if Tyler’s mom wasn’t a politician, but, I dunno, a high level, highly paid engineer? Should his screw ups be under a microscope with “a moral imperative to consider every new crime of Tyler, to be news worthy” just because of what his mom does? And the possibility she used her weight to try and help him? Attention like that is a great way to screw up a struggling adult’s life.
The article doesn’t just mention “a wreck”, it says “In September 2022, Tyler flipped his father’s SUV while driving, leaving his passenger with multiple concussions and sever lacerations, according to reports.” If Tyler was driving recklessly (and he was), then the passenger was the victim and the driver the perpetrator. If you’re interested in hearing the story of the passenger: https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-car-crash/ The tldr: “If I did what he did, I’d still be in jail.”
The “theft ring involving drug use” doesn’t mention drugs in the article. And it being theft, means that there were victims of theft. Including apparently a broke woman with a brain tumor.
And also in the case of child abuse there was a victim (the child in case it isn’t obvious).
I don’t get how you can’t recognize the victims in these stories.
If an adult family member of a significant political figure commits a crime, then there’s 2 big reasons why that case deserves extra scrutiny: 1) to check whether or not the family member is treated in a fair manner by the persecution and justice system (which could go both ways, they could escape justice because of their family connections, but they could also be extra persecuted for political reasons). 2) To keep track of whether or not the political figure their integrity remains intact.
If Tyler Boebert’s mother wasn’t a prominent republican politician, would he have escaped a prison sentence for his litany of crimes? Personally, I doubt it. And because he keeps escaping consequences, he keeps doing stupid things.
No.
If it’s like nepotism or fraud related to their position of power, yeah.
But this sounds like domestic trouble not instigated by the politician themself. Bad shit happens in families; I don’t feel comfortable looking at that with a magnifying glass unless they want to share (or, again, it veers into abuse of power), and that includes checking if they’re leaning on police.
To put it in another perspective, let’s say you are a wholesome politician with a daughter in an abusive relationship. Her partner gets her into drugs. You think that should be plastered all over daily beast or breitbart?
What if you had a younger kid in trouble? Would you want the entire world breathing down their neck and publicizing every single interaction with law enforcement under a microscope?
I don’t think stuff like that should be public, even if the cost is missing some political pressure; politicians are human, that’s just an unreasonable expectation of transparency. And if that is the expectation, the only candidates you’ll get are liars and crooks used to skeletons in the closet.
In your example the daughter has committed no crimes and made no victims, and she could even be considered a victim herself. Tyler Boubert has already made many victims and will continue to make new victims because his mother’s political clout is protecting him.
The morally right thing to do, would be to protect the victim(s) and bring the perpetrator(s) to justice. In the example of the daughter, the daughter is a victim and she and her family should get the time and space needed to heal. In Tyler Boebert’s cases, Tyler was never the victim, but always a/the perpetrator, with his mother enabling him. With the Boebert family, the morally right thing to do, is to decrease the odds of Tyler making new victims, which gives journalists a moral imperative to consider every new crime of Tyler, to be news worthy.
Where are you getting that from!? The tabloid article, which lists off crimes like a wreck, a messy theft ring involving drug use, and an apparent case of abuse from his own father, which have plausible but lenient punishments.
This isn’t some giant crypto con or insider trading from the Trump kids, it sounds more like a struggling young adult to me.
What if Tyler’s mom wasn’t a politician, but, I dunno, a high level, highly paid engineer? Should his screw ups be under a microscope with “a moral imperative to consider every new crime of Tyler, to be news worthy” just because of what his mom does? And the possibility she used her weight to try and help him? Attention like that is a great way to screw up a struggling adult’s life.
Your omissions and alterations are interesting.
The article doesn’t just mention “a wreck”, it says “In September 2022, Tyler flipped his father’s SUV while driving, leaving his passenger with multiple concussions and sever lacerations, according to reports.” If Tyler was driving recklessly (and he was), then the passenger was the victim and the driver the perpetrator. If you’re interested in hearing the story of the passenger: https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-car-crash/ The tldr: “If I did what he did, I’d still be in jail.”
The “theft ring involving drug use” doesn’t mention drugs in the article. And it being theft, means that there were victims of theft. Including apparently a broke woman with a brain tumor.
And also in the case of child abuse there was a victim (the child in case it isn’t obvious).
I don’t get how you can’t recognize the victims in these stories.