Lauren Boebert’s lover Quinn Gallagher who she fondled in theater owns gay-friendly bar that hosted DRAG shows

The new boyfriend of Republican firebrand Lauren Boebert, who was caught fondling her breasts during a Beetlejuice musical, owns a gay-friendly bar that hosts drag shows.

Boebert is an outspoken critic of drag, claiming it insults her Christian beliefs and tweeting statements like “Take your kids to CHURCH, not drag bars.”

But she seems happy to make out in public with Quinn Gallagher, who is believed to be a Democrat and who makes money from drag performances.

The Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar in Aspen, co-owned by Gallagher, hosted “a winter Wonderland Burlesque & Drag Show,” according to social media posts.

Aspen Gay Ski Week hosted “an evening of cocktails, appetizers and laughter” at Hooch in January 2020, according to a Facebook post.

The US representative, who became a grandmother earlier this year at the age of 36, sparked controversy for loving on Gallagher at a Denver theater on Sunday night. Toe-curling footage showed Gallagher rubbing Boebert’s breasts as she pulled on his crotch.

Footage also showed Boebert waving her hands, singing loudly, using flash photography and vaping before becoming aggressive with staff who removed her from the theater.

The controversial congressman initially denied the claims, claiming the vapor smoke was actually coming from a fog machine and issuing a sarcastic statement downplaying the anger.

But she made a surprising about-face late Friday night, blaming her behavior on her “public and difficult divorce.”

“The past few days have been difficult and humbling, and I am truly sorry,” she wrote in a statement.

“There is no perfect blueprint for going through a public and difficult divorce, which has created a challenging personal time for me and my entire family over the past few months.”

Boebert’s divorce from Jason, 36, her husband of 18 years and father of her four children, is still ongoing following the couple’s shocking split in May.

Boerbert insisted at the time that she had been faithful throughout her marriage.

DailyMail.com revealed on Wednesday that Boebert and Gallagher, a divorced father of a 16-year-old son, have been secretly dating for several months.

According to a well-placed source: ‘It’s very surprising. I always thought Quinn was a cool guy and a Democrat. His parents would be shocked because they are definitely blue.”

In photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, her new boyfriend Gallagher is seen in his hometown on the outskirts of Aspen, where he owns Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar with partner Pat Flannigan.

The pair opened the bar, billed as “rustic and unpretentious,” in April 2016, becoming co-owners last year.

In her statement, the second-year congresswoman said, “It is with a heavy weight on my heart that I have filed for divorce from my husband.

“I am grateful for our years of marriage together and for our beautiful children, who all deserve privacy and love as we work through this process.

“I have always been faithful in my marriage and I believe strongly in marriage, which makes this announcement all the more difficult.”

It’s not clear when Gallagher and Boebert’s relationship became romantic, but the bar owner is originally from the congresswoman’s hometown of Rifle, Colorado, and still has family there.

It is just a stone’s throw from the controversial congresswoman’s house in Silt.

Surveillance footage of Sunday night’s incident shows Boebert, wearing a tight, low-cut gold dress and high heels, making a fuss as she and Gallagher left – taking a selfie as she left the venue and angrily baring her teeth at the staff.

She also gave the ushers the finger. The Denver Post spoke to a pregnant woman who said she was behind Boebert, but was too afraid to give her name for fear of MAGA reprisals.

The woman claims Boebert said “no” when asked to stop vaping, sang with her hands in the air, blew vape smoke at her, kissed her date and repeatedly took videos during the show. Boebert also allegedly told the complainant that she was a “miserable” person.

The eyewitness claims she asked for chairs to be moved during intermission – and theater staff said this wasn’t the only complaint about the erratic lawmaker.

The woman also told the Post that Boebert’s lover Gallagher offered to buy them cocktails as a peace offering, which she had to decline due to her pregnancy.

An incident report shows that the two were warned about their behavior during the break.

But five minutes into the second act, safety officials received another complaint about a person being loud and recording the show.

“They told me they weren’t going to leave,” an usher said, the report said.

“I told them to leave the theater and if they don’t, they are in violation.

“The customers said they weren’t going to leave. I told them I was going to involve the Denver Police Department. They said, ‘Go get them.’

Afterwards, Boebert and her smartly dressed date were caught on camera walking through the empty nighttime streets of Denver.

Once outside, Boebert’s resentment quickly dissipates as she holds her new lover’s hand, dances coquettishly and twirls in front of him in the street as they make their way through the city – a three-hour drive from Gallagher’s home near Aspen and even further from Boebert’s home in Silt . , Colorado.