Lauren Boebert left squirming after she is confronted over Beetlejuice saga during Republican debate

Colorado Republicans got a front row seat on Friday to watch congresswoman Lauren Boebert own up to her scandalous night at the theater last fall during a fiery GOP debate.

After a slew of controversial public incidents, Ms Boebert is trying to remain in Congress by switching from her seat in Colorado’s third district to its more conservative fourth district where a spot has opened up after GOP Rep. Ken Buck’s retirement.

The Colorado primary takes place on June 25.

Ms Boebert was kicked out of Denver theater during a production of the musical Beetlejuice last September after vaping, singing, taking flash photos, and groping her date in the dark venue. At first she denied the incident — until video surveillance was released.

Boebert appeared in Denver on Friday with six other GOP candidates — state Rep Richard Holtorf, state Rep Mike Lynch, conservative radio host Deborah Flora, Logan County CommissionerJerry Sonnenberg and finance executive Peter Yu — for a televised debate.

During the debate, a moderator asked whether Boebert wanted to “talk about the theater thing.” Ms Boebert said she has “owned up to my night out in Denver.”

She added: “I’ve gone on that public apology tour…but I’m not going to continue to live life in shame and be beat up by this.”

The moderator, 9News Denver anchor Kyle Clark, then suggested that her apology wasn’t enough.

“Did you apologize to Ms Boebert apologize for your behavior that went on with you and your date…or did you apologize to lying to voters and for the disrespect you showed to service workers that night?” he asked

Becoming visibly irked, Boebert shot back: “I don’t believe there was disrespect. There were things that were taken out of context. It’s been reported that I flipped