When people saw Lauren Boebert’s Halloween costume this year, they almost didn’t believe it was real. “Surely that’s not real??” one person wrote on X after seeing a photo of the Colorado congresswoman at a Halloween party. “Even she can’t be *that* stupidly racist?” But she really did dress up in traditional Mexican attire and held up a sign that read, “Mexican Word of the Day: Juicy. Tell me if juicy ICE coming,” ABC News reported.
ABC News obtained photos of Boebert and her boyfriend at a party in Colorado on Halloween hight. To make the offensive and insensitive costume even worse, Boebert’s boyfriend, real estate broker Kyle Pearcy, dressed up as an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. On social media, critics bashed the politician for being blatantly “gross,” “racist,” and “hateful.”
“The hate and racism is just so blatant now. That’s the legacy of MAGA,” one critic wrote. Trisha Calvarese, who is running for Congress to unseat Boebert, also took to X to slam the costume. “Lauren Boebert put more effort into a hateful Halloween party costume than she ever has into serving the people of Colorado’s 4th Congressional District,” Calvarese wrote.
Lauren Boebert put more effort into a hateful Halloween party costume than she ever has into serving the people of Colorado's 4th Congressional District. I'm Trisha Calvarese, the former public servant whose going to fire her. Help me out, RT, follow, pitch in if you can. pic.twitter.com/MkZBIikUdy
— Trisha Calvarese for Colorado (@trisha4colorado) November 1, 2025
A source told ABC News that everyone at the party was disgusted by the couple’s costumes. “It is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. Even the conservatives [at the party] were in shock. People avoided them,” the unnamed person claimed.
Boebert seemed to dismiss the criticism. In a statement shared with multiple news outlets, a representative for Boebert claimed, “It’s a Halloween costume. Tell our Senators to vote for the CR and open the government. They are choosing to let millions of American families suffer.” As if it’s impossible for Halloween costumes to be offensive.
Rep. Lauren Boebert and her boyfriend Kyle Pearcy, a real estate broker from Windsor, Colo., attended a Halloween party dressed in costumes portraying a Mexican woman and an Immigration and Customs enforcement agent, photos obtained by ABC News show.https://t.co/JHpohrEhJo
— ABC News (@ABC) November 4, 2025
Stacy Suniga, the president of the Latino Coalition of Weld County in Colorado, told The Denver Post that Boebert should feel “ashamed,” but also suggested that the Congresswoman might not actually be capable of that. “She should be ashamed of herself. Though I believe she is incapable of any emotion that generates human decency,” Suniga said. “Her bigotry and ignorance are clearly evident in her chosen apparel this day.”
State Sen. Julie Gonzales, co-chair of the Colorado Democratic Latino Caucus, told the publication that Boebert should apologize. “Congresswoman Boebert chose to mock our community, co-opt our culture, and make a sick joke while immigrant Coloradans with lawful immigration status in her own district, such as fifth-grade teacher Marina Ortiz, are being detained by ICE after doing everything that has been asked of them,” Gonzales said.
