Colorado GOP Lawmaker Laurent Bobert kicks in on Wednesday amid pressure from bipartisan critics to ignore the president Joe BidenThe address of the State of the Union, while mentioning his dead son Bo.
“The left is angry because I called for Biden’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan which left 13 of America’s best in a coffin with a draped flag, “Boubert wrote. Twitter.
“They are crazy because one speech was ‘interrupted.’ Ask families who have lost loved ones how interrupted their lives are now.
Earlier, she defended herself late Tuesday night, writing on the platform that “When Biden said the flag draped coffins, I couldn’t keep quiet.”
Boubert received a boo from the House of Representatives on Tuesday night when he called for Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan as he spoke of cancer-causing burns from fires affecting the military. He believes such pits led to the early death of his late son, 46.
The address, which lasted about an hour, was highlighted by both bipartisan applause and loud taunts from Boubert and her Republican counterpart, Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Wednesday that Boubert and Georgia spokeswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, who threw themselves into Biden’s address on the state of the Union, “said much more about them” than the president’s agenda.
The Colorado Republican doubled her controversial comment during Biden’s speech on the state of the Union in a new tweet on Wednesday morning
Beabert (left) and Representative Marjorie Taylor Green (right) made the president several points during his big address Tuesday night.
Senator Minority whip John Tun, the second Senate Republican behind leader Mitch McConnell, condemned the couple’s “antics” in an interview with CBS Mornings the day after Biden’s speech.
“I don’t think there’s room for that.” This is inappropriate. “Speaking about the state of the Union, whether you agree with the president or not, is an opportunity to show the American people the respect the service deserves,” Thun said.
The South Dakota Republican was puzzled when asked if his fellow Republican lawmakers would go public.
“You know, usually the Chamber, you know, I will … if there were steps that needed to be taken, the leadership of the Chamber would probably do that. But I think there will be a lot of condemnation from people, colleagues and whatnot, and just acknowledging that these kinds of antics are inappropriate in such a situation, “he said.
“And I think everyone would agree with that.”
Democrat Eric Sowell called Beabert and Green a “disgrace” and called on House of Representatives leader Kevin McCarthy to condemn them.
“The president was talking about his dead blue soldier. You and [Greene] they were a national disgrace tonight. But worse – because you don’t matter – Kevin McCarthy has it all. He will not condemn you because he is a colossal coward, “Suwell wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki dismissed their behavior, saying it said “much more about them” than Biden’s agenda.
WH Press sec. Jen Psaki from Green and Bowbert’s representatives have been arguing all night on Biden over serious issues:
“It says a lot more about them than how important those priorities are.” pic.twitter.com/SNts6uJco0
– Census (@therecount) March 2, 2022
McCarthy has been silent on the issue so far, despite Biden’s applause at one point in his speech when he called for funding for the betting police.
Psaki dismissed Boebert’s protest when asked about it by MSNBC early Tuesday morning.
“I have to tell you that during this scandal I was watching on TV with a group of my team, team members and colleagues, and we were all excited and applauded,” the television spokesman said in an interview early Wednesday morning.
“And that was the moment in the speech when the president talked about his agenda for unity and talked about priorities that we all need to be able to agree on.”
The president’s four-party unity program, which he outlined Tuesday night, includes efforts to do more for veterans who fall ill after inhaling smoke from toxic incinerators, which troops stationed abroad typically use to dispose of waste.
“They go home, many of the world’s most capable and well-trained warriors, never the same,” Biden lamented, before hinting at his own personal experience, witnessing the effects.
– Headache. Numbness. Dizziness. A cancer that would put them in a coffin with a draped flag. I know. ‘
South Dakota Senator John Tun, second Senate Republican, criticizes first-year lawmakers’ “antics”
“Everything we need to do except put our boots on the ground”: @SenJohnThune says he is giving the Biden administration a “credit” for “uniting our allies” in support of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/edUTHCmQbk
– CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) March 2, 2022
California Democrat Eric Suwell also joined the battle, calling Boubert a “national disgrace.”
Just then, Bowbert shouted, “Crab, who put them in a coffin with flags.”
“You set them up.” Thirteen of them! she shouted at the 13 U.S. servicemen who were killed while guarding Afghanistan’s Kabul airport last year.
Psaki said Wednesday morning: “There is no doubt that we need to do more to help the veterans of our nation, the people who have been injured by the blows of the fuel pits. Of course, we need to do more to work together to cure cancer.
“And they thought about that time and that moment. I think that says a lot more about them than how important these priorities are and how much the vast majority of the people sitting there and watching in this room last night could work together to solve exactly these problems, “he said. added.
Unlike other points in Biden’s speech, which won applause from both parties, Boubert’s outburst provoked only booing from Democrats.
Both Beabert and Georgia Green’s representative turned their backs on Biden as he entered the House of Commons for a speech on the state of the Union.
At another point in the speech, when the president called for a comprehensive reform to resolve the crisis on the southwestern border and the US immigration system, conservatives of the fire dams could be heard chanting “Build the Wall”, one of Donald Trump’s signatures.