Posted on 03/02/2022 6:28:45 AM PST by billorites
Democrats and Republicans in Washington at times displayed unity as President Joe Biden addressed the nation at his first State of the Union on Tuesday night. Members of both parties stood to applaud the Ukrainian ambassador and Biden's announcement that United States airspace would close to Russian planes.
But sharp divides between the parties were evident, too, including when the president brought up his late son, Beau Biden, an Iraq War veteran who died of brain cancer in 2015. Biden on Tuesday called on Congress to pass legislation to aid veterans exposed to toxins while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan - a problem he said leads to cancers "that would put them in a flag-draped coffin."
He was then interrupted by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who yelled, "You put them there. Thirteen of them!"
Boebert appeared to be referencing the 13 troops killed in a suicide attack last year during the final days of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
"One of those soldiers was my son, Maj. Beau Biden," the president continued.
Biden has, for years, expressed that his son's death might have been caused by exposure to toxins while serving in Iraq and Kosovo. Beau Biden was an officer in the Army National Guard.
Democrats immediately booed Boebert, and one of them shouted, "Kick her out!" Neither Boebert nor the White House responded to messages from The Washington Post following the incident.
The outburst was not the only tense moment of the night. Some in the chamber - including Boebert and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. - seemed to mock the president as he went on with his speech. Both laughed at some lines, uttered retorts and live-tweeted the event.
"Here's another way to fight inflation," Boebert wrote on Twitter. "Resign."
She later tweeted, "You fired our troops. Don't ever act like you support them."
The Colorado Republican, who wore a black shawl with the words "Drill Baby Drill" in white, wrote at least 50 tweets lambasting Biden throughout his speech. The attire referenced her support of increased drilling for petroleum and gas - a stance she has tweeted about in the past and a 2008 Republican campaign slogan.
Greene also critiqued Biden's speech in several tweets.
"Joe Biden wants us to tackle 'mental health.' I agree. We must start with the presidency," Greene wrote.
By the end of the address, Boebert tweeted, "When Biden said flag draped coffins I couldn't stay silent. I told him directly he did it. He put 13 in there. Our heroic servicemen and women deserve so much better."
Gotta love her!
She didn’t heckle him when he was talking about his son. It came when the old fool talked about afghanistan which was earlier in the debacle..
It has always served as a warning sign for me when politicians use their dead children as political props. How John Edwards talked about his son Wade's death still sticks in my mind. Last night my alarms were going off because when Biden brought up Beau's brain cancer, it was as disjointed as the rest of the speech.
By "disjointed" I do not mean "dislike". Clinton and Obama gave well written speeches I did not like. The writers for this state of the union were just getting out as many talking points as possible and put no effort into tying it all together.
Yeah! She has MY vote!!!
I suspect I wouldn’t even care if she was doing it for effect...:)
I ❤️ Lauren Boebert!
This!
TERM LIMITS - 12 years total. Campaign funds balances go to the people of their state. If you serve you are prohibited from lobbying or corporate boards
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I think what they want accomplished can be done in 6 years. No term should last longer than 86 years. The only reason I can remember for 8 years was the fact that too many people had not learned to talk about how they wanted to communicate for 12 years...you know important ways of communicating like phones vs telegraphs vs the internet.
Bet the fame, that She’s was immediately targeted for it. Expect an EXTREMELY brutal attack to happen to her; an audit, vicious slandering by leftists, threats to her life / family, extortion, and worse.
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