Biden State Of The Union Speech Heckled By Reps. Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene
NBC’s Garrett Haake told viewers that Boebert “and Marjorie Taylor Greene…kept up something of a running commentary throughout much of the speech, interjecting.”
Boebert, who wore a wrap with the words “drill baby drill” on the back, appeared to be the night’s interjector-in-chief. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., wears an outfit reading “Drill Baby Drill” at the State of the Union addressBiden, as he did throughout the speech, sought to find common cause with Republicans as he spoke of caring for U.S. servicemen and women who may have been exposed to toxic substances while Afghanistan and Iraq.
“When they came home, many of the world’s fittest and best-trained warriors were never the same,” he said. “Headaches. Numbness. Dizziness.”He added, “A cancer that would put them in a flag-draped coffin, I know.” Those last two words were a transition to a personal story about his son Beau, who died of cancer after serving overseas.It was apparently a reference to the 13 U.S. troops lost at the Kabul airport in August as the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan.Rep Lauren Boebert gets booed after shouting while President Biden talks about his dead son Beau Biden.
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