Biden’s State Of The Union Speech Heckled By Reps. Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene
deadline.comPresident Joe Biden was heckled during his State of the Union speech by Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia tonight.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.Biden, 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 serving in 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.Boebert interrupted, shouting, “Thirteen!” 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.Boebert was roundly booed, and Biden went on without acknowledging her comment.Rep Lauren Boebert gets booed after shouting while President Biden talks about his dead son Beau Biden.
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