As she’s done countless times in the past, Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert proved yet again this weekend that there truly is no depth she won’t descend to in order to prove both her stupidity and her hatred for anyone who dares to disagree with her politically.
Boebert made a posting a Twitter that quickly got her lit up for both her dishonesty and lack of empathy for survivors of a natural disaster in Hawaii.
“There is a total crisis in Maui. 3000 destroyed homes. 80 people dead. Where’s Joe Biden? On vacation of course. There is no bottom for this president.”
But a quick fact check makes it clear that Boebert is lying, with CNN reporting:
President Joe Biden issued a federal disaster declaration following “devastating” Hawaii wildfires across several parts of the Big Island and Maui and promised to send whatever is needed to help the recovery.
The fires have killed at least 36 people and devastated Lahaina, a town on the island of Maui. Speaking at an unrelated event in Utah on Thursday, Biden said the federal government is moving fast in its response.
“We’re working as quickly as possible to fight those fires and evacuate residents and tourists. In the meantime, our prayers are with the people of Hawaii, but not just our prayers: every asset that we have will be available to them,” Biden said as he began remarks at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Boebert’s comments didn’t sit well with many on Twitter, who fired back at her.
Maui is my home. You don't speak for me. @Potus immediately declared a "major disaster" in Hawaii & ordered all available federal assets to help with response. The head of FEMA is ON THE GROUND in Lahaina with Gov Green to determine immediate & long term needs. You are despicable pic.twitter.com/PGHB8Kxk3W
Boebert is completely clueless. President Biden has already declared Maui a disaster area and is sending emergency supplies and the National Guard. Boebert is trying to use the victims of the Maui victims to her advantage.
— Rocky Mountain Progressives 💙 (@RockiesProgs) August 13, 2023
Using a tragedy to lie about President Biden is despicable for most people, but you have no honor, shame, or integrity. You waited 3 days after we all saw his immediate response to spew your venom.https://t.co/7uFQ8AkIPz
He won't go there and suck up resources that would be needed for a presidential visit @laurenboebert. He has declared a state of emergency and FEMA. What you are suggesting is IDIOTIC. pic.twitter.com/7N2TOpBbDq
— 🧡🕊MYSTIC🕊🧡💥I AM JACK'S INDICTMENTS 💥 (@MDomino07) August 12, 2023
Biden has already sent aid. He's not like Trump, who only threw paper towels, re-drew a hurricanes 6 only liked red states.
You know it’s concerning when you take a horrible disaster and 80 lives lost so far and people make it political. If there’s foul play like the conspiracies say … those things need to be investigated. I think what matters is helping people and stop wasting energy on pointing the…
Fox host Gillian Turner wasn’t about to let Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) tell one lie after another about President Joe Biden during an interview on the network today.
Langworthy began lying from the get-go, claiming that a recent deposition of convicted felon Devon Archer, a business associate of the president’s son, Hunter had been conducted under oath.
“I just want to flag that,” Turner corrected. “I want to clarify. He was not under oath when he gave his deposition to the House committee.”
Langworthy then said, “The evidence just continues to pile up. But it’s a web of lies and deceit as the president continues to deny this involvement or knowledge.”
That led Turner to remind the congressman that Republicans have spent two years on the Biden investigation and proven nothing:
“And while you have certainly unearthed a trove of evidence that the committee says proves the president’s association. There has not been produced a smoking gun. Clear cut, undeniable proof of the president’s involvement with his son’s foreign business deals.”
Langworthy: “We’ve never claimed we have direct money going to the president.”
Once again, Turner was quick to fact-check the Republican:
“You said we never claimed that any money was funneled directly to the president. That is precisely the claim that the chairman of your committee, James Comer, and also Jim Jordan have made many times on public record.”
Clearly nonplussed, Langworthy could only reply, “We are putting an investigation together, laying out the facts on the business dealings of this family.”
The Fox host concluded the discussion by again fact-checking Langworthy:
“I’ve got to clarify again that the chairman of your committee and multiple colleagues of yours have made that direct claim, that money has been funneled to the president.”
President Joe Biden mocked Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and other members of the GOP during a speech he made today in Belen, New Mexico, noting that the congresswoman had once opposed a clean energy project being built in her district which he said she is now “welcoming.”
Discussing how his administration is investing in “broader clean energy manufacturing,” the president noted, “It’s going to happen in big cities and rural communities as well. Like in Colorado, CS Wind broke ground on what will be the world’s largest wind tower manufacturing plant.”
Then came the burn on Boebert:
“And coincidentally, CS Wind is in Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, you know that very quiet Republican lady, it’s in her district. Who, along with every other Republican, voted against this bill and is making all this possible. And she railed against this passage.
“But that’s okay. She’s welcoming it now. And when I ran for office, I promised myself, as I promised to be president of all Americans, whether you live in a blue state or a red state, I’m going to keep my promise.”
Biden: Coincidentally, a congresswoman, Lauren Boebert, the very quiet Republican lady? It is in her district. She railed against the passage. That is ok, she is welcoming it now. pic.twitter.com/YagEsWey4R
“He had railed against this legislation and then I noticed he had a big announcement: ‘Alabama is going to get $200 million.’ And I thought, wait a minute, didn’t you rail against this for a long, long time?”
Biden: A senator from the state of Alabama who used to be a football coach and he had railed against the legislation and I noticed he had a big announcement. Alabama is going to get $200 million — and I thought, wait a minute, didn't you rail against this for a long time? pic.twitter.com/rRCj8zZ7uu
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) stepped into a shitstorm of his own creation today when he issued a press release online claiming he had uncovered “proof” that President Joe Biden had accepted illegal bribes from oligarchs in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine.
In the press release, the Oversight Committee makes the following claims:
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released a third bank records memorandum detailing new information obtained in the Committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes. The memorandum outlines how the Bidens and their business associates received millions from oligarchs in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine during Joe Biden’s vice presidency. After Hunter Biden received millions of dollars in payments, then-Vice President Joe Biden dined with his son’s foreign associates in Washington, D.C. Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, recently testified that then-Vice President Joe Biden was “the brand” sold to enrich the Biden family and was used to send “signals” of access, power, and influence.
There was also this direct quote from Comer himself:
“During Joe Biden’s vice presidency, Hunter Biden sold him as ‘the brand’ to reap millions from oligarchs in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. It appears no real services were provided other than access to the Biden network, including Joe Biden himself. And Hunter Biden seems to have delivered. This is made clear by meals at Café Milano where then-Vice President Joe Biden dined with oligarchs from around the world who had sent money to his son. It’s clear Joe Biden knew about his son’s business dealings and allowed himself to be ‘the brand’ sold to enrich the Biden family while he was Vice President of the United States. The House Oversight Committee will continue to follow the money trail and obtain witness testimony to determine whether foreign actors targeted the Bidens, President Biden is compromised or corrupt, and our national security is threatened.”
Wow! Sounds serious, doesn’t it?
But as Philip Bump of the Washington Post quickly proved, Comer has proven nothing at all other than the fact that he clearly believes everyone in the U.S. is illiterate.
Speaking on Fox News last month, Comer and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) implied that the alleged bribe was paid so that President Biden would push for the firing of Ukraine’s prosecutor general. This has been debunked repeatedly, for nearly four years. The timeline presented on Fox didn’t match actual events, and Archer had testified that the eventual firing was understood to be detrimental to Burisma, not beneficial.
But it’s all Comer’s got. His team tried to dig up this bribe that they have convinced their allies exists, without luck. So he issues a news release about the “Biden family” and suggests that bribery claims don’t need actual proof and prepares for his next Sean Hannity interview.
So where’s the evidence of bribery? Bump asks. It’s sure as hell nowhere to be found in Comer’s “proof” of a crime.
Bump also notes, “There’s no alleged bribe to Hunter Biden, either. The new report from Comer delineates regular payments to Hunter Biden and Archer in 2014 and 2015 totaling about $3.3 million. The document points at whistleblower testimony claiming that the pair earned $6.5 million from Burisma. That’s not $5 million for Hunter Biden — and it’s not obviously a ‘bribe.’ The pair sat on the company’s board and, according to Archer’s testimony, did board-related work for Burisma, however obviously derived from Hunter Biden’s last name their work might have been.”
In other words, Comer has given the world yet another giant nothingburger, but he did manage to put a new bun on the treat, hoping all those sesame seeds and buttery brioche taste would make the vacuous “meat patty” (i.e. specious allegations) make us forget that there’s nothing but air between the bread.
Comer is grasping at straws, and his only real agenda is trying to deflect from the many real crimes Donald Trump is accused of committing.
Ever since they took control of the House of Representatives, Republicans have been desperately trying to come up with a reason to file articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden, suggesting that he accepted bribes from Ukrainian companies or was involved in illegal business deals his son, Hunter, made over the years.
But while members of the GOP have made all sorts of wild allegations against Biden, they’ve yet to come up with a shred of evidence and their hearings have resulted in little more than hours of humiliation for them and their entire party.
And now we have one of the most devoted Biden haters, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), admitting on Fox that there aren’t enough votes to impeach the president, which pretty much puts that Republican plan in the proverbial grave.
Speaking with Fox host Maria Bartiromo today, Greene was asked, “Do you feel you have enough votes in the membership to actually impeach Joe Biden?”
The congresswoman replied:
“I don’t think we’re quite there yet, Maria, just to be honest with you. But I hope that the amount of overwhelming evidence that has come out and continues to pour out will convince those members that are still on the fence.”
If Greene and her right-wing extremist colleagues have “overwhelming evidence,” what are they waiting for? They’re waiting for something that actually qualifies as evidence instead of the hearsay and innuendo they’ve been peddling for almost a year now.
Greene then added, “And Maria, to be honest with you, I’m so thankful you’re covering this issue because it’s been a full blackout from the mainstream media. And these members that still aren’t quite there to be able to vote for an inquiry need to hear from their people back home in their districts.”
Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero. That’s what Republicans have when it comes to their impeachment dreams. The only reason they even talk about the subject is because they know their lord and savior, Donald Trump, was impeached twice and they can’t stand the fact that will be in the first paragraph of his obituary.
We’re not there is another way of saying, We don’t have shit, but we can’t stop talking about the subject. It’s the only thing we’ve done since we won the 2022 midterm election and we’re hoping no one will notice come 2024.
