Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) proved her unmatched ignorance once again today during a debate on a spending bill in which she was unable to answer a simple question from one of her Democratic colleagues.
The House of Representatives was debating a bill when Boebert attempted to add an amendment which would have prohibited any funds going to so-called sanctuary cities, leading Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) interjected:
“I rise in perplexion. I’m asking you to yield for a question.”
Boebert: “Sure. Ask your question.”
“What funds in this bill are used for the purposes you are opposed to?” Hoyer asked.
“This is precautionary,” Boebert responded.
“Precautionary for what?” Hoyer inquired.
“There are sanctuary city policies that are in place that are allowing the refuge of illegal aliens in this and there is an influx of crime and drugs in these cities and there is no way for these folks to even report what is taking place because they are protected under this fake policy that has been created that is subduing the actual rule of law that we have in the Constitution of the United States,” Boebert insisted.
Hoyer: “I understand that, but what you’ve said none of the funds in this bill can be spent for that objective. What funds are in this bill that are to be spent for this objective?”
“I have seen this administration use all sorts of funds to protect illegal aliens,” Boebert said.
“There are no funds in this bill to do that,” Hoyer noted. “So this is just an opportunity for you to stand and perhaps speak about an important subject, I understand that. But there are no funds in this bill to accomplish that objective. You don’t believe that the chairman would put funds in to accomplish that objective, do you?”
Once again, the Colorado Republican insisted she didn’t trust the Biden administration to spend money correctly, which led Hoyer to retort:
“If we do this amendment, any subject that anybody has an interest in would be subject to such an amendment. The rules committee has waived points of order, contrary to what they said they wanted done when we were in charge, because they didn’t want points of order, but there are no funds in this bill, Mr. Speaker, for the objective that the gentlelady wants to prevent.”
“This amendment has no place in this bill because there is no money in this bill,” he added. “You can argue about the sanctuary cities and argue about the border and do all of that, but this is not the bill to do it on.”
Lauren Boebert doesn’t know how to legislate or govern. About the only thing she’s any good at is vaping and giving hand jobs to her boyfriend in public.
Here’s the video from C-SPAN:
