Nov 9, 2023
Lauren Boebert SPEECHLESS After Democrat Completely Shuts Her Down
Lauren Boebert gets left completely speechless after Democrat Steny Hoyer obliterates her argument to add illogical spending bill amendment during House floor debate. Rayyvana and Jackson White break it down on The Damage Report.
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And I asked the gentle lady to yield for
a question.
>> Someone's recognized it's not my time.
>> Speaker 1: I asked you to yield.
>> Speaker 2: I have reserved,
you're free to speak.
>> Speaker 1: [LAUGH] Yes,
I'm asking if you'll yield for a question.
>> Speaker 2: Sure, ask your question.
>> Speaker 1: What funds in this
bill are used for the purposes you-
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>> Okay.
>> Are opposed to?
>> Speaker 3: Sorry,
I couldn't hear the gentleman.
>> Speaker 3: It's crazy
that you could actually,
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hear crickets chirping in the time that
Lauren Boebert was not answering that
extremely straightforward question.
I've got more from this back and forth for
you, more back than forth, considering
[LAUGH] how little Lauren Boebert had to
say, but I wanna give you some context.
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Boebert was attempting to add an amendment
to a spending bill that would prohibit
any funds from being used to violate
federal immigration law regarding, so
called, sanctuary cities.
So, Representative Stenny Hoyer asked
her what the hell she's talking
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about because the spending bill has
nothing to do with immigration.
And she couldn't handle being called out,
so
she starts just spewing nonsense,
take a look.
>> Speaker 2: This is precautionary.
>> Speaker 1: Precautionary for what?
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I'm asking-
>> Speaker 2: There are sanctuary
city policies.
>> Speaker 1: Yes, I understand,
I understand what you're-
>> That are in place,
that are allowing the refuge of
illegal aliens in these cities.
And there is an influx in crime and drugs.
>> I understand.
>> In these cities, and there's no way for
these folks to even report what is taking
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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.
>> Speaker 1: I understand that, but
what you've said is none of the funds in
this bill can be spent for that objective.
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>> Speaker 2: And
that is precautionary, I want you-
>> Speaker 1: What funds are in this bill
to be spent for that objective?
>> I have seen this
administration use all sorts of
funds-
>> No, I didn't ask you.
>> To protect illegal aliens.
>> Speaker 1: Reclaiming my time,
Ms. Boebert >> And
this is precautionary to
ensure that it will not be.
>> Reclaiming my time.
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There are no funds in
this bill to do that.
>> Speaker 3: It is not a spending
bill concerning immigration at all.
But what she's saying is, well, we need
to add this precautionary measure just
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in case somehow this money might end
up going towards sanctuary cities.
Specifically for the purposes of
protecting undocumented immigrants,
it is completely absurd, Steny Hoyer is
100% right to be calling her out about it.
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He also goes on to make the point that
if they allow her to add this amendment
that serves no purpose, just so that
she can grandstand and make her point.
Give her talking points about
immigration and undocumented immigrants,
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then what's to stop them from
adding any random precautionary.
Preventative amendment to any
spending bill whatsoever?
And he drives the point home here
about why introducing this is just
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a distraction and completely pointless.
>> Speaker 1: There are no
funds in this bill, Mr.
Speaker, for the objective that
the lady wants to prevent.
And I guarantee you,
Chairman Womack would not have included
any funds to protect such activity.
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I know him, I know he's feeling strong,
he feels strongly about this.
So, this amendment has no place in this
bill because there is
no money in this bill.
You can argue about sanctuary cities,
you can argue about the border,
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you can do all of that, but
this is not the bill to do it on.
And this raises, therefore,
a suspicion that somehow there's money in
this bill that Mr.
Womack would have put in or
that I would have sanctioned to accomplish
that objective, that is simply not true.
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>> Speaker 3: And Jackson, he makes a good
point about, if we allow this to happen,
if we just allow any
conservative to grandstand.
And throw whatever amendment
relative to the topic their talking
point of the week is,
that the circus that is Congress is just
gonna completely descend into utter chaos.
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>> Yeah, and it's just, what's the end
goal other than chaos, other than all?
It's just something to do,
it may be something that people talk about
to keep people running their mouths.
But when you really take a step back and
look at Lauren Boebert,
she's a few years older than me.
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I'm 31, I think she's what,
36, 37, 38, she's not 40.
And I say all that to say, she just seems
to be like, this isn't really going
the way I thought it would, I'm having to
deal with a whole lot of public scrutiny.
I mean, really, at the end of the day,
she's just a person.
So, she had to go through all of that
public embarrassment simply, well,
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she caused it herself by acting
out of the public theater.
But still, just in general, that guy
being a Democrat and having drag shows at
his bar became an issue when really she
just liked him, you know what I'm saying?
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Her grifting and playing this role
is impacting her personal life, and
she just doesn't seem to be enjoying it.
Because clearly she doesn't
know what's going on,
she doesn't know what she's talking about.
And more importantly than that,
she's not interested in any of this.
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So, I'd be curious to see what
she ends up doing, I mean,
I don't know who really would
willingly give up a seat.
Well, a lot of people would but, yeah,
I think she's just in over ahead.
>> Speaker 3: Yeah, and
she did almost lose her election, I mean,
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it was razor thin margins in her
district in the last election,
we'll see how things go for her in 2024.
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