House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a very succinct response to Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) who heckled Biden thoughout his State of the Union address
Asked about her reaction to Greene and Boebert, Pelosi replied: “Let me just say this. I agree with what Senator Lindsey Graham said – shut up – that’s what he said to them,” she said. “I think they should just shut up”.
Graham, was caught on camera appearing to mouth the words “shut up” as Boebert yelled at Biden.
As Biden spoke about securing the border and immigration on Tuesday Boebert and Greene tried to start a “build the wall” chant .
But Boebert was shouted down with boos and cries of “shame” after she heckled Biden as he recalled the death of his eldest son, Beau Biden, from brain cancer, which may have been caused by burn pits he encountered while serving as an Army National Guard officer in Iraq.
“When they came home, many of the world’s fittest and best trained warriors were never the same. Headaches. Numbness. Dizziness. A cancer that would put them in a flag-draped coffin. I know,” Biden said.
“You put them there, 13 of them,” Boebert yelled, referring to the troops killed in Afghanistan while protecting Kabul airport during the chaotic American withdrawal in August.
