Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Sunday joked about bringing explosives to the United States Capitol building so she could detonate the building’s metal detectors.
Bobert’s tweeted her suggestion in response to a speech given by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Sunday in which he endorsed the idea of blowing up the metal detectors that were installed to stop members from bringing deadly weapons into the building in the wake of the January 6th Capitol riots.
The Opposition is Supposed to Oppose
Some in the GOP are really angry at the 19 GOP Senators who voted for the infrastructure bill. I wonder what they got in return for the vote?
Nineteen Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell(Ky.), voted with all Democrats on Tuesday to pass a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
The bill still needs to pass the House, but gives President Biden a big win. Several GOP senators, led by Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio), negotiated the deal, helping it pick up Republican support.
The passage of the bill comes just before Democrats take up a budget resolution that greenlights their ability to pass a separate $3.5 trillion spending plan, packed with the party’s top priorities, later this year without GOP votes.
No Republicans are expected to support the budget resolution or the subsequent spending package, which is unlikely to get voted on before late September.