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Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) doubled down on the "racist" comment she made about Texas Rep. Al Green (D) after he was removed from the House chamber during President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress.
Last week, Green was waving his cane at Trump in protest of his speech before Speaker Mike Johnson, who warned lawmakers to maintain "decorum in the House and to cease any further disruptions," ordered the House Sergeant at Arms to escort the Democrat out of the chamber.
Boebert described Green's behavior as "abhorrent" and suggested the Democratic lawmaker was using a "pimp cane."
“For him to go and shake his pimp cane at President Trump was absolutely abhorrent,” the Republican congresswoman said on Saturday (March 8) during an interview with "Real America's Voice."
After being slammed as "racist," Boebert stood by her comment in a follow-up interview with the right-wing news outlet. Boebert also took aim at Democratic Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, who said the Republican's comments were “disparaging, derogatory, and racist toward another colleague.”
“Maybe 'Houla-who' is really the racist here. Are only Blacks pimps? Is that what I’m hearing? Are there no cisgender, white pimps in America?” Boebert said.
Boebert went on to question Green's use of his cane.
“I have never seen Al Green actually use his cane as a support to walk," the Colorado lawmaker said.
“I have seen him shake it for years all throughout the Capitol during any meeting that I’ve ever been present with him in,” she continued. “If that gold-plated cane isn’t a pimp cane, I don’t know what is.”
Boebert's comments about Green's protest come after she staged her own interruption during former President Joe Biden's 2022 speech, chanting “Build the wall!” alongside other Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Boebert responded to people comparing her interruption to Green's, saying “You had some folks on the left trying to come out early and defend this behavior and compare it to an image of Marjorie Taylor Greene and myself, who were chanting ‘Build the wall’ while all other Republicans were chanting the same phrase."
"They just got that one image and acted like we completely disrupted the State of the Union,” she continued.
“But Al Green was given multiple opportunities to stand down, to sit down, to behave, to show decorum,” Boebert added. “And he did not.”
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