You can't scare him.
Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert slams House Speaker Mike Johnson Spending Patch Flops — arguing that it would “ruin our country more times than Diddy Freak ever could.”
Boebert (R-Col.) was among them. On Wednesday, 14 House Republicans broke ranks to vote against a Johnson-backed six-month temporary measure to avert a government shutdown.
“This CR, this continuing resolution that we’re going to vote on today, is going to ruin our country more times than Diddy Freak,” said Boebert Steve Bannon's prison resident The “War Room” podcast before the vote.
His joke about “Diddy freaking off” alludes to the allegations against disgraced rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who arrested on monday He faces charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.
Combs would allegedly force drug-influenced victims to have sex with male prostitutes during day-long orgies known as “freak offs”.
He has pleaded not guilty and his lawyers have defended his innocence.
Boebert described the current state funding controversy as “chaos” and “madness.”
At the start of each new fiscal year, which is October 1, Congress is obligated to fund the government or else risk a shutdown. A faction of House Republicans has a habit of rebelling against leadership plans to fund the government because of frustration with the process and deficits.
To assuage these concerns and avert a shutdown before the Nov. 5 election, Johnson (R-La.) attempted to pair a temporary measure, known as a continuing resolution, with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act to keep the government funded.
The SAVE Act would require voters to show proof of their citizenship in order to vote.
“The SAVE Act is a great bill that would protect our elections from illegal aliens by requiring voter ID,” Boebert said, explaining her reasons for opposing the sweeping package.
In July, the House SAVE Act passed With the support of five Democrats, the proposal failed on passage in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Former President Donald Trump has strongly supported the SAVE Act and urged Republicans to fight for it in the struggle to fund the government. But Democrats called the SAVE Act a failed act.
Last year, spending increases in the current fiscal year led to a revolt in the G.O.P. that resulted in the downfall of Johnson’s predecessor, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Congress passed the necessary appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024 only in March (it was supposed to be introduced in October).
In seeking a delay after the infamous congressional Christmas crisis, Johnson is counting on the prospect that Republicans will win the Senate and the White House, strengthening his negotiating position.
But the provisional motion ultimately failed and was defeated by a vote of 220 to 202 on Wednesday.
Boebert decided not to vote to remove McCarthy, but she hasn’t shied away from criticizing GOP leadership in the House.
In June, she easily won the primary election, and stuck to her decision to move from the 3rd District to Colorado's 4th congressional district.
The Centennial State Republican won his last general election in 2022 by about 500 votes after a recount against Democrat Adam Frisch. Frisch is up for re-election.
After narrowly losing the 2022 midterm election against Frisch, Boebert has been embroiled in a number of controversies.
Infamously, in September of last year, Boebert was caught on camera flirting with her then-boyfriend Quinn Gallagher during a show of “Beetlejuice” in Denver, Colorado.
Both Boebert and Gallagher were seen scuffling with each other and blowing vape smoke into the air. Eventually, they were escorted out of the theater and Boebert later apologized.
She later broke off her romance with Democrat Gallagher.
