Boebert Wears ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Outfit to SOTU, Yells at Biden Over 13 Troops Killed in Afghanistan Pullout

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David Rufful
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Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado sent a message to Joe Biden and the Democrats with her attire at the State of the Union address.

Boebert wore a shawl with the words “Drill Baby Drill” on the back. The phrase initially gained significant prominence when it was used by Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee in 2008.

“Drill Baby Drill” expresses support for increased drilling for petroleum and gas within the U.S. Democrats have recently come under heavy fire for killing the Keystone XL pipeline and importing oil from other nations, including Russia. Take a look:

At one point in Biden’s speech, he spoke about supporting veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who have been dying from injuries sustained from their service.

While Biden noted that deceased service members are placed in flag-draped coffins, Rep. Boebert responded, “You put them in, 13 of them.”

Democrats immediately booed her in response.

During Biden’s disastrous withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, 13 US service members were killed by an ISIS-K suicide bomber outside the Kabul airport.

The attack killed one Navy corpsman, ten Marines, and two Army soldiers. Most of them were either 20 years old or in their early twenties. 25-year-old female Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo was among them.

Watch the clip of Rep. Boebert:

Matt Fuller of the left-wing outlet, The Daily Beast, reported that “Democrats boo her”:

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The House chamber was filled with boos following Boebert’s exclamation.

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Biden appears to have ignored Boebert’s remark, instead continuing on with his speech. One source quoted Boebert as accusing Biden of having put the troops into a dangerous situation.

Thirteen service members, including 11 Marines, one Army Soldier, and a Navy Corpsman were killed in the ISIS bombing of the airport.

The service members were at the scene to facilitate the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Afghan asylum seekers. Only a small minority of Afghans airlifted from the country amid its capitulation to the Taliban worked with the American military during its occupation of the country.

Biden was intensely criticized for his handling of the military’s departure from Afghanistan, which led to the Taliban seizing millions of dollars in American military equipment.

The U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed as the American military left, with Afghans proving unable and unwilling to fight for their country’s independence from the Taliban.