'Hope there's not a Silver Alert': Boebert takes dig at Biden's age as he visits her state
WASHINGTON — Speaking with Raw Story outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) attacked President Joe Biden for touting a wind energy manufacturing plant in her district.
The CS Wind Plant, previously known as Vestas, is the largest wind tower manufacturer in the world, and is located in Pueblo, Colorado, 9News reported this week. Thanks to funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, CS and Biden say it's on track to create 850 new jobs at the company.
It's rare for a member of Congress to attack one of their district's largest employers, but Boebert told Raw Story the money that helped the company should be withdrawn — and it does nothing but follow environmentalist demands.
"And the part of my district that he's visiting today — he's visiting Pueblo, to tout the Inflation Reduction Act that we know didn't reduce inflation," said Boebert.
Thus far, inflation has fallen from 8.3 percent in Aug. 2022, when the law was signed, to 3.2 percent in Oct. 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics charts.
Boebert went on to say that the inflation law is "harming the people that I represent in Colorado." She incorrectly cited 100 jobs being created in Pueblo, while saying she had her own bill — the Pueblo Jobs Act — that would create 1,000 jobs in the city. Democrats are pushing a connected bill in the Senate.
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Democratic Colorado Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet announced their legislation, saying it would fund the decommissioning of the Pueblo Chemical Depot and begin new land redevelopment. The measure earned large bipartisan support and passed the House four months ago, according to Boebert's site.
Boebert then turned her focus to the president's visit to the state, using Donald Trump's 2020 attack that he was old and was "in the basement."
"While Joe Biden is out of the basement and wandering around, I hope there's not a Silver Alert that goes out for him," she told Raw Story, calling Biden an "81-year-old man owned by the CCP, wandering around southern Colorado."