Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) displayed a thermal space blanket similar to those distributed to migrants held at detention facilities at the southern border during President Biden‘s address to Congress on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for Boebert told The Hill that she was trying to highlight the recent surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“President Biden did not address or bring attention to the crisis at our southern border. So Rep. Boebert did,” the spokesperson said.
Boebert, a firebrand first-term lawmaker, was among the handful of House Republicans in attendance at the speech, which was significantly scaled back from typical presidential addresses because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reporters in the House chamber noted that the blanket made a loud noise as Boebert draped it over her lap.
These retail for about a dollar each. You can bet that our government paid ten times that.