Rep. Lauren Boebert Gets Absolutely Schooled By Jamie Raskin Using Trump's Own Words

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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) offered Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) some receipts after she tried to rewrite history on former President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“You’re right. President Trump was in office when the COVID virus was released from a lab in China,” Boebert said in a spiel criticizing pandemic-era mask and vaccine mandates during a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday. “And he tried to make that very clear that this came from China, and reporters regularly dismissed that.”

In his rebuttal, Raskin noted that Boebert had left out some key information ― including the fact that Trump repeatedly praised Chinese President Xi Jinping and China’s grasp over the situation as the virus was first spreading across the country and the world.

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“I appreciate the gentlelady’s passion. There’s two facts that she should perhaps be alerted to,” he began. “One is that Donald Trump, on more than 20 different occasions, defended the performance of the Chinese government and specifically President Xi in terms of his treatment of COVID-19 and said he was doing a ‘wonderful job’ and a ‘great job’ and they were working closely and they were constantly in touch.

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[keithbvadu2]

1. Lauren, It was Trump, not a Chinese lab, who killed over 800,000 Americans by ignoring it and lettin

It was Trump, not a Chinese lab, who killed over 800,000 Americans by ignoring it and letting it spread across America..

It was Trump, not a Chinese lab, who sent over 18 tons of PPE to his pals in China.

[MissMillie]

2. Does anyone else wonder....

...what technique he uses to keep a serious look on his face when he calls her a "gentlelady?"

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3. I'm glad someone keeps these facts in mind and handy for use

Republicans have nearly perfected the art of the goldfish memory. The only truth is the truth of right this second, and it goes away as soon as it's spoken. Tomorrow, another truth will be proffered by Republicans totally at odds with today's truth.

Rep. Raskin, thankfully, is right there in the arena, setting the record straight and correcting the errors and omissions of Republicans who would like nothing better than to pin the failures of the former guy on President Biden. Because Raskin is there, speaking up, irate Republicans now have to contend with the former guy's own words, and the words of his own special advisor, Dr. Birx.