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Drama queens. Lauren Boebert and Cori Bush keep being in the news.

Two insufferable lawmakers getting a shouting match over the latter's support for a witness who has a white supremacist past. Mind you, both lawmakers have no real legislative accomplishments and yet voters supported them.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is a lawmaker, activist and an ordain minister. She beaten longtime lawmaker W. Lacy Clay in a Democratic primary rematch in 2020. She gained fame during the 2015 Black Lives Matter protest against the police shooting of Michael Brown. She won after she ran a second time in a primary calling Clay out of touch with St. Louis. She is a second term member who is part of The Squad. She recently married her "security" Cortney Merritt. She used her campaign funds for private security despite having U.S. Capitol Police protection being a high profile threat. That right there is a FEC and ethics investigation. She faces a potential primary challenger in 2024.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is a lawmaker, conspiracy theorist, activist and former restaurant owner. She gained fame from being featured on Nightline. She launched a gun themed restaurant called Shooters Grille in Rifle, Colorado. She was upset over Colorado's COVID 19 mandates. She won after she called longtime lawmaker Scott Tipton a RINO. She called the Washed Up 45 supporting lawmaker insufficiently conservative. She is part of the Freedom Caucus. She ended up winning in 2020. In 2022, she barely won her election against Adam Frisch.

She has since closed Shooter Grille and may have used campaign funds for her restaurant. She is barely in her district. Last week she spoke at CPAC and last month at a church in Dallas.

Both lawmakers are controversial and worthless.

“Future events can be best ameliorated or prevented by reducing our demand for and our reliance on fossil fuels,” argued Bush in her opening statement, adding:

But my Republican colleagues have unironically invited for-profit think tank and oil titans whose expertise is in maximizing profits, especially at the expense of our Black or Brown and our indigenous neighbors’ health, safety, and well-being.

One of these so-called energy experts is a philosopher who has previously espoused White supremacist views. For instance, in his 2000 college newspaper, he wrote, quote, ‘The African and American Studies Department has 23 classes in many of these classes. African culture is presented not–

She gets cut off by Boebert.

“Mr. Chairman, I demand the gentlelady’s words be taken down,” Boebert objected. “She just called the witness a White supremacist.”

“No, I referred to the words, not to the person. Not to him. The words,” Bush shot back.

“The gentlelady is referring to the witness’s statement and referred to him as a white supremist [sic],” Boebert replied as Bush declared, “No, I did not.”

“I would like a parliamentary inquiry into having the gentlewoman’s words taken down,” Boebert demanded.

“Excuse me,” said the chairman, “The chair recognizes Congresswoman Boebert.”

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like a parliamentary inquiry into taking down the general lady’s words, the ranking member’s words for insinuating that our witness made white supremace [sic] statements using his words,” Boebert added, using a unique pronunciation for “supremacist.”

“The chair cannot take down words that are directed toward a witness only to other members. All right. Chair recognizes Ranking Member Bush to continue your opening statement,” Chairman Pat Fallon (R-TX) clarified.

Boebert then asked for another parliamentary inquiry, which Fallon granted. “Is it appropriate for the ranking members to show respect to the witnesses who are here present in the committee room today?” Boebert demanded.

“I think it would obviously be warranted to show respect for anyone,” Fallon replied.

“I would like that sentiment to be expressed and the members to be reminded to show respect to our witnesses who were here today. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield,” Boebert concluded.

“Thank you. Chair recognizes ranking member Bush,” Fallon repeated.

“As I was saying, the African and African-American Studies Department, this is the quote, ‘has 23 classes in many of these classes. African culture is presented not as inferior to Western culture, but as on equal footing with it in other departments. The same is done with Latin American, Indian, and American Indian culture,’ end quote,” Bush continued, adding:

"When confronted about these views over two decades later, rather than disavow them, he doubled down on this narrative saying, quote, It has nothing to do with skin color. I was arguing that those cultures overall are inferior to Western culture. We are not inferior to any culture. Speaking as the descendant of one of those cultures, this is the witness the Republicans invited to discuss issues of energy security."