“Fake handcuffs make for a good photo op, but they don’t benefit the American people. Fake handcuffs only benefit those who pretend to wear them,” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) said Wednesday, in a House floor speech chiding Tuesday’s publicity stunt by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (R-N.Y.).
The day after Rep. Ocasio-Cortez pretended for the cameras to be wearing handcuffs as police led her out of the street she was blocking in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Rep. Boebert used a minute of floor-time to note that the stunt did nothing to solve the problems faced by the American people.
Fake handcuffs don’t deliver results for the American people. pic.twitter.com/H2xbPGb7qG
— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) July 20, 2022
Rep. Boebert listed 13 things that “fake handcuffs don’t” do:
- Close the southern border,
- Lower gas prices,
- Curb inflation,
- Harden the supply chain,
- Put baby formula on our shelves,
- Deter Russia,
- Fix our broken, weak Reputation across the globe,
- Fix our education system,
- Protect our students from CRT and grooming,
- Create opportunities to lift communities out of poverty,
- Increase domestic energy,
- Increase recruitment for our military
- Solve a single problem the American people care about
“Mr. Speaker, this body should be delivering solutions for the American people – not fake handcuffs,” Boebert said.
“And – without restraint – I yield back,” the congresswoman concluded.