Lauren Boebert And JB Pritzker Have Sudden Explosive Argument About 'Insurrection'

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At today's House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) questioned sanctuary state governors.

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00:00from Colorado. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Los Angeles riots are certainly a

00:05shameful explosion of lawlessness that we are once again seeing. The narrative

00:09has changed in these riots, but it's certainly the same type of actors. We're

00:16seeing businesses torched, cars torched, families uprooted, certainly communities

00:20that are scared, and this is by no means a peaceful protest. It is absolute

00:27chaos, and rioters don't get a free pass to burn down cities just simply because

00:32they're mad, because they are mad that our nation's laws are being upheld, that our

00:38federal agents are upholding their oath and doing what they were hired to do.

00:45Our first responders deserve respect. They do not deserve to have rocks thrown at

00:51them and to be injured, but I mean, let's be honest, this violence didn't really

00:57spark in a vacuum. Sanctuary policies are a magnet for trouble. They shields

01:04criminals, undermine the rule of law, and governors, I've sat here and I've heard

01:10you today. You say that safety is your number one priority. You want your

01:14communities safe. You want your people safe, and Governor Hochul, you just asked

01:20how can we work together to ensure that that happens? Well, that's exactly what we

01:24want to do in this hearing. We want to work together. We want to talk to you

01:27about your sanctuary policies that are actually preventing us from working with

01:32you to keep your communities safe, because we want them safe as well. I have

01:36the same policies in Colorado that restrict our local law enforcement

01:40officers from coordinating with federal agents, and some of my counties have

01:45issued lawsuits to try to end that, but this is serious, and we owe it to every

01:50American to restore safety and enforce our laws. It's been stated that this is a

01:55federal law, and it's not your job to uphold the federal law. Well, we're not

02:00asking you to uphold it. We're just asking you to kind of step out of the way and

02:04allow the federal government to do the job to uphold these laws. When you have

02:10someone, don't wait until they commit a violent, heinous crime before we know their

02:17immigration status. So now we're seeing these riots everywhere. We've heard in

02:222020 that everything was mostly peaceful, as cities burned down, as people lost

02:27their lives, as law enforcement officers lost their lives. So I just want to ask you

02:32three governors, yes or no, is the destruction of private and governmental

02:39property, is that something that fits under your definition of a peaceful

02:44protest? Governor Walz, yes or no? No, it does not. Thank you. Governor Pritzker. I find

02:53it hard to believe that you're lecturing us about peaceful protest. Look at what

02:57happened January 6th here at the Capitol. No, what we're seeing in LA is an

03:02insurrection. You want to talk about an insurrection? That is an insurrection. This is an absolute

03:05insurrection. You don't understand what insurrection is when people are trying to overturn an election here at the Congress.

03:10I started this off. You weren't here. They were attacking you, by the way. I would

03:15expect the same. I'm answering your question. It is outrageous that you are

03:19asking us these questions when you're the one condoning pardoning of people who attack

03:24private and government property right here at our Capitol. Governor Hochul, it's been a long day.

03:31Does that fit under your definition of a peaceful protest, the destruction of private and government

03:36property? No, and we feel for the business owners and the community for what's going on there.

03:41So do we. Yes or no, would lighting police cars on fire fit under the definition of a peaceful

03:48protest? No, we reject that. No one should be lighting police cars on fire. I'm opposed to

03:52violence in any form. Yes. Governor Walz? Yeah, we reject that. Okay. Throwing bricks or large

03:58rocks at police officers? Is that peaceful? It is not. Is that peaceful, Governor? Whether it's in Los

04:04Angeles or here in Washington at the Capitol? No. Yeah, that didn't happen here. Governor Hochul?

04:08Rejected. It actually did, but no, it's not acceptable. Okay. Governor Pritzker,

04:13you have, have you or have you not called for mass protests and mobilization and disruption?

04:20Indeed. Microphones, megaphones, and going to the ballot box. Well, they're responding in a much

04:25different way, are they not? President Trump also asked for people to peacefully make their voices heard.

04:31So it's okay for you to say that and hold that standard. But President Trump has a different

04:35standard when he actually makes the claims. Inciting riots at the Capitol? And you said you

04:39want mass protests, mobilizations, and disruption as a response to President Trump's policies.

04:46I just think that this is all hypocritical. You've called in your National Guard. You don't want

04:51President Trump to come in and enforce the rule of law to keep communities safe. And your destructive

04:57policies are harming American citizens. We should not have to wait until violence is committed to

05:04find out their legal status. We have two million unknown gotaways because of Joe Biden's administration,

05:11and we have got to find them and get them out of America. And I thank President Trump and his

05:15administration for doing just that. I yield.

05:17Gentle lady, I yield. Chair recognizes Ms. Craig from Minnesota.

05:21Ms. Mr. Chairman, thank you so much for allowing me to wave on to this committee today. I think if I were

05:26for a permanent

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