The firebrand congresswoman expressed concern that Trump’s veto was motivated by “political retribution,” with some of the president’s critics citing a local 2020 case of alleged election fraud that hasn’t gone to his liking and Boebert’s tough stance on the Jeffrey Epstein files.
“President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Why?” Boebert vented in a statement Tuesday, the day after the veto.
“I must have missed the rally where he stood in Colorado and promised to personally derail critical water infrastructure projects. My bad, I thought the campaign was about lowering costs and cutting red tape.”
The bill in question, the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, had cleared both the House and Senate unanimously.