Lauren Boebert accused of racism and ableism over her criticism of Al Green
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6VTGD)
Republican faces backlash for saying Democrat shook his pimp cane' at Trump during congressional address
The extremist Republican US House member Lauren Boebert has been accused of racism, ableism and hypocrisy in one fell swoop after criticizing a Black Democrat for shaking his pimp cane" at Donald Trump during the president's recent speech to Congress.
Al Green was given multiple opportunities to stand down, to sit down, to behave, to show decorum," Boebert told Real America's Voice, a far-right outlet, while discussing the Texas Democratic congressman's ejection from the House chamber for shouting about Trump's threats to social benefits spending on 6 March.
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