MAGA loyalist Representative Lauren Boebert has broken with President Trump yet again, as she tore into proposals to spend $200 billion to continue the administration’s war with Iran.
Boebert has been a key Trump ally, despite being one of the few Republicans to go against the president by calling for the release of the Epstein files.
Speaking to CNN journalist Manu Raju yesterday, she said that she will not vote for any “war supplemental,” amid the conflict with Iran.
“No. I am a no. I’ve already told leadership. I am a no on any war supplementals,” she seethed. “I am so tired of spending money elsewhere. I am tired of the industrial-war complex getting all of our hard-earned tax dollars.
“I have folks in Colorado who can’t afford to live,” Boebert continued. “We need America First policies right now, and that? I’m not doing that.”
The Department of Defense is reportedly seeking $200 billion in funding for the ongoing war with Iran.
The first six days of the conflict cost the U.S. more than $11.3 billion, Pentagon officials allegedly told Congress in a closed-door briefing.
The meeting was first reported by The New York Times, which noted that the massive sum did not include the cost of the huge build-up of personnel and hardware in the Middle East.
When asked about the reported $200 billion figure yesterday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters that “it takes money to kill bad guys.”
“We’re going back to Congress and our folks there to ensure that we’re properly funded,” he added.
Boebert was not the only Republican to criticize the Pentagon’s proposal. Congressman Scott Perry said on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins that he wanted Iran to foot the bill.
“I would actually like to see Iran pay for this, whether it’s $20 billion or $200 billion, whatever it is,” Perry said.
Kansas’ Republican Senator Roger Marshall told Fox Business that the figure “sounds like a high number to me.”
Meanwhile, Trump has claimed that allocating funds to the war effort is “a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy-top.”
