Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was given a blunt wake-up call by her critics on Thursday after her over-the-top defense of Donald Trump amid reports he keeps falling asleep during his criminal trial in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.
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“I think he's praying,” she said after Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) detailed all the times Trump is said to have been dozed in court. “But if he is sleeping, y'know, he certainly looks pretty while he sleeps. Maybe it’s an endearing moment of prayer, though.”
Boebert also explained what happens when she nodes off in public.
“I know when I fall asleep on airplanes my mouth kinda drops open,” she said. “And y’know his mouth is kinda tight-lipped, so maybe it’s just a somber moment of thought.” Boebert’s critics weren’t buying the notion that Trump was having an “an endearing moment of prayer” during all the times multiple witnesses reported that he was snoozing during the trial: