Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert has defended her actions after she heckled President Joe Biden throughout his State of the Union handle simply as he was about to debate the loss of life of his son.

Boebert was met with boos from her fellow lawmakers after she yelled out within the chamber as Biden was discussing how U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan suffered extreme medical situations after inhaling poisonous smoke emitting from burn pits.

Biden described how because of the fumes from the burn pits, many troops developed "a most cancers that will put them in a flag-draped coffin."

The Republican then shouted "You place them in. 13 of them," in an obvious reference to the 13 U.S. service members who have been killed in a suicide assault at Kabul airport as troops have been withdrawing from Afghanistan because it was being retaken by the Taliban final August.

In a tweet after the handle, Boebert defended her outburst which acquired partisan condemnation.

"When Biden mentioned flag-draped coffins I could not keep silent. I instructed him straight he did it. He put 13 in there," Boebert mentioned.

"Our heroic servicemen and ladies deserve so significantly better."

Boebert additionally made reference to Biden's dealing with of the Afghanistan withdrawal in a video she tweeted after Tuesday night time's handle.

"I simply completed listening to a speech by Joe Biden, the weakest and worst president in American historical past, who has 13 American troopers lifeless on his watch," Boebert mentioned.

"Now greater than ever, we should reject Biden's 'America final' insurance policies and put America first."

Biden didn't seem to react from the outburst from Boebert. He as an alternative paused briefly after which described how one of many U.S. troops who was put in a "flag-drapped coffin" was his son Main Beau Biden, who died of mind most cancers in 2015 aged 46.

"I do not know for certain if the burn pit that he lived close to in Iraq, and sooner than that, in Kosovo, was the reason for his mind most cancers, or the ailments of so a lot of our troops, however I'm dedicated to discovering out every little thing we will," Biden mentioned.

Elsewhere, Boebert's fellow lawmakers on each side criticized her over the outburst.

Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic New York Senator, instructed NBC Information: "Her disruption was inappropriate, particularly given the substance of the feedback that the President was making on the time, which is to proceed this manner, which is to guard service members and our veterans."

Republican Indiana Senator Mike Braun added: "It is one thing that I believe that there is a place, that is not the place to do this."

Boebert has been contacted for remark.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) listens as US President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union handle to a joint session of Congress, on the Capitol on March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC.Getty Photographs