Boebert Comes Out Swinging Against Trump Admin. Request for Iran War Money: 'I'm Not Doing That'

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Source: mediaite


Michael Luciano Mar 20th, 2026, 12:27 am


Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) said she will not support any supplemental funding bill to pay for the Iran war, no matter what the price tag is.

The Department of Defense is seeking $200 billion in supplemental funds to keep paying for the war on Iran, which President Donald Trump launched on Feb 28. The war is costing American taxpayers about $1 billion a day, to say nothing of skyrocketing gas prices.

On Thursday, CNN’s Manu Raju caught up with Boebert on Capitol Hill and asked about the additional funding the Trump administration is expected to seek from Congress.

“I will not vote for a war supplemental,” she said. “No. I am a no. I’ve already told leadership. I am a no on any war supplementals. 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. We need America First policies right now, and that? I’m not doing that.”

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For once, I approve of Boeberts comments--except for her 'America First policies" comment.

We won!

Also give me 0 billion dollars and send more troops to the Middle East

— Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T01:58:25.577Z

[Callie1979]

1. She just won reelection so trump cant hurt her.

[2naSalit]

4. Sure he can...

House has to run every two years, that's why they're always looking for money, they're always campaigning. It's why we have to remove money from politics.

[Wiz Imp]

8. Huh? She won in 2024.

She has to run again in November of this year (Like ALL members of the House of Representatives)

[yonder]

2. Could this also be good news here other than her surprising but welcome hell no?

I'm betting she's feeling some heat from the natives in her rural, conservative district. A portent of things to come?

Totally unrelated but that old joke, "Death by Wampum!", just popped into my head for some reason.

[mgardener]

3. This country has sunk so low

That Boebert has become a voice of reason.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

5. Ah, yet, in the end she will be a yes.... All Rs will. How can you not fund a "war" in the middle of said "war"?

They will just agree to pay for it on the backs of those that can't afford it as they always do.

Will they ask billionaires to give up any of their tax breaks? No.

Will they ask the Administration to scale back on their reckless immigration actions? No.

They will squeeze everyone below the millionaire class even harder as they always do.

That's all they ever do, and Boebert will be there for it regardless of what she says today....

[Javaman]

6. she won't until she does. nt

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. Asking for MORE money for a war that DID NOT get approval for

Is indeed a bridge too far.

Trump DID NOT go before Congress laying out the reasoned for this war. Now he is DEMANDING $200 Billion more when the DoD has been given close to a $1 Trillion Budget? Cut the man off/ Say NO Congress.

[Prairie Gates]

9. At least she's consistent on this and on the Epstein thing

It is absolutely ridiculous for conservatives who have been yelling endlessly about budget deficits, who endorsed the ludicrous inclusion of DOGE into the federal government to save money, to then turn around and ADD $200 billion for a war that was completely unnecessary, and to a department (DoD) that already received A TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. Like, what the fuck do they do with the annual TRILLION dollars that three weeks of war means they need another $200 billion on top of that???

Like, how? HOW?