GOP rep. Lauren Boebert has been slammed online after saying the Taliban is "Building Back Better" in the wake of their takeover of Afghanistan. The Colorado congresswoman, 34, appeared to throw her support behind the extremist organization on social media as she joked about the country's fall to the Taliban. "The Taliban are the only people building back better," she tweeted on Monday, August 16, in reference to President Joe Biden's own campaign slogan. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1427275592383205382]] The tweet came as <a href="https://vt.co/news/world/biden-defends-decision-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan-says-leaders-lacked-the-will-to-fight">President Biden spoke about the crisis</a> in Afghanistan in an address from the White House. He said that he stood "squarely behind" his decision to withdraw US troops from the country. "After 20 years, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw US forces," he said, per the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gop-boebert-afghanistan-us-plane-b1903770.html">Independent</a>. In any case, Boebert was immediately taken to task over the insensitivity of her tweet, with one Twitter user writing: "The Taliban murdered over 2,448 US military members and you just spit on their graves you sick, twisted, malignant, rotten woman. "You think this is clever? A gotcha of the 'libs'? Our enemies aren’t a punchline for your tweets. We will never forget your traitorous bulls**t." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/FPWellman/status/1427394712290349058]] Another wrote: "Lauren, your statement certainly does not take into account of millions of Americans working every day to make this world a little better than the previous day. "This includes the hard-working constituents in CO-03 who prevail despite your lack of any support. Who do you represent?" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/txguyfromca/status/1427280237373517831]] A third wrote: "You get that the Taliban would remove you from your job, lock you in your house, and take away all your rights, right? Never mind, you're too ignorant to understand any of this. Carry on making a fool of yourself." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/UROCKlive1/status/1427413181182345217]] To make matters worse, the Republican later opted for another stab at humor in a caption accompanying a heartbreaking video showing hundreds of Afghans running after a US military plane - and some trying to hang on to the aircraft as it prepared for takeoff - in a desperate bid to flee the country. A number of those hanging on to the plane tragically fell to their deaths, per <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gop-boebert-afghanistan-us-plane-b1903770.html">Independent</a>. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1427373090733019140]] She wrote alongside the chilling footage: "At least they won’t have to read 'mean tweets'…" <h6>Featured image credit: SOPA Images Limited / Alamy</h6>

Rep. Lauren Boebert says Taliban is ‘Building Back Better’ before joking about Afghans falling from US plane

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