Republicans Roll out ‘HUNTER’ Act To Ban Taxpayer-Funded Crack Pipes – Opinion

Perfect. This one couldn’t have been better if it had been written by the satire site, The Babylon Bee. Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert and Dan Bishop of Colorado introduced Friday new legislation prohibiting federal tax dollars from financing crack pipes and needles.

Fox News reports that this legislation follows a viral report that claimed the Biden Administration plans to provide crack pipes for addicts. Needless to say, the bill was hilariously and perfectly named after Biden’s “formerly” crackhead son, Hunter Biden.

Boebert and Bishop told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that the Biden administration got caught “red-handed” attempting to include crack pipes as part of a $30 million grant program and that legislation is needed to stop the “ridiculous” proposal.

The White House however, denied that the grant would be used to fund crack pipes. Were you lying? Dunno. However, I intend to learn. Meanwhile, I’m going with Boebert and Bishop, given Joe — and Hunter’s — past experiences.

Bishop tweeted the following:

After getting caught, Biden now claims that American taxpayers won’t be funding crack pipes after all. But just to be safe, Rep. Boebert & I are introducing the HUNTER Act, which ensures your tax dollars aren’t subsidizing woke drug policies.

As Ronald Reagan quoted the old Russian idiom, “Trust, but verify.”

Biden has now claimed that American taxpayers wouldn’t fund crack pipes again after being caught.

To be sure, however @RepBoebert & I are introducing the HUNTER Act, which ensures your tax dollars aren’t subsidizing woke drug policies. https://t.co/Ax7WNupOyg

— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) February 11, 2022

As transcribed Fox News Digital:

Congressman Bishop, and I stand up to say “no” The death and destruction caused by crack addiction should not be funded with tax money.

Democrats always put the American taxpayer first, while Republicans want people who are in desperate need to work. Democrats are begging for crack pipes.

And Boebert being Boebert, she then went… Boebert. It was hilarious.

I like the “HUNTER Act,” because it was a better acronym than Stop Paying to Subsidize Biden’s Son’s Drug Addiction Act. That didn’t really flow. I think tax dollars have been on the hook for Hunter’s addictions long enough.

She’s got a point. The SPSBSDAA Act doesn’t have near the ring of the HUNTER Act.

Boebert – On her legislation to ban crack kits: “I like the ‘HUNTER’ Act, because it was a better acronym than ‘Stop Paying to Subsidize Biden’s Son’s Drug Addiction’ Act. This didn’t flow. I think tax dollars have been on the hook for Hunter’s addictions long enough.” 😂 pic.twitter.com/6MhvByq1jW

— CJ4America (@CJ4America) February 11, 2022

Fox News’ Bishop said that the legislation is focused on progressive drug policies such as needle trade-ins and safe injection sites. He said such programs try to “remove all stigma” from drug use, when “actually stigma is not a bad thing.” He added:

The HUNTER Act is a means of encapsulating how ridiculous public policy can become when it’s in the hands of the woke.

The kerfuffle began after Team Biden announced through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) — a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — a new $30 million  “harm reduction” grant proposal, as part of the Democrats’ so-called “American Rescue Plan,” designed to prevent overdose deaths and reduce health risks associated with drug use. As noted by Fox News, the list of supplies that can be obtained through the grant funds includes overdose reversal medications, safe-sex kits with condoms, fentanyl test strips, syringes, as well as “safe smoking kits/supplies.”

As reported by The Washington Free Beacon on Monday, a DHS spokesman specifically told WFB that the smoking kits will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and “any illicit substance.” The Free Beacon stands by its report despite the denials from the Biden White House. Shocked? Me, neither. OK, I’m going with Boebert and Bishop, case closed.

“Whenever they are caught red-handed they use the phrase misinformation or disinformation to stop the American people from calling them out,” Bishop told Fox. “That’s what happening.”

Added Boebert: “We want that in [a] statute. We’re not taking their word for it.”

Given Biden’s habit of lying every time his lips are moving, and Jen Circle-Back Psaki’s fictitious White House press conferences, it has become obvious over the past year that taking Team Biden’s “word” or explanation of any Biden-created dumpster fire would be a fool’s game at best.

While the HUNTER Act faces no prospects for passage in Nancy Pelosi’s house, I gotta think we’ll see it again come January 2023 — after the Democrats lose their asses in the 2022 midterm elections and the Republicans regain control of the House.

Meanwhile, what’s up with Hunter? Haven’t seen him in the news, lately.

The Babylon Bee also picked up on the Biden crack pipe tale. It was too tempting to ignore.

Unfortunately, the crack pipes will not make it into the hands of the people the program is designed for, “reported” The Bee. The crack pipes mysteriously vanished Friday morning from the White House. Bummer, dude.

Hunter Biden Arrives At White House In Fake Mustache And Glasses To Receive Free Crack Pipe https://t.co/cDbe5YTkxT

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 9, 2022

I’m never sure which is worse — or better. Farcical arts imitating farcical lives, and farcical lifestyles imitating focical artwork. In the case of the Biden administration, they’re often one and the same.