GOP Rep. James Comer Snaps At Democrat Maxwell Frost | EUROtoday

WASHINGTON – A House committee listening to devolved into chaos on Thursday as Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) pressed lawmakers to subpoena Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after her safety workforce assaulted Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) at a press briefing.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform listening to was underway when the stunning information broke of Padilla being forcibly faraway from Noem’s press occasion and dragged to the bottom. Frost repeatedly introduced up the incident and requested that the committee subpoena Noem over the scuffle, which led to sniping from Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and different Republicans.

“Reclaiming my time!” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) mentioned repeatedly.

Comer, the committee chair, tried to maneuver on with questions for the panel of governors testifying about main sanctuary states, or secure havens for undocumented immigrants. Nevertheless, Frost endured, mentioning particulars in regards to the California senator being handcuffed and thrown to the bottom, and asking for a subpoena — till Comer snapped.

“Shut up!” he shouted at Frost. “Just shut up!”

“No, you’re not going to tell me to shut up,” the Florida Democrat mentioned.

Comer accused Frost of making an attempt to get on cable TV information by interrupting the listening to, after which tried to maneuver again to the panel of witnesses. But now Greene, a magnet to media consideration, needed her flip.

“Democrats can’t follow the rules! Can’t follow the law!” she randomly yelled.

Greene beforehand voted to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election by spreading President Donald Trump’s lie about widespread voter fraud that led to a violent revolt on the U.S. Capitol.

“He’s a former Antifa member!” Greene continued, referring to Frost.

When Frost requested that Comer strike her inaccurate feedback from the listening to report, he declined. Greene later mentioned she would revise her remarks for the report, to notice Frost was as soon as arrested in 2021 at a voter’s rights march. Frost mentioned on the time it was an act of nonviolent resistance.

You can watch Republicans’ offensive assaults on Frost right here.

Tensions have been excessive throughout Capitol Hill on Thursday after Padilla’s assault. Senators in each events have been horrified by his remedy, calling it “sickening” and “reeks of totalitarianism.”

“It is shocking at every level,” mentioned Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).