WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – New York Democratic Congressman John Mannion cursed out Republican Congressman Mike Lawler on the House floor on Thursday. Video caught the congressman shouting as the rest of the House floor fell silent
“I said it loud enough for him to hear. I did, and he turned to me and then you see the exchange that occurred,” Mannion said.
The congressman’s outburst came shortly after California Sen. Alex Padilla was forced out of a news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed. Mannion defended his actions saying Republicans, like Lawler, are letting the president and the administration walk over the Constitution.
“He’s not standing up to the president. He is ceding his authority, along with the other Republicans, to the president, as is the speaker of the House,” said Mannion.
Todd Belt with George Washington University says the country is reaching a boiling point as these aren’t the usual things lawmakers would say to each other.
“Tempers are really flaring up over what’s going on with these ICE raids, and how members of Congress are being arrested and thrown to the ground and handcuffed,” said Belt.
Belt says this could be the start of more to come on the House or Senate floor.
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