WATCH: The Must-See Moment When GOP Rep Forces Silence on Congressional Witnesses

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), a former Explosive Ordnance Disposal tech who lost both legs in Afghanistan, made quite the statement Tuesday when he used part of his time to sit in silence during a congressional hearing, demanding witnesses name a single fallen soldier that doesn’t justify killing Iranian terrorist Qasem Soleimani.

At the beginning of his remarks, Mast likened the decision to kill Soleimani to taking out a machine gun nest.

“I look at Soleimani as a terrorist machine gun nest, really. He’s been spraying rounds at the U.S. for many years on many different fronts,” he said. “You want to ask is [an attack] imminent? Well, just because this machine gun nest might be taking a moment to reload, that doesn’t mean that it’s not an imminent threat.”

Mast said Soleimani has a long history of attacking American service members, and had more plans in the works.

“I want to ask a question which some people may call rhetorical,” Mast said. “If you walk out this hallway and you take a right and another right and another right, you are going to come to several beautiful walls that have the names of our fallen service members on the War on Terror. I would ask, can any of you provide me one name on that wall that does not justify killing Soleimani. I got 2 minutes and 30 seconds, I will be more than happy to sit here and wait. Somebody provide me the name on the wall that does not justify his killing.”

Today at the Foreign Affairs Committee, I asked a simple question: could those arguing against killing Soleimani tell me one name of one American service member killed that does not justify killing this terrorist? The answer: radio silence. pic.twitter.com/yOX6Sl7I72

— Rep. Brian Mast (@RepBrianMast) January 14, 2020

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