Democrats Find Nancy Pelosi Broke House Rules by Calling Trump ‘Racist’
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was found to have broken the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives by calling President Donald Trump “racist” on the floor Tuesday, but Democrats voted to keep her remarks in the record and restore her speaking privileges.
Pelosi had delivered a statement calling the president racist as a prelude to voting on a House resolution to that effect. Rep. Chris Collins (R-GA) raised a point of order, objecting that Pelosi’s statement was a violation of House rules. . .
Regardless of the content of Trump’s racist statement, Democrats are going to have a hard time not taking down Pelosi’s words.
Jefferson’s Manual literally says you can’t refer to a statement by the President as racist on the House floor. pic.twitter.com/CeIJA24TS9
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 16, 2019
On the kerfuffle on the flr involving Pelosi…When words are taken down, the member accused of using inappropriate language must be seated in the House chamber and wait for the ruling
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 16, 2019
Well this is unprecedented. Rep. Emanuel cleaver abandoned the chair as he was presiding over the chamber.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 16, 2019
Now Hoyer is in the chair, noting that @SpeakerPelosi’s words were out of order.
The house is voting to take down pelosis words. This vote is likely to be party line, and likely to fail.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 16, 2019
BREAKING NEWS —> Speaker Pelosi just broke the rules of the House, and is no longer permitted to speak on the floor of the House for the rest of the day.
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) July 16, 2019
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