Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) shuts down Matt Gaetz's (R-FL) call to remove Parkland survivors

[Miles Archer]

At a House Judiciary hearing on gun violence, Gaetz attempted to change the subject to murders allegedly committed by undocumented immigrants.

After Gaetz called on Congress to build President Donald Trump’s proposed wall, a survivor of the Parkland shooting reportedly interrupted. Gaetz reacted by trying to have the survivors removed.

“Is there a process in the committee by which if the very same people are repeatedly interrupting the time of the members that those people will be asked to depart the committee,” Gaetz asked Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY).

Nadler responded by explaining that he has the discretion to remove people who interrupt, but the chairman chose not to invoke that discretion.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/rep-matt-gaetz-derails-gun-violence-hearing-demanding-wall-calling-parkland-survivors-removed/

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. Suck it, Gaetz! You're in the minority now, pal!

[Scurrilous]

2. Elections have consequences!!

[gratuitous]

4. Gaetz is apparently unaccustomed to being held accountable

Looks like he'll need to develop a new skill set now that he's in the minority.

[blogslut]

3. Twitter video

Link to tweet

[aka-chmeee]

5. Nadler was wrong!

He should have had Gaetz removed.

[lpbk2713]

6. I regret I could only give this one rec.

He looks like Limbaugh with hair.

[sarcasmo]

7. Reality is lost on Republicans.

[Grammy23]

8. Gaetz represents my district.

Gag me. Every.single.time.I.see.him.I.call.him.a.weasel.

‘Cause he is.

[poli-junkie]

9. I call him Jug Head

[DFW]

10. I know how you feel

When Tom DeLay gerrymandered Texas, we lost Martin Frost after 13 terms and got the odious Pete Sessions. Sessions is finally history, and we now have Colin Allred, but it was a long time in the wilderness.