I guess the Dem guy knew if he could get Lollar to react, then the MSN would ‘take it from there’ and feature only the reaction with subtitles like ‘Republican Rage’ etc.
I believe it’s a real possibility that that’s what Hoyer was trying to do. Loller had really ticked Hoyer off with his jabbing him about Congress holding the purse strings and the liberal press is in Hoyer’s pocket.