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House floor erupts after lawmaker shouts ‘Go back to Puerto Rico’
Roll Call ^ | 1-17-2018 | griffinconnolly@cqrollcall.com griffinconnolly@cqrollcall.com

Posted on 01/17/2019 5:00:45 PM PST by tcrlaf

The House floor erupted Thursday after Congress adjourned for the week when an unidentified Republican congressman yelled a controversial and potentially racially charged remark across the aisle as Democratic Rep. Tony Cárdenas was at the podium.

“Go back to Puerto Rico!” the lawmaker shouted, punctuating a stream of Republican whooping and hollering at the Democratic majority for holding a voice vote — instead of the normal roll call vote — to pass a continuing resolution that would reopen nine Cabinet departments through Feb. 28.

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and other Democrats in the chamber shot out of their seats demanding to know who shouted the comment.

Cárdenas walked over to the Republican side of the aisle and huddled with some GOP lawmakers, but none stepped forward to admit they had shouted the remark.

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To: tcrlaf

81 posted on 01/18/2019 12:08:08 AM PST by vikingrinn
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To: max americana

I would have shouted....GO BACK TO AFRICA!....lol


82 posted on 01/18/2019 4:55:27 AM PST by Dont tread and Live (waso)
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To: KarlInOhio

We are over due for a good old rumble on the floor. Charles Sumner found out about running a loose mouth the hard way.


83 posted on 01/18/2019 6:04:53 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: SaveFerris
Cárdenas walked over to the Republican side of the aisle and huddled with some GOP lawmakers, but none stepped forward to admit they had shouted the remark.

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84 posted on 01/18/2019 6:53:13 AM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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85 posted on 01/18/2019 6:56:34 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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86 posted on 01/18/2019 7:12:31 AM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Badap bum ... try the veal.


87 posted on 01/18/2019 10:38:28 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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