House floor erupts after lawmaker shouts ‘Go back to Puerto Rico’

Roll Call ^ | 1-17-2018 | griffinconnolly@cqrollcall.com griffinconnolly@cqrollcall.com

[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.

[vikingrinn]

[Dont tread and Live]

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

[Jimmy Valentine]

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

[Gamecock]

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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Are you talking to me?

[RightGeek]

[Gamecock]

To #84

[MHGinTN]

Badap bum ... try the veal.