Democratic lawmaker blasts Republicans for bending knee to ‘Orange Jesus’

Rep. Rob Menendez (D.N.J.) on Wednesday accused Republicans of bending the knee to former President Trump during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing.

“We’ve had 17 hearings, 17 of them at the border, and this impeachment is part of that,” Menendez said. said inside Hearing on an impeachment resolution against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

Menendez then noted that the committee has yet to hold full committee hearings on topics such as emergency preparedness, infrastructure protection, and road safety.

“We are not fulfilling our oversight duties on this committee because you are obsessed with borders and bending the knee to the ‘orange yes’ across the aisle,” Menendez said. continued.

This comment was recalled by former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) in her book “Oath and Honor,” and was recalled by Committee Chair Mark Green (R-Tennessee), who called former President Trump “Orange Jesus.” (state).

According to CNN, Cheney said on January 6, 2021, while in the Republican cloakroom at the Capitol, she was encouraged by members of Congress to sign a vote to object to the electoral votes. Cheney said there was a sheet for each state where Republican lawmakers were pushing back.

“Among them was Republican Congressman Mark Greene of Tennessee,” Cheney wrote. “As he walked down the line writing his name on a slip of paper, Green sheepishly told everyone, ‘This is what we do for the orange Jesus.'”

A spokeswoman for Greene insisted that what Cheney said about the senator was “false.”

“She and her publisher would have known about this had they contacted Congressman Greene or his office,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “Although there was a large crowd in the cloakroom that day, Councilor Green unequivocally denies this comment.”

Mr. Menendez is the son of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D.N.J.) and was recently indicted on bribery charges for allegedly accepting $600,000 in bribes from three businessmen in exchange for favors with his wife. ing. Foreign agent representing Egypt.

Old man Menendez was shot with another gun. Replace last month’s indictmentThe suspects claim to have received gifts from the Qatari government and helped a real estate developer obtain millions of dollars in investment funds from Gulf countries. He denies the charges.