Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) accused former President Donald Trump of “inciting an erection” Wednesday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on contempt charges against President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden. did.
Jayapal laughed and corrected him to “rebellion.”
As Breitbart News reported, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made a similar gaffe in 2021.
Newly sworn-in Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) took to the Senate floor Friday morning and said senators would have to decide whether “Donald John Trump incited construction.” I declared that there was.
He later accused Trump of inciting the January 6 “insurrection” and corrected himself.
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The Freudian gaffe, perhaps to the excitement of the Democratic caucus, came after Schumer announced that the Senate would receive formal articles of impeachment from the House on Monday, January 25th.
Mr. Jayapal not only refused to comply with a Congressional subpoena, but also appeared uninvited on the hearings of the House Oversight Committee, only to leave in protest. He tried to condemn the act as outrageous.
It's unclear whether she was also thinking of the explicit photos of Hunter Biden, some of which were displayed in Congress by Republican lawmakers describing the contents of his infamous abandoned laptop computer. .
Given that Hunter Biden's conduct appears far more egregious than that of the Republican who was cited for contempt for refusing to comply with a unilateral Jan. 6 subpoena from the committee. Democrats are under increasing pressure to support the contempt subpoena, with many believing the committee lacks subpoena authority.
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