Two New York lawmakers — one Republican, one Democrat — had at it out on the House floor on Thursday after California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla’s news-conference stunt, and you won’t believe who started it.
Or perhaps you will. Probably, in fact. Or almost certainly.
According to Axios, shortly after Democratic Rep. John Mannion had an outburst during a media briefing on the Capitol steps Thursday, he confronted GOP Rep. Mike Lawler on the floor — an attack condemned by Lawler as “entirely unhinged and unprofessional.”
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The incident came after Padilla was tackled while trying to interrupt a news conference by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in regards to the situation in Los Angeles.
“We were conducting a press conference to update everyone
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