Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) said he was carrying out the will of people in his district when he ripped a sign away from a Democratic lawmaker during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress.
Gooden’s viral moment occurred when Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) held up a sign reading, “This is not normal” as Trump entered the House chamber last Tuesday. This prompted the Republican congressman to rip the sign out of her hand as Trump passed the two. When asked about the moment, Gooden explained that he felt that Stansbury was disrespecting not just the president but “all of Congress and the American people.”
“And in that moment, I thought, ‘You know what, she’s right,’ this is not normal in the fact that these Democrats support transgender
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