Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean confronted Speaker Mike Johnson proper off the House flooring over the 2 events’ standoff forward of the government shutdown at midnight on Tuesday.
Dean might be heard criticizing Johnson a number of occasions over well being care and calling him out for not pushing again on President Donald Trump’s sharing of a racist, AI-generated video of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
The Pennsylvania Democrat pressed Johnson in regards to the video, which Trump posted on Truth Social, and the speaker responded, “It wasn’t my style.”
“Not your style? It’s disgraceful. It’s racist. You should call it out,” Dean mentioned.
In his response, Johnson appeared to press Dean on the small print of the video, when she interrupted him and reiterated her stance.
“Is it racist? You put a sombrero on a Black man who’s the leader of the House. You don’t see that as racist? We need you desperately to lead,” an animated Dean advised the speaker, elevating each of her arms in emphasis.
Johnson then walked again to his workplace, telling Dean: “I’m working on it. And personally, it’s not my style. I love you and I respect you, OK?”
“That’s why I’m talking to you,” Dean mentioned in response.
It’s not the primary time Dean has confronted Johnson, who she is aware of nicely from their time serving collectively on the House Judiciary Committee. Dean publicly confronted Johnson in June after California Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly faraway from a Trump administration information convention, inflicting an uproar within the Capitol.