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The first hour of a GOP-led House committee's meeting was a food fight over saying the Pledge of Allegiance
Story by oseddiq@insider.com (Oma Seddiq) • 2h ago

Republicans and Democrats fell into a heated debate over reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
The spat came as the House Judiciary Committee met to decide on rules for the panel.
The dust-up signals likely future fights on the high-profile congressional committee.
Before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee convened on Wednesday for a hearing on the US southern border, the panel's members fell into a lengthy and tense spat over whether to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of its meetings.

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida had suggested a change to the committee's rules that would require each meeting to begin with the Pledge of Allegiance — an amendment that was swiftly criticized by his Democratic colleagues as unnecessary.

"I would oppose it simply on the grounds that, as members know, we pledge allegiance everyday on the floor," said Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, the highest-ranking Democrat on the panel. "And I don't know why we should pledge allegiance twice in the same day to show how patriotic we are."

Matt Gaetz's Pledge of Allegiance Amendment Sparks Heated Committee Debate

The exchange grew especially heated after Democratic Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island challenged Gaetz's amendment by proposing new language that would ban i**********nists from leading the pledge in a swipe at fellow lawmakers; Gaetz was one of at least six GOP lawmakers who sought pardons from then-President Donald Trump after the J****** 6, 2021 Capitol attack.

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

1 of 8 Photos in Gallery The J****** 6 c*******e deposed over 1,000 witnesses about Trump's 2020 e******n f***d scheme. Seven House Republicans elected not to answer the committee's questions. Defying this probe could empower Democrats to do the same when Republicans take control in 2023. While some Trump administration officials have been indicted for refusing to cooperate with the J****** 6 select committee's investigation into the deadly siege at the US Capitol, several prominent House Republicans who'll soon have subpoena power of their own assailed the panel's legal authority and refused to testify. The highest profile holdouts include House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jim Jordan of Ohio, who are vying to become House speaker and Judiciary chairman, respectively, in the next Congress after flipping control of the chamber this fall. Fellow subpoena-defier Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona serves on the Judiciary panel as well as the House Oversight and Reform Committee, which is gearing up to investigate p**********l scion H****r B***n's business dealings and, by extension, President Joe Biden. Many of the GOP members who disregarded the J****** 6 probe offered varying reasons for not participating — ranging from complaining about the committee's public outreach to assailing the "baseless witch hunt." Their arguments could come back to haunt them if they try to flex the new majority party's powers next year only to have House Democrats recycle the precedent-setting rejections.J****** 6 c*******e members unanimously v**ed on December 19 to refer McCarthy, Jordan, Biggs, and Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to the House Committee on Ethics for failing to comply with the subpeonas. "The Rules of the House of Representatives make clear that their willful noncompliance violates multiple standards of conduct and subjects them to discipline," House investigators wrote in the executive summary of their final report. "The Committee also believes that each of these individuals, along with other Members who attended the December 21st planning meeting with President Trump at the White House, should be questioned in a public forum about their advance knowledge of and role in President Trump's plan to prevent the peaceful t***sition of power."Investigators urged the ethics panel to consider sanctioning the four Republican lawmakers. It remains unclear whether the famously secretive panel, which is composed of an equal number of members from both parties, will take up the recommendation.

Defying this probe could empower Democrats to do the same when Republicans take control in 2023.
While some Trump administration officials have been indicted for refusing to cooperate with the J****** 6 select committee's investigation into the deadly siege at the US Capitol, several prominent House Republicans who'll soon have subpoena power of their own assailed the panel's legal authority and refused to testify.

The highest profile holdouts include House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jim Jordan of Ohio, who are vying to become House speaker and Judiciary chairman, respectively, in the next Congress after flipping control of the chamber this fall.

Fellow subpoena-defier Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona serves on the Judiciary panel as well as the House Oversight and Reform Committee, which is gearing up to investigate p**********l scion H****r B***n's business dealings and, by extension, President Joe Biden.

Many of the GOP members who disregarded the J****** 6 probe offered varying reasons for not participating — ranging from complaining about the committee's public outreach to assailing the "baseless witch hunt." Their arguments could come back to haunt them if they try to flex the new majority party's powers next year only to have House Democrats recycle the precedent-setting rejections.

J****** 6 c*******e members unanimously v**ed on December 19 to refer McCarthy, Jordan, Biggs, and Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to the House Committee on Ethics for failing to comply with the subpeonas.

"The Rules of the House of Representatives make clear that their willful noncompliance violates multiple standards of conduct and subjects them to discipline," House investigators wrote in the executive summary of their final report. "The Committee also believes that each of these individuals, along with other Members who attended the December 21st planning meeting with President Trump at the White House, should be questioned in a public forum about their advance knowledge of and role in President Trump's plan to prevent the peaceful t***sition of power."

Investigators urged the ethics panel to consider sanctioning the four Republican lawmakers. It remains unclear whether the famously secretive panel, which is composed of an equal number of members from both parties, will take up the recommendation.

"If we adopt this amendment, then we will be t***hful in representing that stating this pledge is an affirmation of your defense of democracy and the Constitution," Cicilline said. "It's hard to take that claim seriously, if, in fact, an individual who in any way supported an i**********n against the government of the United States is allowed to lead the pledge."

Gaetz shot back, claiming that Cicilline's proposal would disqualify several Democrats from saying the Pledge of Allegiance since they had objected to results in previous e******ns.

The back-and-forth d**gged on, prompting a seemingly exasperated GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, who supported Gaetz's amendment, to acknowledge at one point: "Come on. This can't be real. I can't believe we're having this debate."

The partisan dust-up over the committee's rules suggests more fiery fights are to come on the key congressional panel as Republicans plan to launch a series of investigations into President Joe Biden's administration and his family, the border, and federal agencies. The panel's newly created subcommittee on the "weaponization of the federal government" aims to probe entities like the FBI and DOJ over what Republicans view as politically motivated attacks against Trump and other Democratic opponents.

The committee on Wednesday ultimately approved Gaetz's amendment, before taking a short break and then holding a hearing entitled "Biden's Border Crisis – Part One" to "examine border security, national security, and how f******l has impacted American

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Former President Donald Trump prayed with an emotional South Carolina restaurant worker during a campaign stop, a v***l video showed.

Trump approached the counter at Zesto of West Columbia on Saturday and asked a female employee if she recommends the food as the worker records the ex-president with her cellphone camera.

"Yes sir," the employee at the counter responds before asking, "Do you care if I pray for you?"

"Go ahead," Trump says before the woman holds his hand and asks God to watch over him, the video shows.

The video spread like wildfire on social media, racking up more than 2 million views by Sunday afternoon.

"This is the real @realDonaldTrump the media won’t show you!" deputy director of communications for Save America and Trump tweeted of the scene.

Trump was in Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday to campaign for his 2024 p**********l run, after he campaigned in New Hampshire earlier that day.

During his remarks in the state, Trump took issue with H****r B***n's business dealings, argued President Biden is taking the U.S. to the "brink of World War III," and railed against critical race theory and t*********r issues.

"We’re going to stop the left-wing radical r****ts and perverts who are trying to indoctrinate our youth and we’re going to get their Marxist hands off of our children," he said.

Trump received the endorsements of top South Carolina Republicans Saturday, such as Gov. Henry McMaster and Sen. Lindsey Graham.

"There are no Trump policies without Donald Trump," Graham said during the event.

"You can talk about his policies, but you cannot do what he did."

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