{"id":118977,"date":"2021-02-05T14:28:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118977"},"modified":"2021-02-05T15:12:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T20:12:39","slug":"matt-gaetz-requests-pledge-of-allegiance-before-hearings-nadler-shoots-him-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-requests-pledge-of-allegiance-before-hearings-nadler-shoots-him-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz Requests Pledge Of Allegiance Before Hearings; Nadler Shoots Him Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatt-gaetz-requests-pledge-of-allegiance-before-hearings-nadler-shoots-him-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118977&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jerrold-Nadler.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL) on Thursday requested the Judiciary Committee recite the Pledge of Allegiance together to kick off each hearing, suggesting the move would help provide some unity within Congress and pride during these divisive times.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY) dismissed the request as \u201cunnecessary,\u201d telling Gaetz that lawmakers already say the pledge once a day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand and appreciate the significance and importance of the work that we do, and I just think it would be nice, if in the spirit of national unity and national pride, which I know we all aspire to do to a greater extend, that the beginning of each meeting, the chair, or one of the designees of the chair, would have the opportunity to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance,\u201d Gaetz requested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all aware that in these times it\u2019s important for the country to see the members of Congress working together on some things,\u201d the Republican continued, \u201cand while I know that we can deal with divisive issues in the committee, it would be my hope that we could start every committee with a great unifying patriotic moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unnecessary,\u201d Nadler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gaetz-judiciary-meetings-pledge-nadler-were-covered\">told<\/a> Gaetz. \u201cThe House begins every day with the Pledge of Allegiance; we\u2019re covered by that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gaetz-judiciary-meetings-pledge-nadler-were-covered\">noted<\/a> by Fox News, the House has kicked off with the pledge as part of its daily order of business since 1988.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not in our practice to do so,\u201d Nadler said of saying the pledge more than once a day, adding,&nbsp;\u201cI appreciate the gentleman\u2019s suggestion but we are covered by the House. We all say the Pledge of Allegiance every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the nation has become increasingly divided, generally unifying acts of patriotism, such as standing for the national anthem, have, too, become a partisan issue.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2016, then-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick politicized the anthem when he refused to stand over alleged anti-black racism in the United States. Now, the protest has spilled into other sports, such as professional basketball and women\u2019s soccer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,\u201d Kaepernick&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2016\/08\/27\/kaepernick-refuses-to-show-pride-in-a-country-that-oppresses-black-people\/\">told<\/a> Steve Wyche of NFL Media at the start of his protest, back in 2016. \u201cTo me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not something that I am going to run by anybody,\u201d he continued. \u201cI am not looking for approval. I have to stand up for people that are oppressed. \u2026 If they take football away, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 HAPPENING NOW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMattGaetz<\/a> just requested that the Judiciary Committee recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each hearing. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJerryNadler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJerryNadler<\/a> said it was &#8220;unnecessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t Democrats want to say the Pledge? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RMdbg5TAMU\">pic.twitter.com\/RMdbg5TAMU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1357428568494641152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lincoln-project-claims-liz-cheney-could-beat-up-matt-gaetz-with-one-hand-tied-behind-her-back\">&nbsp;Lincoln Project Claims Liz Cheney Could Beat Up Matt Gaetz \u2018With One Hand Tied Behind Her&nbsp;Back\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL) on Thursday requested the Judiciary Committee recite the Pledge of Allegiance together to kick off each hearing, suggesting the move would help provide some unity &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892734,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5503,4239,3624,3622,5500,5497],"class_list":["post-118977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-allegiance","tag-before","tag-gaetz","tag-matt","tag-pledge","tag-requests"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}