{"id":1977754,"date":"2023-07-19T18:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-hearing-on-mayorkas-derailed-after-witness-verbally-attacks-top-democrat\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T18:13:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:13:43","slug":"house-hearing-on-mayorkas-derailed-after-witness-verbally-attacks-top-democrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-hearing-on-mayorkas-derailed-after-witness-verbally-attacks-top-democrat\/","title":{"rendered":"House hearing disrupted as witness verbally attacks top Democrat"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fhouse-hearing-on-mayorkas-derailed-after-witness-verbally-attacks-top-democrat%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=1977754&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--><h2>A \u200dHouse \u2062Hearing Turns Chaotic\u200b as\u200c Witness Launches Verbal\u2062 Attack<\/h2>\n<p>A House \u2064hearing\u2064 meant \u2062to investigate Homeland Security\u200d Secretary \u200dAlejandro Mayorkas quickly\u200c devolved\u2062 into chaos after a \u2063witness\u2063 launched a \u200drare\u2064 verbal \u200battack \u2062on a\u200c senior \u2063Democrat \u2063and Republicans\u200d erupted in\u200d defense.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers\u200b from both \u2064parties\u2064 broke\u200b out into \u200ba\u2063 heated\u2064 exchange Wednesday afternoon \u2062moments\u200c after\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-hearing-on-mayorkas-derailed-after-witness-verbally-attacks-top-democrat\/\" title=\"House hearing disrupted as witness verbally attacks top Democrat\">witnesses concluded opening remarks<\/a>\u2062 before \u2064the House Homeland\u2063 Security \u200bCommittee in\u200c Washington.<\/p>\n<h3>Biden Takes\u2063 New Action on Junk \u200dFees, \u200cFood Prices, and\u2064 Corporate\u200d Mergers<\/h3>\n<p>The hearing spiraled \u200bafter \u2062a Republican\u2063 witness,\u2062 former \u2063Drug Enforcement Administration \u200cofficial\u200c Derek\u2062 Maltz, launched \u200ba personal\u2062 attack on\u2062 the\u200c panel&#8217;s\u200c top-ranking \u200cDemocrat, Rep.\u200b Bennie\u2063 Thompson \u2062(MS).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;For the\u2063 ranking member, I&#8217;m sorry we&#8217;re\u2062 wasting your\u2062 time,&#8221; Maltz \u200dsaid at\u200d the conclusion\u2064 of\u200c his \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-state-senate-plans-meeting-to-air-complaints-of-voter-fraud\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania State Senate Plans Meeting to Air Complaints of Voter Fraud\">opening statement<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thompson\u2063 interjected \u2063after\u2062 Maltz\u200d finished\u200b his\u200d remarks and asked\u2063 why the former government\u2064 employee\u200c had\u2064 referenced him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Because in\u200d your opening statement, \u200byou said that this was\u200c a\u2062 charade, it was a waste\u2063 of time \u2014 whatever \u2063words you used\u2064 \u2014 \u200band \u200cthe \u200dkids \u200dare dying at\u2064 record\u2062 levels, and \u2064I don&#8217;t appreciate\u200c that,&#8221; Maltz\u200b said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chairman \u200dMark\u200c Green (R-TN)\u200d followed up and \u200ctold Maltz \u200dthat he \u200dcould not\u200d address\u2064 Thompson or \u2064anyone \u200belse\u2062 on \u200dthe panel\u200c because decorum\u2063 rules forbid \u200cit.<\/p>\n<p>Reps.\u200d Glenn \u2064Ivey \u2064(D-MD) and \u200dTroy Carter \u2063(D-LA) said Green\u200c should\u2063 have said\u2062 more\u200d to rein \u2064in accusations \u2063from\u200d witnesses.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I appreciate\u2062 that\u200d comment,\u2064 but \u200bI really want \u2064to\u2063 raise a point\u2063 of order,&#8221; \u200bIvey said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never\u200b seen \u200ba \u200bwitness personally\u2064 attack \u200ba member\u2064 like that\u200c at \u200ba \u200chearing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Dan\u200b Bishop\u2062 (R-NC) then erupted,\u200b accusing\u200d Thompson \u2063of \u200ddisrespecting \u2062the witnesses\u2064 in \u2063his \u200bopening statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The ranking member\u2064 said \u200dhe \u2063was\u200b embarrassed that we would\u200b undertake\u2063 this &#8230;\u200d that \u200dwitnesses responded \u200bto \u200bthat because it \u200bwas an\u200d attack\u200c on that \u200dwitness,&#8221;\u2063 Bishop\u2064 said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Green \u200bthen\u200b got \u200cthe hearing \u200con track \u2063to proceed to questions\u2064 for the \u2062witnesses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here\u200b to \u2062read\u2062 more \u2064from \u200dThe Washington\u200b Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas \u200cwas\u2062 not\u2064 present at \u200bthe hearing, \u2064though he&#8217;s\u200b slated \u200dto\u2064 appear\u2062 before\u200c the House\u200d Judiciary\u200b Committee next week. The \u2062hearing \u2064was the second in\u2064 a\u200b six-part series\u2062 aimed\u200c at\u2064 investigating\u2063 whether\u200d Mayorkas \u2062has \u2062been derelict in\u200d his \u200cduties\u2063 since taking\u2062 office \u200ctwo\u2062 and a\u200d half \u200dyears\u2062 ago.<\/p>\n<p>On\u2062 Wednesday evening, \u2063the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-peace-prize-the-most-controversial-winners\/\" title=\"Nobel Peace Prize: The Most Controversial Winners\">committee released<\/a> a 112-page report in which\u200c members\u2062 outlined their case\u200b that Mayorkas was unfit \u200cto be secretary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House hearing on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas turned chaotic as a witness verbally attacked a senior Democrat, leading to a heated exchange between lawmakers from both parties. 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