{"id":2246348,"date":"2024-05-16T18:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T22:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-slams-republicans-showing-up-at-trump-trial-for-skipping-out-on-work-and-tapdancing-on-broadway\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T18:49:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T22:49:12","slug":"house-democrat-slams-republicans-showing-up-at-trump-trial-for-skipping-out-on-work-and-tapdancing-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-slams-republicans-showing-up-at-trump-trial-for-skipping-out-on-work-and-tapdancing-on-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrat criticizes Republicans attending Trump trial for neglecting work and engaging in unnecessary activities"},"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\">30<\/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-democrat-slams-republicans-showing-up-at-trump-trial-for-skipping-out-on-work-and-tapdancing-on-broadway%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=2246348&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--><p>Nearly \u200da\u200b dozen \u200bHouse Republicans protested outside\u2063 the\u200d Manhattan courthouse during former President Trump&#8217;s trial, disrupting Capitol business. Rep. Matt Gaetz led the vocal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">opposition<\/a> to\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxtons-attorney-cancels-news-conference-after-gag-order-issued-over-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Ken Paxton's attorney cancels press conference due to gag order on impeachment trial.\">gag\u200c order<\/a> on Trump&#8217;s speech.\u2064 Critique arose from Rep.\u200b Jasmine Crockett for neglecting legislative \u2064duties. \u2063Crockett chided \u2062their absence, likening it to &#8220;tapdancing on Broadway.&#8221; Nearly ten House Republicans \u2064protested \u2064outside the \u2063Manhattan courthouse during\u2064 the trial of former President Trump, causing\u200b disruptions to Capitol proceedings. \u200cRep. Matt Gaetz spearheaded the opposition against a gag order on \u200dTrump&#8217;s speech, drawing criticism from Rep. Jasmine\u2063 Crockett for shirking legislative responsibilities. Crockett humorously compared \u2064their absence to &#8220;tapdancing on Broadway.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nearly a dozen House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans <\/a>showed up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/manhattan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Manhattan<\/a> outside the courthouse of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s trial on Thursday, disrupting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">scheduled<\/a> legislative business in the Capitol in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), surrounded by fellow Republican lawmakers, said they were there to protest the gag order preventing Trump from speaking.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks during a news conference near Manhattan criminal court Thursday, May 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are here of our own volition because there are things we can say that President Trump is unjustly not allowed to say,\u201d Gaetz said. \u201cThis is a corrupt judge, these are corrupted witnesses, this is a corrupt prosecution that belies any sense of the facts or the law, and so we are going to keep speaking out against this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move by House Republicans to forgo their responsibilities on Capitol Hill garnered the criticism of Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re paid to be here in Washington legislating, it\u2019s the middle of a work week,\u201d Crockett <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJasmine\/status\/1791142312304582911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> on x. \u201cI guess we\u2019ll hold down the fort for you while you\u2019re tapdancing on Broadway.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) offers an amendment as the House Oversight and Accountability Committee holds an organizational meeting for the 118th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With nearly a dozen Republicans missing session on Thursday, the GOP lost its slim majority over Democrats, thus jeopardizing control of the floor. A vote was scheduled by Republicans on Thursday afternoon on a bill to rebuke President Joe Biden for pausing an arms shipment to Israel and mandating that he quickly deliver the weapons. However, the bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3006901\/house-condemns-biden-pause-weapons-transfers-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>passed<\/a>,\u00a0with 16 Democrats joining in advancing the measure. <\/p>\n<p>The Republican House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">members<\/a>\u2019 excursion to New York led to the Oversight Committee postponing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-over-biden-debuts-modified-now-1-75-trillion-spending-plan-following-dem-fracture\/\" title=\"Do-Over? Biden Debuts Modified Now-.75 Trillion Spending Plan Following Dem Fracture\">meeting scheduled<\/a> to vote on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. Five of the panel\u2019s members, Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Mike Waltz (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), and Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), stood in solidarity with Trump outside of the courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) visited New York to show his support for the former president. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s visit prompted Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/speaker-mike-johnson-donald-trump-court-motion-to-oust-mtg-rcna152412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>share<\/a> with NBC News that he believes Democrats made a mistake by killing the motion to oust him, arguing Johnson\u2019s visit to Trump\u2019s trial in Manhattan has exposed the House speaker\u2019s \u201ctrue colors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt showed his true colors and why, with good intentions, we made a mistake in strategically saving his job,\u201d Connolly said. \u201cBecause now we have enabled him to act with impunity like he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About ten House Republicans gathered outside the Manhattan courthouse during former President Trump&#8217;s trial, disrupting legislative activities. Rep. 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